All I Desire 1953  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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The Amazing Mr. X 1948 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Spiritualist
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry B. Mendoza, Norma Varden
Shady spiritualist Alexis (Turhan Bey) attempts to take advantage of wealthy widow Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) by pretending to contact her late husband Paul (Donald Curtis) who had supposedly died in a car accident two years ago. Alexis is in for a big surprise when he performs seances for Christine and her sister Janet (Cathy O'Donnell) and Paul appears and is, in fact, very much alive and involved in a fraudulent scheme.
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Back Street 1941  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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Beyond Tomorrow 1940  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh, Maria Ouspenskaya, Helen Vinson, Richard Carlson, Jean Parker, Rod La Rocque, J. Anthony Hughes, Robert Homans, William Bakewell, Virginia McMullen, James Bush, Gino Corrado
Three old, rich men (Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger), who have been wrapped up in themselves all their lives, are lonely on Christmas, so they look for dinner guests. James and Jean (Richard Carlson and Jean Parker) are selected, and the couple falls in love. Later, tough times cause a parting of the ways. The three elderly men die in a plane wreck and return as spirits to help get the couple back together.
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 Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Ben Chapman, Rodd Redwing, Bernie Gozier, Ricou Browning, Henry A. Escalante, Perry Lopez, Sydney Mason
Originally a 3-D thriller, this is the story of a scientific expedition that discovers a half-man/half-fish creature (underwater scenes played by Ricou Browning and those on land played by Ben Chapman) in a lagoon along the Amazon River. Those on the expedition include David Reed (Richard Carlson), Mark Williams (Richard Denning) and Kay Lawrence (Julie Adams). They catch the creature, tranquilize it, and bring it aboard. But, the creature manages to escape, kidnaps Kay, and the terror continues. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous Jim 10/28/2007 | | Real scary for its time,Well made. |
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Flat Top 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield, Keith Larsen, William Schallert, Todd Karns, Phyllis Coates, Dave Willock, Walter Coy
World War II newsreel photographs enhance this story of daring exploits of the pilots aboard an aircraft carrier.
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Four Guns to the Border 1954 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Carlson
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, George Nader, Walter Brennan, Nina Foch, John McIntire, Charles Drake, Jay Silverheels, Nestor Paiva, Mary Field
Bank robbers show their human sides when they stop to save an old man and his daughter from marauding Indians.
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 The Ghost Breakers 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Anthony Quinn, Tom Dugan, Paul Fix, Richard Carlson, Pedro de Cordoba, Virginia Brissac
Determined to find a treasure, Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) heads for a haunted house with Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) in tow. Larry is trying to escape from a bum charge and the police are on his tail as he tries to rid the house of ghosts and help Mary find the missing treasure. This film was remade as "Scared Stiff" with Martin and Lewis.
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The Helen Morgan Story 1957 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson, Paul Newman, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams, Virginia Vincent, Walter Woolf King, Dorothy Green, Edward Platt, Warren Douglas, Sammy White, Peggy de Castro, Cherie de Castro, Babette de Castro
Bootlegger Larry Maddux (Paul Newman) discovers Helen Morgan (Ann Blyth) while she is performing in a carnival and helps her rise to stardom on Broadway. But, Larry is using Helen for his own good, and Helen is torn between Larry and married lawyer Russell Wade (Richard Carlson). Helen turns to alcohol and, after the Stock Market crash in 1929, ends up in Bellevue Hospital. But, Helen rises above her problems and regains her stardom. Songs include "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." (sung by Gogi Grant).
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Hold That Ghost 1941  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers, The Andrews Sisters, Marc Lawrence, Mischa Auer, Milton Parsons, Paul Fix
Ferdinand Jones (Lou Costello) and Chuck Murray (Bud Abbott) inherit a haunted house once owned by a Mafia kingpin. When they claim their inheritance, Chuck and Ferdinand are greeted with surprises, including a revolving room. Classic Abbott and Costello–perhaps their best.
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The Howards of Virginia 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal, Paul Kelly, Richard Carlson, Alan Ladd, Irving Bacon, Elisabeth Risdon, Anne Revere, Peter Cushing
This is the story of how one family endured the American Revolutionary War.
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 It Came from Outer Space 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Dave Willock, Alan Dexter, George Eldredge, Edgar Dearing
This is the prototype for movies about creatures from outer space who take over bodies of people on earth.
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The Last Command 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jim Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Slim Pickens
San Antonio's famous Battle of the Alamo is depicted in this film starring Sterling Hayden as James Bowie, Arthur Hunnicutt as Davy Crockett, and J. Carrol Naish as Santa Anna.
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The Little Foxes 1941 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Charles Dingle, Lucien Littlefield, Patricia Collinge, Carl Benton Reid, Jessica Grayson, John Marriott, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, Al Bridge, Kenny Washington
Regina Gibbons (Bette Davis) could aptly be described as "the wife from Hell." When her husband, Horace (Herbert Marshall), refuses to join in her evil scheme, she simply refuses to give him his heart medicine–he dies!! The film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (two nominations: Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright), and Director. Based on Lillian Hellman's play.
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A Millionaire for Christy 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Una Merkel, Douglass Dumbrille, Kay Buckley, Raymond Greenleaf, Nestor Paiva, Chris-Pin Martin, Julian Rivero
A legal secretary, Christy Sloane (Eleanor Parker), notifies radio personality Peter Ulysses Lockwood (Fred MacMurray) that he has inherited $2 million dollars and goes after him in hopes of marriage and a share of the loot.
