List of the best Carl Benton Reid movies: The Fuller Brush Girl(1950), Lorna Doone(1951), In a Lonely Place(1950), A Day of Fury(1956), The Underwater City(1962), Carbine Williams(1952), Time Limit(1957), Pork Chop Hill(1959), Boots Malone(1952), The Great Caruso(1951), One Desire(1955), The Last of the Fast Guns(1958) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Mr. Christy
Lucille Ball Eddie Albert Carl Benton Reid Gale Robbins Jerome Cowan Fred Graham Lee Patrick
secretary office worker smuggler wife stripper hit man madcap witty office family home nightclub hideout police station murder mistaken identity investigation chase smuggling jealousy mystery
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend's kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Sir Ensor Doone
Barbara Hale Richard Greene Carl Benton Reid William Bishop Ron Randell Sean McClory Onslow Stevens Lester Matthews John Dehner Gloria Petroff Orley Lindgren
Set in 17th century Scotland, a young woman falls in love with a humble villager whose community suffers under the rule of her despotic landowning family.
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Capt. Lochner
Humphrey Bogart Gloria Grahame Frank Lovejoy Carl Benton Reid Art Smith Jeff Donnell Martha Stewart Robert Warwick Morris Ankrum William Ching Steven Geray
lover screenwriter dead person detective agent engaging dark gripping hollywood, calif. police station nightclub love unusual behavior murder investigation fall mystery 1940s
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
Judge John J. McLean
Dale Robertson Mara Corday Jock Mahoney Carl Benton Reid Jan Merlin John Dehner Dee Carroll Sheila Bromley James Bell
townspeople preacher lawman judge dance hall girl fiancé intense suspenseful powerful small town church wedding redemption saloon intimidation moral dilemma manhunt mob mentality rage murder
When gunslinger Jagade arrives in a law-abiding god-fearing town he manages to turn the townsfolk into scoff-law sinners while the town Marshal is powerless due to a moral debt to Jagade.
Sci-Fi
USA
1962
78 Minutes
Dr. Junius Halstead
William Lundigan Julie Adams Roy Roberts Carl Benton Reid Chet Douglas Paul Dubov Karen Norris Kathie Browne Edward Mallory
An engineer, a psychologist and several other disparate types take part in an experiment to see if people can live for extended periods of time in a city built under the ocean.
Biography
1952
91 Minutes
Claude Williams
James Stewart Jean Hagen Wendell Corey Carl Benton Reid Paul Stewart Otto Hulett Rhys Williams Herbert Heyes James Arness Porter Hall Fay Roope
prisoner inventor warden spirited charming prison north carolina guns inventions imprisonment david marshall williams redemption bad behavior discovery underdog rise 1920s
North Carolina moonshiner Marsh Williams (James Stewart) modifies the .30-caliber M-1 while serving 30 years in prison.
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Lt. Gen. J. Connors
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
Drama, War
USA
1959
97 Minutes
American Admiral at Peace Conference
Gregory Peck Harry Guardino Rip Torn George Peppard Carl Benton Reid James Edwards Bob Steele Woody Strode George Shibata Norman Fell Robert Blake
lieutenant soldier general enemy bleak raw thrilling patriotic south korea pork chop hill trenches bunker house korean war brotherhood politics negotiation historical events dangerous assignment escape
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
Drama
USA
1952
103 Minutes
John Williams
William Holden Johnny Stewart Stanley Clements Basil Ruysdael Carl Benton Reid Ralph Dumke Ed Begley Hugh Sanders Harry Morgan Ann Lee Anthony Caruso
agent jockey manager gambler mother friend engaging heartwarming horse track horse auction locker room train redemption on the run gambling horse racing con game mentorship transformation 1950s
Boots Malone is jockey's agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. After nearly... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1951
109 Minutes
Park Benjamin
Mario Lanza Ann Blyth Dorothy Kirsten Jarmila Novotna Richard Hageman Carl Benton Reid Eduard Franz Ludwig Donath Alan Napier Paul Javor Carl Milletaire
opera singer italian immigrant wife socialite uplifting inspiring naples, italy new york city opera house opera success performance romance immigration rise sacrifice love 1900s
This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1955
94 Minutes
Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
Anne Baxter Rock Hudson Julie Adams Natalie Wood Betty Garde Carl Benton Reid William Hopper Barry Curtis Adrienne Marden
In early 1900s, an Oklahoma gambler-casino dealer teams-up with a saloon dancer and together they seek a new life in a Colorado mining town where their relationship and respectability are tested.
