Act of Violence 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter, Berry Kroeger, Taylor Holmes, Will Wright, Connie Gilchrist
After returning home at war's end, an ex-soldier, Ace Parkson (Robert Ryan), tracks down prison-camp informer Frank R. Enley (Van Heflin) to avenge the death of his buddies.
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 Adam's Rib 1949  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Eve March, Clarence Kolb, Will Wright, Emerson Treacy, Polly Moran, Elizabeth Flournoy, Tommy Noonan, Paula Raymond
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play married attorneys Adam and Amanda Bonner who are on opposing sides at home as well as in the trial of sexy blonde Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) who shot her husband's (Tom Ewell) mistress. While Adam is the prosecutor in the case, Amanda defends Doris because she believes that Doris has the right to get revenge–just as men always have. Sexual equality, Amanda argues, is what should set Doris free. Doris is acquitted, but both Adam and Amanda admit that men and women are different, and, hence, the battle of the sexes continues.
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Alias Jesse James 1959  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, Will Wright, Bing Crosby, Ward Bond, James Arness, Roy Rogers
After insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) sells a life insurance policy to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), he must follow him into the West to guard his life. There are lots of stars playing the role that they are most famous for–James Garner plays Brett Maverick, Fess Parker Plays Davy Crockett, and even Jay Silverheels is there as Tonto.
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 All the King's Men 1949  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Shepperd Strudwick, Anne Seymour, Will Wright, Raymond Greenleaf, Houseley Stevenson, Ralph Dumke, Walter Burke
Based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inspired by the activities of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, this is a story about political corruption. Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) rises to the governorship of his Southern state, but corruption results in his ultimate undoing. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge); nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (John Ireland).
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 Bambi 1942 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama
Director: David Hand
Cast: Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Bobby Stewart, Peter Behn, Stan Alexander, Sterling Holloway, Ann Gillis, Paula Winslowe, Cammie King, Donnie Dunagan, Fred Shields, Will Wright
This well-loved Disney film is perfection in animation. It tells the story of Bambi's life from birth through his mother's death at the hands of deer hunters to his eventual fatherhood.
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Black Eagle 1948  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Gordon
Cast: William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones, James Bell, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright, Edmund MacDonald, Paul E. Burns, Harry Cheshire, Ted Mapes
Based on an O. Henry story, this trivial flick concerns a vagabond who becomes involved in a range war. After being on both sides of the "fence," all ends well.
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Blaze of Noon 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts, William Bendix, Sterling Hayden, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Johnny Sands, Jean Wallace, Lloyd Corrigan
Early days of the United States Air Mail service provide the subject for this film featuring brothers Colin (William Holden), Roland (Sonny Tufts), Tad (Sterling Hayden), and Keith (Johnny Sands) who pioneered the new profession as daring pilots.
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Blondie Plays Cupid 1940  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Glenn Ford, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Danny Mummert, Irving Bacon, Will Wright, Luana Walters, Spencer Charters
Dagwood (Arthur Lake) doesn't agree, but Blondie (Penny Singleton) sees no problem in urging the elopement of a young couple.
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The Blue Dahlia 1946 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Alan Ladd, Doris Dowling, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Walter Sande
War veteran Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) returns home to his unfaithful wife, Helen (Doris Dowling). When Helen is subsequently murdered, Johnny and his friend, Buzz (William Bendix), are suspects.
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Cape Fear 1962 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam, Jack Kruschen, Telly Savalas, John McKee, Edward Platt, Will Wright, Barrie Chase, Paul Comi, Page Slattery, Ward Ramsey, Joan Staley
When ex-con Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released from an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, he vows to get even with the Georgia lawyer, Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), who had testified against him. He arrives in town and intends to get revenge by raping Bowden's wife Peggy (Polly Bergen) and daughter Nancy (Lori Martin). Police Chief Dutton (Martin Balsam) tries to help, but his hands are tied. Finally, to escape Cady, Bowden moves Peggy and Nancy to a houseboat on the river–where a showdown awaits.
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Dallas 1950 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton, Leif Erickson, Antonio Moreno, Jerome Cowan, Will Wright, Monte Blue
Blade Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a former Confederate officer out to avenge the destruction of his family's Georgia home. He switches identities and tracks down the perpetrators.
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Dangerous Passage 1944 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt, Jack La Rue, Victor Kilian, Alec Craig, John Eldredge, William Edmunds, Will Wright
Joe Beck (Robert Lowery) inherits a fortune, but he must sail from South America to the U.S. in order to claim his money in Texas. On the voyage, he falls in love with sultry singer Nita Paxton (Phyllis Brooks) and, at the same time, finds himself the victim of attempts on his life by another traveler who wants the inheritance.
