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- DirectorClaude BinyonStarsAlan YoungDinah ShoreRobert MerrillShy farmboy loves his next-door neighbor, but she dreams of going to the big city. Then she gets mixed up with big-city gangsters.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDennis O'KeefeGale StormJeff ChandlerNewspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsTyrone PowerMai ZetterlingLloyd NolanA ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRobert PaigeTwo workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFrances RaffertyWhen two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPatricia MedinaTwo Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloCharles LaughtonRocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.
- DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloNancy GuildTwo bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFred ClarkHarry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarie WindsorTwo bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsVictor McLaglenGeorge MacreadyFay SpainTwo men plot to steal and hold for ransom the remains of President Abraham Lincoln.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsRaymond MasseyGene LockhartRuth GordonHumble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsRandolph ScottAnn DvorakEdgar BuchananA sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsForrest TuckerPeter CushingMaureen ConnellA kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloWilliam BendixA documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud & Lou get jobs in Mr. Fields' Drugstore.
- 1952–195727mTV-G7.8 (93)TV EpisodeDirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud takes Lou to a nearsighted dentist.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou is arrested for shooting a hole in his neighbor's bucket.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud worries that Mr. Fields will rent their apartment while they're on vacation.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou invites Mr. Fields to his birthday party, but Bud winds up kicking Lou out of his own party.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou's uncle in Alaska discovers a gold mine, so Bud and Lou prepare to head up there to see if they can cash in on it.
- 1952–195727mTV-G8.0 (66)TV EpisodeDirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou tries selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeThe boys join the reserves.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou tries selling pots and pans door-to-door.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou spends most of his money at the kissing booth.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeHillary invites the boys to her uncle's dude ranch, there tangle with outlaws.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud & Lou keep Hillary company one night in an old house she'll inherit.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou can't sleep so Bud takes him to a shrink who gives him a sleep inducing record.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJoe KirkThe boys visit two restaurants, one with twin waitresses.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeHillary's Dad will only allow her to marry a man with musical talent, so Lou goes to a singing teacher.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou runs for public office, so Bud brings in Lou's 4th grade teacher for sympathy.
- 1952–195727mTV-G7.8 (61)TV EpisodeDirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou & Stinky agree to do a charity wrestling match, but Stinky gets sick, so Lou is forced to wrestle Ivan the Terrible.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsThe boys deliver straw hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company and run into crazy guys en route.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeLou has to get a license for his chimp but accidentally applies for a marriage license.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeThe boys plan a surprise party, but the noise angers Mr. Fields.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeOn the quiz show Hold That Cuckoo, the host puts Lou thru some embarrassing stunts.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeThe boys rent a car and drive to Vegas, where they play a violent game of pool.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud & Lou raise money to keep an old lady from being evicted but she uses the money to bet on horses.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsThinking it's a counterfeit, bud tears up a $500 bill. When it turns out to be real, he goes nuts and is put in the old actors' home. This episode includes the "Who's On First" Routine.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsMike the Cop helps the boys enroll in the police academy which Lou manages to blow up.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBingo the Chimp is sick and Lou figures he misses his family, so they all go to Africa.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsMr. Fields forces the boys to hang wallpaper to help pay off their rent.
- 1952–195726mTV-G7.9 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFortunio BonanovaLou's uncle, an Italian opera singer, visits, and his singing annoys Mr. Fields.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloHillary BrookeBud & Lou are hired to pose as British noblemen at a swanky party.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsMr. Fields demands the boys take out life-insurance policies that name him as beneficiary, but neither can pass the physical.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsThe boys exterminate the ants at a rich lady's house, but she thinks they have killed her aunts.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMary Beth HughesA jealous boxer and his sexy wife rent a nearby apartment and Lou is suspected of carrying on with said sexy wife.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsThe boys accidentally buy a crate of roller skates - which contain ill-gotten gems.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJean PorterLou overhears a man and girl rehearsing a Civil War play and thinks the danger is real. Inspired by Buster Keaton's The General.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick WesselThe boys try to win a prize for having the best backyard garden and wind up angering their neighbor.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGordon JonesLou answers Mr. Fields' phone and inadvertently wins a thousand-dollar prize.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloAdele JergensWhen Lou prepares to marry a girl he's only corresponded with, Bud convinces him he has amnesia and has already married a shrew.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJean WillesThe boys are hired to help control a man's daughters, who spend too much money. But they end up losing their money in a casino.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsLou wins a car in a contest, but it's a lemon, so they drive to Flint for another.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJune VincentLou tries to marry his old girlfriend so he can inherit $10,000 but she's now dating a jealous wrestler.
