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51. Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)
Approved | 70 min | Drama
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Norman Alden
Votes: 104
52. Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
Not Rated | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the Cold War, an American secret agent must find a kidnapped Arab prince who is being used by the Soviets to gain leverage against America's plans to install missiles in a Middle-Eastern country.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Allison Hayes, Ed Kemmer
Votes: 215
53. Frontier Uprising (1961)
Approved | 68 min | Western
A trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Nancy Hadley, Ken Mayer, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 190
54. Jet Attack (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, War
Three American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is in her hands.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott, James Dobson
Votes: 246
55. Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Approved | 67 min | Western
A District Attorney tries an Indian chief for the murder of an Indian agent, but begins to believe that the chief is possibly being framed by powerful interests who want to start a war between the Indians and the locals.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott, Ted de Corsia, Grant Richards
Votes: 223
56. Resurrection (1931)
81 min | Drama
Country girl Katusha is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov who, years later, finds himself on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime to which he now realizes that his actions ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: John Boles, Lupe Velez, Nance O'Neil, William Keighley
Votes: 25
57. Destination Murder (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker
Votes: 1,024
58. Gun Fight (1961)
Approved | 67 min | Western
On the stagecoach to Laramie, Wayne Santley rescues singer Nora Brown from the advances of gambler Cole Fender. In Laramie, Wayne discovers his brother Brad is an outlaw, but he refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Joan Staley, Gregg Palmer, Ron Soble
Votes: 203
59. Operation Bottleneck (1961)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, War
WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Miiko Taka, Norman Alden, John Clarke
Votes: 106
60. The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime
The Gas House Kids go to Hollywood, where they become entangled with a mad scientist while attempting to find a lost treasure in a haunted house.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Benny Bartlett, Rudy Wissler, Tommy Bond
Votes: 50
61. Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
Passed | 11 min | Short
In this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Kathleen Freeman, Howard Negley, Ruth Lee, Sven Hugo Borg
Votes: 269
62. Laughter in Hell (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Merna Kennedy, Tom Brown
Votes: 68
63. Gun Street (1961)
Approved | 67 min | Western
A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Jean Willes, John Clarke, John Pickard
Votes: 131
64. Bungalow 13 (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Private detective Christopher Adams chases a precious antique jade lion through the Mexican cafes, auto courts, and the seamy side of Los Angeles.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Cromwell, James Flavin
Votes: 13
65. Up for Murder (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.
Directors: Monta Bell, Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin, Purnell Pratt, Richard Tucker
Votes: 98
66. Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Yank comes to Havana in search of an old friend who disappeared during the Cuban Revolution, and discovers a group of Batista sympathizers plotting to overturn Castro.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes, Eduardo Noriega, Michael Granger
Votes: 298
67. Good Bad Boys (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Family, Short, Comedy
Deciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, George Lessey, William Bailey, Hugh Beaumont
Votes: 106
68. Angel of Mercy (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Story of Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Oscar Apfel, William Bailey, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 111
69. Goin' Fishin' (1940)
10 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The Our Gang decide to go fishing in the morning. However, when on the bus, things start to stall along the way before they get to their stop.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 95
70. Melodies Old and New (1942)
Unrated | 11 min | Family, Short, Comedy
Needing money for football uniforms, the Our Gang decides to put on a minstrel show.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Janet Burston, Robert Blake, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 92
71. Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An honest bank employee gets hooked on horse racing, and starts to embezzle bank funds in an attempt to recoup his losses.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Litel, Marie Windsor, Steve Brodie, Barbara Logan
Votes: 229
72. Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Mystery
A doctor tests his theory that blood diseases can be cured by atomic radiation by using prison inmates as experiments.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford, Lynne Carter
Votes: 344
73. The Man on the Rock (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Short, History, Mystery
This MGM short film questions whether Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena in 1821 as recorded in history. It is noted that for many years Napoleon employed a look-a-like by ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Carey Wilson, Sergei Arabeloff, Naomi Childers, Barry Downing
Votes: 81
74. The Checkered Coat (1948)
66 min | Crime, Drama
Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Madden is visited by a man, Steve "Creepy" Bolin, wearing a weird checkered coat, and after Madden learns that Creepy is subject to death-like trances and the fear ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield, James Seay
Votes: 13
75. Radio Patrol (1932)
65 min | Crime, Drama
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, Lila Lee, June Clyde
Votes: 65
76. Surrender (1927)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young Jewish woman is forced to either give herself to a Russian officer or watch her village burn.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Mary Philbin, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Otto Matieson, Nigel De Brulier
Votes: 63
77. All About Hash (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 88
78. Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
American television anthology drama series. At least 21 episodes aired on CBS from November 11, 1952 to August 30, 1953. From January 6, 1953 to May 26, 1953 it alternated weekly with Demi-Tasse Tales.