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The Deadly Companions 1961 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills, Strother Martin, Will Wright, Jim O'Hara, Peter O'Crotty, Billy Vaughn, Chuck Hayward
When a gunslinger (Brian Keith) accidentally shoots the son of a dance hall entertainer (Maureen O'Hara), he feels obligated to escort the funeral procession through hostile Indian territory.
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Excuse My Dust 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Jane Darwell, Paul Harvey, Monica Lewis, Sheree North, Will Wright
Red Skelton plays Joe, the inventor of a horseless carriage, in this film about small-town America during the early 20th century. One trouble–his girlfriend's father runs a livery stable.
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Green Grass of Wyoming 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Western
Director: Louis King
Cast: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives, Robert Adler, Will Wright, Geraldine Wall, Charles Tannen, Richard Garrick, Marcella Becker, Herbert Heywood, Marilyn Monroe
In this sequel to "My Friend Flicka" and "Thunderhead-Son of Flicka," the story continues, but this time around the plot concentrates on rival horse-breeding Greenway (Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn) and Mclaughlin (Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, and Geraldine Wall) families.
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The Happy Time 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Kurt Kasznar, Linda Christian, Bobby Driscoll, Marcel Dalio, Jeanette Nolan, Will Wright, Richard Erdman
Uncle Desmonde (Louis Jourdan)–a Playboy photographer–returns home and is a bad influence on his nephew, Bibi (Bobby Driscoll), who is experiencing his first crush.
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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Impact 1949 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Clarence Kolb, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick, Philip Ahn
Walter's (Brian Donlevy) wife (Helen Walker) is cheating on him, and she and her lover plan his demise. But, Walter survives the plot, and the lover is killed (in Walter's car and burned beyond recognition). Walter recuperates, and his memory returns–but he is presumed dead, and his wife has been charged with his murder.
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 The Inner Circle 1946 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Philip Ford
Cast: Warren Douglas, Adele Mara, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Will Wright, Virginia Christine, Martha Montgomery, Ken Niles, Dorothy Adams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham
Private detective Johnny Strange (Warren Douglas) is framed for the murder of a popular radio personality. Johnny's solution: reenact the crime at the radio station using the suspects as participants and see if the truth can be sorted out.
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The Jolson Story 1946 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, John Alexander, Ann E. Todd, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright
This biography of 1920's star Al Jolson (Larry Parks) provides good entertainment and great Jolson tunes including "April Showers" and "Swanee." The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Sound. It also had four other nominations, including Best Actor (Parks) and Supporting Actor (William Demarest).
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The Long Night 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, Elisha Cook Jr., Moroni Olsen, Will Wright, Queenie Smith, Mary Gordon, Byron Foulger
When Maximilian, a magician (Vincent Price), causes Joe's girlfriend (Barbara Bel Geddes) to leave him, Joe (Henry Fonda) kills Maximilian. Told in flashback, the girlfriend tries to talk Joe into surrendering to the police.
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Lure of the Wilderness 1952  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan, Tom Tully, Harry Shannon, Will Wright, Jack Elam, Harry Carter, Pat Hogan
A man accused of murder and his daughter spend years hiding from the law and learning to survive in the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Lust for Gold 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer, Paul Ford, Jay Silverheels, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright
This film is based on the saga of the Lost Dutchman mine and those people whose greed undermined, and ultimately destroyed, their efforts to find the lost gold mine.
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Lydia Bailey 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, William Marshall, Luis Van Rooten, Robert Evans, Juanita Moore, Charles Korvin, Will Wright, Gladys Holland, Roy E. Glenn Sr.
An American lawyer, Albion Hamlin (Dale Robertson), visits Haiti during a native uprising against French dominion. His quest is to find heiress Lydia Bailey (Anne Francis) and remove her from harm's way.
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The Major and the Minor 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Diana Lynn, Robert Benchley, Norma Varden, Will Wright, Edward Fielding, Charles Smith, Milton Kibbee
Billy Wilder made his directorial debut in this film about Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) who pretends to be a 12-year-old child so she can get a cheaper fare on the train. Once on board, she meets and falls in love with Major Philip Kirby (Ray Milland) who does not realize that she is a grown woman. A very good comedy, even today.