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The Power 1968 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo, Earl Holliman, Gary Merrill, Ken Murray, Barbara Nichols, Arthur O'Connell, Nehemiah Persoff
During an experiment to test the extent of human endurance, one of the scientists with "the Power" murders his cohorts. Jim Tanner (George Hamilton) tries to seek his identity and stop the killings.
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Presenting Lily Mars 1943  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Spring Byington, Marta Eggerth, Marilyn Maxwell, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Leonid Kinskey
A small town girl, Lily Mars (Judy Garland), aspires to stardom on Broadway in this run-of-the-mill, boy-meets-girl musical.
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Retreat, Hell! 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis, Paul Smith, Lamont Johnson, Dorothy Patrick
Action scenes provide plenty of suspense for this wartime drama of U.S. Marines withdrawing during a Chinese offensive that took place during the Korean War.
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Seminole 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O'Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Ralph Moody, Fay Roope
This film concerns the Seminole Indians' efforts to become civilized by white-men's standards in order to keep their land from greedy settlers who failed to see the Indians' side of the issue.
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The Sound of Fury 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Try and Get Me
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke, Adele Jergens, Irene Vernon, Art Smith, Cliff Clark, Dabbs Greer
Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges) draws family-man Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) into his world of robbery and kidnapping–leading to tragic results.
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A Stranger in Town 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Porter Hall, Robert Barrat, Donald MacBride, Walter Baldwin, Andrew Tombes, Olin Howland, Chill Wills, Irving Bacon, Eddie Dunn
It is election time in this small town, and honest mayoral candidate Bill Adams (Richard Carlson) is trailing his opponent, the incumbent Mayor James Connison (Robert Barrat) who runs a corrupt administration. When a hunter, John Josephus Grant (Frank Morgan), appears on the scene, he offers legal advice that helps Adams' campaign. How did Grant gain his legal knowledge? Why, he just happens to be a vacationing Supreme Court justice.
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These Glamour Girls 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Anita Louise, Marsha Hunt, Ann Rutherford, Mary Beth Hughes, Ernest Truex
Ivy Leaguer Philip (Lew Ayres) has a big night on the town and asks dancehall girl Jane (Lana Turner, in her first starring role) to the big, annual weekend party. When she arrives, he had forgotten that he invited her, but she refuses to leave. Rather, Jane shows up the snobbish girls of the school.
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Too Many Girls 1940 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Abbott
Cast: Lucille Ball, Eddie Bracken, Richard Carlson, Desi Arnaz, Ann Miller, Frances Langford, Hal LeRoy, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Van Johnson
Connie (Lucille Ball) heads to Pottawatomie College, along with four (unknown to her) bodyguards sent by her father. The bodyguards are also excellent football players, who can help the very poor college team. Lots of songs by Rodgers and Hart and plenty of funny happenings. Film debuts for Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, and Van Johnson. Desi and Lucy met for the first time during filming.
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Tormented 1960  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Juli Reding, Lugene Sanders, Joe Turkel, Lillian Adams, Gene Roth, Vera Marshe, Harry Fleer, Merritt Stone
Pianist Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) has trouble dumping his ex-lover, Vi (Juli Reding), so he can marry a rich, young woman. While atop a lighthouse, Tom decides to tell Vi of his other affair. The lighthouse railing breaks, Vi hangs on to the broken rail, and Tom decides not to save her. That was a mistake, for now Vi's ghost–including assorted body parts–come back to keep her man.
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The Valley of Gwangi 1969 G, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Western / Fantasy
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson, Gustavo Rojo, Dennis Kilbane, Mario De Barros, Curtis Arden, Jose Burgos
The West collides with Sci-Fi in this tale centering on a small Mexican village in 1912. Cowboy Tuck (voice of James Franciscus) comes to town with his show and finds that a tiny horse–thought extinct for millions of years–has been seen in town. He seizes the opportunity to improve his show, leading a group in search of the horse. They come across a valley where prehistoric creatures roam, one a giant dinosaur that would be a great new addition to his show, but the dinosaur has other plans. Outstanding stop-motion animation from the master–Ray Harryhausen.
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White Cargo 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Reginald Owen, Henry O'Neill, Bramwell Fletcher, Clyde Cook, Leigh Whipper, Richard Ainley
Seductive Tondelayo's (Hedy Lamarr) experiences at a British outpost in Africa are related in this dated story.
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The Young in Heart 1938 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Richard Carlson, Minnie Dupree, Lya Lys, Henry Stephenson, Eily Malyon
An elderly woman, Miss Fortune (Minnie Dupree), convinces a family of con artists to mend their ways.
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| 1. All I Desire (1953)
2. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
aka: The Spiritualist
3. Back Street (1941)
4. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
5. Change of Habit (1970)
6. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
7. Flat Top (1952)
8. Four Guns to the Border (1954)
9. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
10. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
11. Hold That Ghost (1941)
12. The Howards of Virginia (1940)
13. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
14. Kid Rodelo (1965)
15. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
16. The Last Command (1955)
17. The Little Foxes (1941)
18. A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
19. The Power (1968)
20. Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
21. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
22. Seminole (1953)
23. The Sound of Fury (1950)
aka: Try and Get Me
24. A Stranger in Town (1943)
25. These Glamour Girls (1939)
26. Too Many Girls (1940)
27. Tormented (1960)
28. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
29. Whispering Smith Hits London (1951)
aka: Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
30. White Cargo (1942)
31. The Young in Heart (1938)
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