Stars: Sheldon Leonard, Barbara Whiting, Bob Sweeney, Ford Rainey
Votes: 22
79. Bubbling Troubles (1940)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 110
80. Don't Lie (1942)
11 min | Comedy, Family, Short
A big monkey has escaped from the circus, and Buckwheat sees it enter the neighborhood "haunted house." Buckwheat tries to tell his friends, but they don't believe him because he has been ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 105
81. A Thrill for Thelma (1935)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Irene Hervey, Robert Livingston, Robert Warwick, William Tannen
Votes: 227
82. For God and Country (1943)
43 min | Short, Drama
The story of the U. S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Hugh Marlowe, Richard Whorf, Richard Carlson
Votes: 73
83. The Clown and the Kid (1961)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
When a clown dies, his small son forms a circus act with an escaped convict. The latter falls in love with the amusement park owner.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Lupton, Michael McGreevey, Don Keefer, Mary Webster
Votes: 40
84. The Big Premiere (1940)
11 min | Family, Comedy, Short
It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 110
85. Captain Spanky's Show Boat (1939)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Family
An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. Our Gang puts the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, Robert Blake, Tommy Bond, Buddy Bowles
Votes: 85
86. A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Western
A young orphan rejects his foster parents--instead turning to a German Shepard whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Bill Williams, Marcia Henderson, Roger Mobley, Roy Engel
Votes: 94
87. Ye Olde Minstrels (1941)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
The Our Gang members want to raise money for the Red Cross. Of course they decide to put on a musical show. With the help of Froggy's uncle, an old minstrel show man, they hire the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 57
88. Alfalfa's Double (1940)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Alfalfa meets rich-boy Cornelius who, surprisingly, looks like Alfalfa and so they decided to switch places.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 92
89. Afraid to Talk (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Eric Linden, Sidney Fox, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhern
Votes: 135
90. The Fabulous Fraud (1948)
11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Baragrey, John Nesbitt, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones
Votes: 93
91. Gunfighters of Abilene (1959)
Approved | 66 min | Romance, Western
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames, Russell Thorson
Votes: 186
92. A Doll's House (1922)
70 min | Drama
Years ago, Nora Helmer committed a forgery to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Bryant | Stars: Alan Hale, Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Elinor Oliver
Votes: 25
93. Dad for a Day (1939)
11 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Mr. Henry owns a service station next to young Mrs. Baker's lunch counter. He is too shy to get the words out and tell Widow Baker that he loves her and her young son. The day of the town's... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, Robert Blake, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 99
94. Police Dog Story (1961)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama
A rookie policeman is sent to the Police Dog Training School with a a half-wild German Sehpherd. They become a successful team and later capture an arson gang together,
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Milton Frome
Votes: 72
95. Main Street on the March! (1941)
Approved | 20 min | Short, History
The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Raymond Gram Swing, Neville Chamberlain, H.V. Kaltenborn
Votes: 177
96. Confidential (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A federal agent goes undercover to avenge the murder of a friend but one of the gang thinks he seems familiar.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 134
97. Born to Speed (1947)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Johnny Randall, a young race-car driver, falls in love with Tony Bradley, who hates racing because her brother was killed in a midget car-race (the car size, not the driver-size.) To ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Johnny Sands, Vivian Austin, Don Castle, Frank Orth
Votes: 70
98. Homicide Squad (1931)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The police use a gangster's son to get to him.
Directors: Edward L. Cahn, George Melford | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Noah Beery, Mary Brian, Russell Gleason
Votes: 29
99. Emergency Call (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners, insurance companies and property owners by staging fake accident ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone
Votes: 194
100. Madero of Mexico (1942)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
This film chronicles the short political life of Francisco Madero (1873-1913), who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Paul Guilfoyle, Joe Dominguez, John Picorri
Votes: 49