- 1952–195730mTV-G8.0 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsTo avoid eviction, the boys convince Fields that Lou has a millionaire uncle. Lou winds up masquerading as his own uncle.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsLou takes a correspondence course to become a detective, and then tries to help a girl recover some old bonds.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGordon JonesThe IRS accidentally sends Lou a check for $1,000,000.13. When he and Bud cash it, they are followed home by thugs who witnessed the transaction.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJoe SawyerWhen Lou is mistaken for a fellow safecracker, the boys get involved with crooks planning a robbery.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDouglas FowleyThe boys are hired as bank guards by two robbers masquerading as Brinks guys.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGordon JonesLou poses as a millionaire to help Mr. Fields get out of a breach-of-promise suit.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGloria HenryLou is set up by his sexy neighbor to take the fall for her infidelity, so that Lou is the one who gets killed by her jealous mobster boyfriend.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloKaren SharpeLou, Bud, and Mr. Fields try to build a pre-fab house for Lou's fiancée. Inspired by Buster Keaton's One Week.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFortunio BonanovaBud volunteers Lou for a science experiment that makes him immune to pain.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick WesselThe boys judge the Miss Mud Turtle pageant, in which Mr. Fields' niece is a contestant.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloWalter CatlettBud and Lou are hired by a couple of toughs to act as "beards" for their girlfriends to circumvent objections from their eccentric father.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloSid FieldsBud enlists Lou to give him a massage.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsGordon MacRaeEddie BrackenDick WessonThree friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsShirley BoothRobert RyanMarjie MillarA rooming-house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks.
- DirectorMelvin FrankNorman PanamaStarsRobert TaylorEleanor ParkerJames WhitmoreCol. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsJoan CrawfordFred MacMurrayConrad VeidtOxford Professor Richard Myles and his new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't the typical honeymoon: they are on a spying mission for British Intelligence on the eve of World War II.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJohn MillsJohn GregsonDonald SindenThe attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter HustonUna MerkelWilliam L. ThorneAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
- DirectorKlaytan W. KirbyStarsDorothy AbbottThad SwiftPhil RhodesA young female newspaper reporter is assigned by her editor to investigate the seamier side of Hollywood.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderGwen DelanoFriday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderJack KruschenA man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently makes his escape in the man's car. Friday and Smith have to find him.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderDorothy AbbottA gang of robbers is calling Los Angeles physicians down to hotels and mugging and robbing them of drugs and valuables. Sergeants Friday and Smith are called in to put a stop to this.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsGene KellyDick YorkLeo G. CarrollA deaf couple must adjust to the restoration of the wife's hearing.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsBarbara BillingsleyHugh BeaumontTony DowCaddy Beaver tries to set things right when golfer Mr. Langley cheats on his scorecard to win a $500.00 bet.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRock HudsonRod TaylorMary PeachDuring the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallA series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinSammy Davis Jr.Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsCary GrantDoris DayGig YoungA rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save herself for marriage.
- 1952–196630mTV-G8.0 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonDavid treats his parents and date to dinner at an upscale restaurant, but it's possible he may not have enough money to cover the tab.
- 1952–196630mTV-G7.8 (43)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonThe Tommy Jackson Band is coming to town, and Ricky dreams of sitting in on drums.
- DirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonThe Nelsons compete against other neighborhood families in the Men's Club picnic decathlon.
- 1952–196630mTV-G8.1 (20)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonOzzie and Darby wager on whether Darby can pull a practical joke on Ozzie within one week. With just one day left to go, Ozzie has is guard up, and he decides to attempt to play a practical joke on Darby.
- 1952–196630mTV-G7.1 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonOzzie and Harriet play Cupid in their effort to get their actor-friend, inveterate bachelor John Archer, married.
- 1952–196630mTV-G8.3 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonDave and Wally are both dating the same young lady. Dave is invited to the girl's birthday party, but accidentally picks up the box with the wrong gift - a book that will explode when opened.
- 1952–196630mTV-G8.1 (19)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonAfter learning from his two sons that he talks in his sleep, Ozzie worries he'll reveal Harriet's upcoming birthday surprise. He takes unusual measures to prevent this from happening.
- 1952–196630mTV-G7.6 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonDave and Rick are growing up and aren't as home as much as they used to be, so Ozzie and Harriet look into selling the old family house and moving into an apartment.
- 1952–196630mNot Rated8.0 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonOzzie & Harriet make plans to go to the lodge at the lake, for the weekend. Harriet happens to mention this to Clara Randolph, who thinks it would be a great idea if she and Joe came along.
- 1952–196630mNot Rated7.1 (33)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonWhen Ozzie and Harriet are invited to Dave's girlfriend's house for dinner, they assume that the two youngsters are about to announce their engagement.
- 1952–196626mTV-G8.5 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonThe fraternity wants to buy a piano for the Christmas party, and David and Rick meet a nice older couple with a piano they can afford.
- 1952–196630mTV-G8.4 (22)TV EpisodeDirectorOzzie NelsonStarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonDavid NelsonOzzie takes a message from David's new job at the law office concerning some important documents of his boss, Mr. Kelley. But David is not to be found so Harriet and Ozzie track the attorney to a ski lodge to deliver the papers.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsTroy DonahueConnie StevensTy HardinCollege students on spring break in Palm Springs pursue romantic entanglements. Jim falls for Bunny, Biff for Amanda. Gayle poses as a student while Eric courts her. Their coach flirts with a motel owner amid her son's antics.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsGeorge MaharisRobert MorseAnjanette ComerA reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their magazine.