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 Man with the Golden Arm 1955 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Arnold Stang, Robert Strauss, George Mathews, John Conte, George E. Stone, Leonid Kinskey, Doro Merande, Emile Meyer, Jack Mulhall, Will Wright
This is the story of card dealer/drug addict Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) who fights to kick the habit after he returns from six months in rehab. His boss (Robert Strauss) wants him to work one more rigged poker marathon. At the same time, Frankie must deal with his wheelchair-confined wife Zosch (Eleanor Parker)–who is actually faking her condition. Along comes sympathetic Molly (Kim Novak) who supports Frankie when he goes cold turkey and kicks the habit. Sinatra was nominated for the Academy Award for his performance.
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Frank McHugh, Will Wright, Gloria Henry, George Cleveland, Stephen Dunne, Arthur Space
Secretary Ellen Grant (Lucille Ball) gets in deeper than she plans when she gets involved with the underworld of bookies and shady real estate agents.
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The Missouri Traveler 1958 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Brandon DeWilde, Lee Marvin, Gary Merrill, Paul Ford, Mary Hosford, Mary Field, Will Wright, Kathleen Freeman, Earle Hodgins, Frank Cady
Set during the turn of the 20th century, this is the story of orphaned, 15-year-old Brian Turner (Brandon de Wilde) who trains horses for a living.
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My Forbidden Past 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson, Will Wright, Janis Carter, Gordon Oliver, Basil Ruysdael, Clarence Muse, Walter Kingsford
This movie, set in New Orleans, is about a scheming woman (Ava Gardner) who has her eyes set on a young physician (Robert Mitchum), and she will stop at nothing to gain his attentions.
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 Niagara 1953 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Denis O'Dea, Don Wilson, Lurene Tuttle, Lester Matthews, Will Wright, Russell Collins
Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe) has well-laid plans to kill her husband George (Joseph Cotten), BUT as with many plans, this one goes astray-very much astray.
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A Night to Remember 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, Will Wright, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Donald MacBride, Lee Patrick, Don Costello, Blanche Yurka
Mystery writer Jeff Troy (Brian Aherne) and his wife, Nancy (Loretta Young), find a dead body in their apartment. After more than one misstep, the amateur sleuths really do find the killer.
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No Way Out 1950 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier, Stephen McNally, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Harry Lauter, Stanley Ridges, Will Wright, Jack Kruschen, Mildred Joanne Smith, Harry Bellaver, Dots Johnson, Robert Adler, Ray Teal
Revenge based on racial prejudice is the name of the game in this movie that marks Sidney Poitier's film debut. Poitier plays medical intern Dr. Luther Brooks who is blamed for the death of Ray Biddle's (Richard Widmark) brother George (Harry Bellaver). The Biddle brothers are shot during a robbery and taken to a county hospital. The Biddles are racists, and when Brooks arrives to treat Ray, he refuses treatment because Brooks is Black. George dies while under Brooks' care, and Ray blames Brooks. He calls on his gang to cause violence in the Black neighborhoods, but the Blacks fight back. Ray escapes from the hospital with Brooks as his hostage and plans to kill him. But, Ray's girlfriend Edie steps in and thwarts his plans.
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People Will Talk 1951 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blackmer, Margaret Hamilton, Will Wright, Katherine Locke, Basil Ruysdael
While under investigation by his colleagues, a doctor (Cary Grant) teaching at the university does not help his case when he marries a young, pregnant woman (Jeanne Crain).
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The Raid 1954 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves, Claude Akins, Douglas Spencer, Paul Cavanagh, Will Wright
After escaping from a New England prison, Confederate soldiers plot revenge by raiding a Vermont farm.
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Rendezvous with Annie 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Philip Reed, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley, Wallace Ford, Will Wright, Lucien Littlefield
When a GI (Eddie Albert) went AWOL and visited his wife, she became pregnant. Now, nine months later, he tries to prove that he did indeed go AWOL and is the baby's father.
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River of No Return 1954 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Will Wright, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer, Arthur Shields, Don Beddoe, Edmund Cobb
After being double-crossed, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) is left as the sole protector of his son Mark (Tommy Rettig) and Kay (Marilyn Monroe) who need help riding the rapids of a Canadian river and avoiding an Indian uprising.
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 Road to Utopia 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Benchley, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, Will Wright
This is one of the best of seven "Road" films. Duke (Bing Crosby) and Chester (Bob Hope) head for the Klondike to find their fortunes in gold and are aided by Sal (Dorothy Lamour) in their pursuit of riches.
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 Shadow of the Thin Man 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter, Loring Smith, Henry O'Neill, Will Wright, Louise Beavers
Master sleuths Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) are at it again. Of course, their dog Asta is in the middle of things as they investigate mysterious events at the local racetrack.