Western
1958
82 Minutes
John Forbes
Jock Mahoney Gilbert Roland Linda Cristal Eduard Franz Lorne Greene Carl Benton Reid Edward Platt Eduardo Noriega Jorge Treviño Rafael Alcayde Lee Morgan
gunslinger heir rancher tycoon missing person brother brooding tense suspenseful gripping intense engaging mexico search missing persons gunfight double-cross dying wish western films adventure
Western
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Gen. Howard
Richard Widmark Felicia Farr Susan Kohner Tommy Rettig Stephanie Griffin Ray Stricklyn Nick Adams Carl Benton Reid Douglas Kennedy George Mathews James Drury
prisoner sheriff young boy general beautiful woman native american melodramatic tense plains wagon train murder revenge massacre prejudice daunting task culture clash escape rescue underdog 19th century
Wagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
Western
USA
1955
81 Minutes
Mayor Andrew Hope
Joel McCrea Vera Miles Lloyd Bridges Wallace Ford Edgar Buchanan Peter Graves Keith Larsen Carl Benton Reid John Smith Walter Sande Robert Wilke
wyatt earp rancher mayor criminal daughter saloon owner suspenseful tense fiery thrilling wichita, kan. wild west bank saloon family home ranch gun control lawlessness law enforcement frontier justice
In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.
Western
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Col. Owens
William Holden Eleanor Parker John Forsythe William Demarest William Campbell Polly Bergen Richard Anderson Carl Benton Reid John Lupton Howard McNear Alex Montoya
warden soldier indian pretty woman gutsy spirited thrilling arizona desert pow camp american civil war prisoners of war survival betrayal escape rescue pursuit 1860s
During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
War
USA
1957
108 Minutes
Deacon Edwards
Rock Hudson Martha Hyer Dan Duryea Don DeFore Anna Kashfi Jock Mahoney Alan Hale Jr. Carl Benton Reid Richard Loo James Edwards Philip Ahn
reverend wife volunteer friend military officer orphan powerful solemn military base south korea korean war military life redemption orphanage refugees religion transformation sacrifice 1950s
A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
Adventure
USA
1956
84 Minutes
Judge Stillman
Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler Rory Calhoun Barbara Britton Raymond Walburn Ray Danton John McIntire Wallace Ford Carl Benton Reid Ruth Donnelly Willis Bouchey
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Boris Stepanich Simonov
Anne Baxter Dana Andrews Walter Huston Ann Harding Erich von Stroheim Jane Withers Farley Granger Walter Brennan Carl Benton Reid Esther Dale Paul Guilfoyle
russian doctor nazi villager peasant tense solemn soviet union village invasion war violence uprising murder nazi occupation fall underdog wretched excess 1940s
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Sam McFie
Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson Angie Dickinson James Dunn Henry Jones Tom Drake Frank Conroy Carl Benton Reid Patricia Crest William Hansen
doctor young man friend sick person nurse wife emotional somber small town doctor's office hospital new england rural community friendship mortality euthanasia guilt illness affair sacrifice
A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1966
99 Minutes
The Judge
Lana Turner John Forsythe Keir Dullea Constance Bennett Ricardo Montalban Burgess Meredith Virginia Grey John Van Dreelen Warren Stevens Carl Benton Reid
mother son husband lover mother-in-law criminal brooding somber melodramatic mexico motel house courtroom adultery death blackmail prostitution regret marriage discovery
When her lover is killed, the wife of a wealthy man is convinced to fake her own death, which leads her into greater depths of depravity until fate reunites her with her long-lost son, who is unaware of her real identity.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Clem Lawton
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Musical
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Nancy Kilgas Dolores Starr Jane Fischer Cecile Rogers Vic Damone Louis Calhern Evelyn Varden Linda Christian
lawyer friend fiancée health nut sister grandfather winsome quirky cheery spirited family home apartment california opposites attract political campaign health bodybuilding eccentricity culture clash transformation
Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.