Above and Beyond 1952  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine, Jim Backus, Stephen Dunne, Robert Burton, Hayden Rorke, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Simmons, Jeff Richards, John McKee, Christopher Olsen
This biographical drama is about Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbetts' (Robert Taylor) training and preparation for his B-29 bombing mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and helped bring an end to World War II.
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The Big Heat 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones, Jeanette Nolan, Alexander Scourby, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Harry Lauter, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Chris Alcaide, Dorothy Green
Following his colleague's suicide, homicide detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates possible mob influence from within the city's police force. When a car bomb, meant for him, kills Bannion's wife Katie (Jocelyn Brando), he is taken off the case. Now, with help from Debbie (Gloria Grahame) who is the ex-mistress of gang leader Vince Stone (Lee Marvin), Bannion seeks revenge.
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Billy Rose's Jumbo 1962 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Jumbo
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger, Charles Watts, Joseph Waring, Lynn Wood, Grady Sutton, Robert Burton
Pop Wonder (Jimmy Durante) owns a circus that is threatened by bankruptcy, but he gets love and support from his daughter, Kitty (Doris Day), and his long-time fiancee, Lulu (Martha Raye). This is an adaptation of the 1930s' Rodgers and Hart musical show.
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Graham Denton, James Westerfield, Whit Bissell, Raymond Greenleaf, Lewis Charles, Robert Burton
This story is based on the life of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) who becomes obsessed with birds during his 53 years of imprisonment on Alcatraz. After rescuing a sparrow that flies into his cell, Stroud, despite his third-grade education, becomes a world-renowned ornithologist and gains a new purpose in life while serving his life sentence. Telly Savalas plays the talkative prisoner in the next cell, and Thelma Ritter takes on the role of Stroud's controlling mother. Excellent performances by Lancaster, Savalas, and Ritter earned Academy Award nominations.
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Compulsion 1959 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender
This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students–in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)–carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty.
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Confidentially Connie 1953  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Arthur Space, Barbara Ruick, Hayden Rorke, Robert Burton, Marilyn Erskine
Connie Bedloe (Janet Leigh) tries to convince her poor but proud husband Joe (Van Johnson) that his teaching job is a dead end street and gets support from his scheming father (Louis Calhern).
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Fearless Fagan 1952  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson, Ellen Corby, Barbara Ruick, John Call, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Parley Baer
When circus performer Floyd Hilston (Carleton Carpenter) is drafted into the army, he brings along his trained lion, Fagan.
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The Gallant Hours 1960 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Montgomery
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello, Richard Jaeckel, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Karl Swenson, Carl Benton Reid, Walter Sande, Vaughn Taylor
This is a thoughtful view of what it takes to be in command. Cagney plays Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. (a fine performance). The film traces Halsey's command in 1942 through the Battle of Guadalcanal as he matches wits with his Japanese counterpart, Admiral Yamamoto.
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The Girl Who Had Everything 1953  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young, James Whitmore, Robert Burton, William Walker, Paul Harvey, Emory Parnell, Earle Hodgins
Jean (Elizabeth Taylor), the rich, beautiful, and spoiled daughter of criminal lawyer Steve Latimer (William Powell) begins a love affair with her father's client, Victor Y. Ramondi (Fernando Lamas).
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Cast: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway, George Lynn, John Cliff, Marshall Bradford, Russ Whiteman, Charles Seel, Claudia Bryar, Angela Blake, Joy Stoner, Patrick Miller
This is the story of one of Frankenstein's descendants, Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell), who maintains the family hobby of amassing body parts to create new lives. After gathering teenage bodies from an auto accident, Frankenstein and his assistant, Carlton (Robert Burton), use their bodies to create a teenage Monster (Gary Conway) that goes on a killing spree, which includes killing Frankenstein's fiancee, Margaret (Phyllis Coates).
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Jubal 1956 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger, Felicia Farr, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Valerie French, Noah Beery Jr., Basil Ruysdael, John Dierkes, Robert Burton
Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) offers advice in lovemaking to a rancher (Ernest Borgnine). Jealousy raises its ugly head when it is suspected that Jubal is giving more than advice to the rancher's wife.
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Lay That Rifle Down 1955 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline deWit, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Leon Tyler, Pierre Watkin, William Fawcett, Marjorie Bennett, Edmund Cobb
Overworked Judy (Judy Canova) is also paid little for her tasks at her aunt's hotel. So, she decides to enroll in a charm school, which turns out to be a scam, and that leads to more troubles–and fun for the viewer.