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Shut My Big Mouth 1942 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara, Victor Jory, Fritz Feld, Will Wright, Lloyd Bridges, Forrest Tucker, Pedro de Cordoba, Don Beddoe, Russell Simpson
Wellington Holmes (Joe E. Brown) leaves the city and heads to a frontier town where he ends up face-to-face with outlaws.
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Sunset in the West 1950 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Will Wright, Pierre Watkin, Charles La Torre, William Tannen, Steve Pendleton, Paul E. Burns
Gunrunners are on the loose, and between songs Roy Rogers, the deputy sheriff, is after them.
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The Tall Men 1955 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan Garcia, Harry Shannon, Emile Meyer, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Steve Darrell
Two brothers, Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell), are hired for a cattle drive to deliver cattle baron Nathan Stark's (Robert Ryan) herd from Texas to Montana. Along the way, they encounter adventure and romance.
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These Wilder Years 1956 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins, Edward Andrews, Basil Ruysdael, Grandon Rhodes, Will Wright, Lewis Martin
A steel industry leader (James Cagney) tracks down his 20-year-old son and becomes involved with orphanage director Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck).
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They Live by Night 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Harry Harvey, Charles Meredith
Set during the Great Depression, this story centers on three Mississippi prisoners who escape. One of them, Bowie (Farley Granger), wants only to live peacefully with his newfound love, Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell). But a life of crime beckons to reverse the new course of Bowie's plans.
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They Made Me a Killer 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane, Frank Albertson, Elisabeth Risdon, James Bush, Edmund MacDonald, Ralph Sanford, Byron Barr, Paul Harvey, John Harmon, Will Wright
Wrongfully accused of robbery and murder, Tom Durling (Robert Lowery) escapes from the police and gets help from the sister (Barbara Britton) of the man he is accused of killing. Together, they track down the real criminals.
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A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright, Charles Kemper, Jack Elam, Connie Gilchrist, Marilyn Monroe
In this Comedy/Western, Johnny (Dan Dailey) is a traveling salesman who has the bad luck to be the only passenger on a train derailed by competing stagecoach personnel. Look for Marilyn Monroe as one of the chorus girls backing up Dailey's song.
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Vengeance Valley 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, John Ireland, Carleton Carpenter, Ray Collins, Ted de Corsia, Hugh O'Brian, Will Wright, Jim Hayward, Stanley Andrews, Grayce Mills, James Harrison, Margaret Bert
Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) has spent his lifetime covering for his deviant foster brother, Lee Stroble (Robert Walker). Now, Lee is responsible for Lily Fasken's (Sally Forrest) pregnancy, but he blames Owen who then must answer to Lily's brothers Hub and Dick (John Ireland and Hugh O'Brian).
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 The Wild One 1953 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Jerry Paris, Alvy Moore, Peggy Maley, Hugh Sanders, Ray Teal, John Brown, Will Wright
When a motorcycle gang descends on a small town in California, trouble is a certainty for the citizens. Dated now, but a big deal in the 1950s, and it set the standard for future cycle flicks. A great, early Marlon Brando performance as motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler.
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| 1. Act of Violence (1949)
2. Adam's Rib (1949)
3. Alias Jesse James (1959)
4. All the King's Men (1949)
5. Bambi (1942)
6. Black Eagle (1948)
7. Blaze of Noon (1947)
8. Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
9. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
10. Cape Fear (1962)
11. Cynthia (1947)
12. Dallas (1950)
13. Dangerous Passage (1944)
14. The Deadly Companions (1961)
15. Excuse My Dust (1951)
16. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
17. The Happy Time (1952)
18. House by the River (1950)
19. Impact (1949)
20. The Inner Circle (1946)
21. Johnny Tremain (1957)
22. The Jolson Story (1946)
23. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
24. The Long Night (1947)
25. Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
26. Lust for Gold (1949)
27. Lydia Bailey (1952)
28. The Major and the Minor (1942)
29. Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
30. Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
31. The Missouri Traveler (1958)
32. My Forbidden Past (1951)
33. Niagara (1953)
34. A Night to Remember (1943)
35. No Way Out (1950)
36. People Will Talk (1951)
37. The Raid (1954)
38. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
39. River of No Return (1954)
40. Road to Utopia (1945)
41. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
42. Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
43. Sunset in the West (1950)
44. The Tall Men (1955)
45. These Wilder Years (1956)
46. They Live by Night (1948)
47. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
48. A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
49. Vengeance Valley (1951)
50. Wild Harvest (1947)
51. The Wild One (1953)
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