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51. Main Street Today (1944)
Approved | 20 min | Short
This patriotic MGM short film, set in World War II, has a factory owner who produces the breech block for a key piece of army artillery. The military wants to increase production by 50%, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ray Collins, John Nesbitt, Henry O'Neill, Addison Richards
Votes: 155
52. 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
53. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran
Votes: 6,270
54. The Walking Target (1960)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joan Evans, Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Harp McGuire
Votes: 337
55. You Have to Run Fast (1961)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama
A doctor is on the run from the mob because he identified two hoods involved in a murder.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Craig Hill, Elaine Edwards, Grant Richards, Willis Bouchey
Votes: 144
56. 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
57. 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
58. Main Street After Dark (1945)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter
Votes: 379
59. 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: 97
60. 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
61. 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
62. Fightin' Fools (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Short
While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 74
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. Baby Blues (1941)
10 min | Family, Comedy, Short
Mickey's mother is about to deliver her fourth child. But Mickey, after reading in the almanac that one out of every four children born into the world is Chinese, is afraid the baby will be... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, Margaret Bert, Robert Blake, Janet Burston
Votes: 79
67. The New Pupil (1940)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
There is a new girl in school and Alfalfa and Spanky will do anything to win her over, even if it involves getting dressed up as girls.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 86
68. Betrayed Women (1955)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The governor appoints lawyer Jeff Darrow to open an investigation on the reported cruelties inflicted on the inmates of the Bayou Reformatory For Women. The investigation is opposed by Mrs.... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels, Peggy Knudsen, Tom Drake
Votes: 107
69. Robot Wrecks (1941)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
While visiting Black's Department Store, the Our Gang observe "Volto" a publicity robot in the appliance department. Unaware that the robot is actually an actor in a costume, the Our Gang ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 144
70. 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
71. The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Passed | 66 min | Western
A gambler tries to help track down the men who hanged a rancher when he tried to thwart their cattle rustling operations by selling his ranch.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Merry Anders, Mark Allen, Addison Richards
Votes: 222
72. Wedding Worries (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
After being invited to Darla's widowed father's wedding, Spanky, Froggy, Buckwheat and Mickey, believing Darla's new stepmother to be like the evil stepmothers in fairy tales, do everything... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, Barbara Bedford, Margaret Bert, Robert Blake
Votes: 92
73. The Girl on the Barge (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
The illiterate daughter of a drunken, nasty sea captain falls in love with a tugboat pilot. Her father disapproves of the relationship, and is determined to do everything he can to break it up.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Sally O'Neil, Malcolm McGregor, Morris Mackintosh
Votes: 42
74. 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
75. Jazz Mad (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon, George J. Lewis, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 13
76. The Giant of Norway (1939)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography
This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resettling tens of thousands of refugees and ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Lumsden Hare, Hugh Sothern
Votes: 56
77. Dragstrip Girl (1957)
69 min | Action, Drama
Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Fay Spain, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Frank Gorshin
Votes: 207
78. The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Approved | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found murdered.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards, Henry Daniell
Votes: 1,247
79. Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the Saturday Evening Post serial "Set Up For Murder" by Richard Stern, 12 Hours to Kill traces the problems of a young Greek national (Nico Minardos) who, after ogling a murder, is... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Nico Minardos, Barbara Eden, Grant Richards, Russ Conway
Votes: 157
80. Incident in an Alley (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Based on a short story by Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), a cop "mistakenly" kills a 14-year-old boy during a robbery. Although acquitted for the shooting, the cop is haunted by his crime.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Chris Warfield, Jacklyn O'Donnell, Harp McGuire, Virginia Christine
Votes: 175
81. Redhead (1941)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Romance
A young playboy and a girl marry because they think the boy's rich father will pay the girl $20,000 to divorce his son, and they will then split the money. Instead, the father works out a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: June Lang, Johnny Downs, Eric Blore, Weldon Heyburn
Votes: 120
82. Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Not Rated | 69 min | Western
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane
Votes: 317
83. Waldo's Last Stand (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The "Our Gang" kids stage a talent show in their clubhouse.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 133
84. The Omaha Trail (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Romance, Western
An oxen wagon train is hired to haul a locomotive to Omaha, but the owner of the wagon train has other plans.
Directors: Edward Buzzell, Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Craig, Pamela Blake, Dean Jagger, Edward Ellis
Votes: 149
85. Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A group of concerned adults try to ban rock and roll music in their town because they think that the music promotes juvenile delinquency. It's now up to a disc jockey and a hipster to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway, Fats Domino
Votes: 204
86. 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
87. Bad Guy (1937)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama
"Lucky" Walden is a power lineman-turned-criminal. He is due to go to the electric chair, which he helps prison electricians wire correctly, when his sentence is commuted for an act of ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Edward Norris, Jean Chatburn
Votes: 147
88. Surprised Parties (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
In order to plan a surprise party for Froggy, who's depressed because his birthday only comes every leap year, the gang has to throw him out of the clubhouse.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 94
89. Ode to Victory (1943)
Passed | 11 min | Short, History, Music
This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different "chapters" of the work, relevant excerpts ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ray Teal
Votes: 68
90. Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger
Votes: 1,752
91. Vice Raid (1959)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama
The bosses of the prostitution racket have one of their prostitutes go to New York City to entrap a police officer and get him thrown off the force. She does as she is told but then the gangsters make a mistake.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan, Brad Dexter, Barry Atwater
Votes: 430
92. Cage of Evil (1960)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, Harp McGuire, John Maxwell
Votes: 484
93. Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Family
Young newsboy is hunted by a bank robber who thinks the boy has his lost loot.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Wanda Hendrix, Don Beddoe, Roger Mobley, Richard Crane
Votes: 94
94. Three Came to Kill (1960)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Thriller
Three professional killers break into the house of an airport employee to shoot the plane on which an Asian Prime Minister is due to leave America.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, John Lupton, Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas
Votes: 152
95. 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
96. Inside the Mafia (1959)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
The operators of a small upstate New York airfield become unwilling pawns in the struggle for control of a crime syndicate by two rival Mafia factions.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Grant Richards, James Brown
Votes: 194
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. 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
99. 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
100. 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