Ron Randell
Ron Randell (1918-1994) was an accomplished Australian actor who enjoyed a prolific career in film, television, and theater. Born in Sydney, Randell discovered his passion for acting at a young age and began honing his craft through local productions before transitioning to... Read full bio →
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Whity
Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank and the disabled Davy.
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach.
Most Dangerous Man Alive
An escaped, but framed, prisoner escapes prison during a cobalt explosion and soon discovers he has grown a special power that makes his body impervious to everything. Learning this, he seeks vengeance on the bad guys who framed him for jail.
King of Kings
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Davy
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British music halls. Young Davy is the star of the act, but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own?
The Girl in Black Stockings
A young girl's murder leaves a hotel full of suspects.
The She-Creature
A mysterious hypnotist (Chester Morris) reverts his beautiful assistant (Marla English) back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
The Hostage
A South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage.
Desert Sands
The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
The Mississippi Gambler
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth.
The Girl on the Pier
A London copper and his family on holiday, a Yank gangster/crooner, a junior journalist, a waxworks horror museum owner and his unfaithful dolly bird wife congregate on Brighton's Palace Pier for blackmail and murder.
Kiss Me Kate
Howard Keel, and Kathryn Grayson, and Ann Miller star in this film version of the musical based on William Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew".
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
The Sign of the Ram
A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.
The Loves of Carmen
Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.
To Have and Have Not
The movie that brought together Bogie and Bacall. "Anybody got a match?"