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A Man Called Peter 1955 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Gladys Hurlbut, Billy Chapin, Edward Earle, Marietta Canty
Peter Marshall (Richard Todd) was a Scottish-born clergyman who became the Chaplain of The U.S. Senate. This biography is based on his wife's memoirs, and is good fare, even for those with non-religious leanings.
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My Man and I 1952 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Jose Torvay, George Chandler, Pascual Garcia Pena, Juan Torena
A Mexican migrant worker, Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), is entranced with a suicidal dancer, Nancy (Shelley Winters), and also runs into legal problems with his employer Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) after an accidental shooting.
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The Rack 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Lee Marvin, Anne Francis, Cloris Leachman, Robert Burton, Robert F. Simon, Trevor Bardette
Adapted from Rod Serling's teleplay, this compelling drama is about an Army court-martial of an officer (Paul Newman) who was brainwashed into collaborating with the enemy in a North Korea prison camp.
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Ransom! 1956 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Segal
Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith, Alexander Scourby, Richard Gaines, Mabel Albertson, Juanita Moore, Robert Burton
When his son is kidnapped, David Stannard (Glenn Ford) must decide whether to pay the ransom or use the money to catch the kidnappers.
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The Slime People 1962  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Hutton
Cast: Robert Hutton, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Susan Hart, William Boyce, Judee Morton, John Close, Tracy J. Putnam, Jock Putnam, Blair Robertson
And now it's time for another of the all-time bad movies. Nuclear testing awakens prehistoric subterranean monsters who then come to the surface in Los Angeles, create a curtain of fog around the city, and force the inhabitants to flee. But our duty scientist figures out a way to stop the fog and save humanity.
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The Tall T 1957 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva, John Hubbard, Robert Burton, Fred Sherman, Christopher Olsen, Robert Anderson
In this tension-filled Western, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) is a rancher who loses his horse on a bet and now must get a ride on a stagecoach. Also on the stagecoach is a newly-wed couple, Willard and Doretta Mims (John Hubbard and Maureen O'Sullivan). When they reach an abandoned station, they fall into the hands of bandit Frank Usher (Richard Boone) and his henchmen Chink and Billy Jack (Henry Silva and Skip Homeier) who hold the passengers captive. Hoping to make a deal, cowardly Willard tells Usher that Doretta's father is wealthy. The ploy does not work for Frank, and Usher kills Frank but then holds Doretta for ransom. Tensions rise while Usher waits for the ransom, and, meanwhile, romance blooms between Pat and Doretta.
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Trilogy of Terror 1975 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon
Dan Curtis, of the "Dark Shadows" TV show, brings three interwoven stories to a made-for-TV film–all starring Karen Black. "Julie"-A student is infatuated with his teacher, gets her out on a date, then drugs and photographs her. When he tries to blackmail her, she kills him, and now it starts over with another student. "Millicent and Therese"-Two estranged sisters have opposite personalities. When Millicent tries to kill her sister using a voodoo doll, we find out that they are actually the same person. "Amelia"-This one makes the film and has become a classic in itself. Amelia bought a doll that supposedly contains the soul of a great tribal warrior. When a chain around the doll breaks, the soul is released, and the doll and Amelia fight it out around the apartment. When Amelia thinks she has killed the doll, she finds she is mistaken since the warrior now possesses her. This film broke new ground in TV with its sex and horror theme.
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The Young Savages 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, Edward Andrews, Telly Savalas, Pilar Seurat, Milton Selzer, Larry Gates, Vivian Nathan, Jody Fair, Roberta Shore, Robert Burton, John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, Stanley Kristien
District Attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster) deals with ghetto gangs from Harlem, where he grew up, while trying to solve the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. The teenage gang members (John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, and Stanley Kristien) have been caught, and Bell is assigned the case as prosecutor. The case appears to be easy–until Bell realizes that there is more to it than meets the eye. In fact, one of the defendants is the son of Bell's ex-lover, Mary di Pace (Shelley Winters), and his wife, Karen (Dina Merrill), is turning against him because of his past. Now the question is: As more secrets come to the fore, will Bell be able to keep his principles intact?
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| 1. Above and Beyond (1952)
2. The Big Heat (1953)
3. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
aka: Jumbo
4. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
5. Compulsion (1959)
6. Confidentially Connie (1953)
7. Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
8. Fearless Fagan (1952)
9. The Gallant Hours (1960)
10. The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
11. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
12. Jubal (1956)
13. Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
14. A Man Called Peter (1955)
15. My Man and I (1952)
16. The Rack (1956)
17. Ransom! (1956)
18. The Slime People (1962)
19. The Tall T (1957)
20. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
21. The Young Savages (1961)
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