List of the best Arnold Laven movies: Anna Lucasta(1958), The Rack(1956), Slaughter on Tenth Avenue(1957), Down Three Dark Streets(1954), Without Warning(1952), Rough Night in Jericho(1967), The Glory Guys(1965), Sam Whiskey(1969), Geronimo(1962), Back to the Planet of the Apes(1981), The Monster That Challenged the World(1957) ... ...
Drama
USA
1958
97 Minutes
Director
Eartha Kitt Sammy Davis Jr. Frederick O'Neal Henry Scott Rex Ingram Georgia Burke James Edwards Rosetta LeNoire Isabel Cooley Alvin Childress Claire Leyba
prostitute sailor father mother suitor brother-in-law melodramatic sultry fiery shocking los angeles san diego nightclub house university family dysfunction marrying for money reunion greed african-americans
A young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did.
Drama
USA
1956
100 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Anne Francis Walter Pidgeon Wendell Corey Edmond O'Brien Lee Marvin Cloris Leachman Robert Burton Robert F. Simon Trevor Bardette Adam Williams
military officer father widow prisoner of war lawyer psychiatrist emotional powerful san francisco air force base courtroom death of a child torture treason korean war post-traumatic stress disorder escape transformation 1950s
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
103 Minutes
Director
Richard Egan Jan Sterling Dan Duryea Julie Adams Walter Matthau Sam Levene Charles McGraw Mickey Shaughnessy
A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
85 Minutes
Director
Broderick Crawford Ruth Roman Martha Hyer Marisa Pavan Casey Adams Kenneth Tobey Gene Reynolds William Johnstone Harlan Warde Jay Adler Claude Akins
fbi agent gangster robber partner witness gritty uneasy hollywood, calif. los angeles fugitives murder case car theft blackmail investigation dangerous assignment mystery revenge quest 1950s
An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.
Drama
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Director
Adam Williams Meg Randall Ed Binns Harlan Warde John Maxwell Angela Stevens
Quiet, unobtrusive LA citizen Carl Martin picks up look-alikes for his estranged blonde wife and murders them with garden shears.
Western
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin George Peppard Jean Simmons John McIntire Slim Pickens Don Galloway Brad Weston Richard O'Brien Carol Andreson Stephen Sandor Warren Vanders
sheriff businesswoman driver henchman partner thrilling wild west small town ranch street stagecoach corruption feud crime old west revenge pursuit 19th century
A former deputy and a strong-willed widow are determined to stop a ruthless town boss.
Western
USA
1965
112 Minutes
Director
Tom Tryon Harve Presnell Senta Berger Michael Anderson Jr. James Caan Slim Pickens Wayne Rogers Andrew Duggan Peter Breck Jeanne Cooper Laurel Goodwin
general soldier beautiful woman recruit native american tyrant engaging rousing melodramatic frontier battlefield small town bar camp american indian wars leadership military life love triangle battle death
What could be worse for two cavalry officers than to battle with native tribes? To battle each other for the same woman.
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
96 Minutes
Director
Burt Reynolds Clint Walker Ossie Davis Angie Dickinson William Schallert Woodrow Parfrey Anthony James Del Reeves
gambler widow blacksmith inventor beautiful woman amusing madcap lighthearted wild west river heist gold seduction old west dangerous assignment adventure pursuit 1860s
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.
Western
USA
1962
101 Minutes
Director
Chuck Connors Kamala Devi Ross Martin Adam West Pat Conway Larry Dobkin Armando Silvestre John Anderson
native american schoolteacher warrior cavalry captain indian agent emotional engaging arizona indian reservation geronimo apaches native americans freedom u.s. cavalry rebellion escape sacrifice underdog 1880s
In 1880s Arizona, General Crook and his troops are trying to subdue the last tribe of Apache led by Geronimo.
Sci-Fi
1981
96 Minutes
Astronauts Burke (James Naughton) and Virdon (Ron Harper) crash-land on Earth 1,000 years in the future.
Sci-Fi
1957
83 Minutes
Director
Tim Holt Audrey Dalton Hans Conried Harlan Warde Casey Adams Mimi Gibson Gordon Jones Marjorie Stapp Dennis McCarthy Barbara Darrow Bob Beneveds
creature swimmer scientist lieutenant commander chilling tense california the salton sea underwater military base monsters earthquakes radiation science survival pursuit rescue 1950s