List of the best Edward L. Cahn movies: Laughter in Hell(1933), When the Clock Strikes(1961), Two Dollar Bettor(1951), Destination: Murder(1950), It! The Terror From Beyond Space(1958), Dragstrip Girl(1957), The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake(1959), Bad Guy(1937), Incident in an Alley(1962), Noose for a Gunman(1960), Main Street After Dark(1944), Invasion of the Saucer Men(1957) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Director
Pat O'Brien Merna Kennedy Berton Churchill Gloria Stuart Tom Brown Lew Kelly Arthur Vinton Clarence Muse Douglas Dumbrille Noel Madison
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
72 Minutes
Director
James Brown Merry Anders Henry Corden Roy Barcroft Peggy Stewart Jorge Moreno Francis DeSales Max Mellinger Eden Hartford Jack Kenney
A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
Drama
USA
1951
72 Minutes
Director
An honest bank employee gets hooked on horse racing, and starts to embezzle bank funds in an attempt to recoup his losses.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
72 Minutes
Director
Joyce Mackenzie Stanley Clements Hurd Hatfield Albert Van Dekker James Flavin
hit man daughter police officer nightclub owner cigarette girl girlfriend tense gripping big city family home movie theater nightclub police station investigation undercover operations deception murder organized crime mystery pursuit
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.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Director
Marshall Thompson Shawn Smith Kim Spalding Ann Doran Dabbs Greer Paul Langton Robert Bice Richard Benedict Richard Hervey Thom Carney Ray Corrigan
astronaut commander crew member wife martian victim thrilling creepy suspenseful spacecraft outer space mars earth monsters space travel murder false accusations survival discovery escape
The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.
Drama
USA
1957
69 Minutes
Director
Fay Spain Steve Terrell John Ashley Frank Gorshin Russ Bender Tommy Ivo Grazia Narciso Tito Vuolo
Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Horror
USA
1959
70 Minutes
Director
Eduard Franz Valerie French Henry Daniell Grant Richards Paul Cavanagh Howard Wendell Paul Wexler Lumsden Hare Frank Gerstle
anthropologist scientist brother native tribesman chilling offbeat laboratory family home jungle curse voodoo anthropology siblings ritual murder mystery pursuit 1950s
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.
Drama
USA
1937
69 Minutes
Director
"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 »
Crime, Drama
USA
1962
83 Minutes
Director
Chris Warfield Erin O'Donnell Harp McGuire
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.
Western
USA
1960
90 Minutes
Director
Jim Davis Barton MacLane Lyn Thomas Ted de Corsia Walter Sande Harry Carey Jr. Lane Chandler John Hart Leo Gordon William Tannen Jan Arvan
gunslinger outlaw bandit tycoon fiancée marshal suspenseful thrilling wild west small town rock valley robbery wrongfully accused old west reputation pursuit revenge love 19th century
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
57 Minutes
Director
Edward Arnold Hume Cronyn Selena Royle Tom Trout Audrey Totter Dan Duryea Dorothy Morris
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
69 Minutes
Director
Steve Terrell Gloria Castillo Frank Gorshin Raymond Hatton Lyn Osborn Russ Bender Douglas Henderson Sam Buffington
A teenage couple accidentally awakens an alien after hitting it with their car.
Drama
UK
1935
63 Minutes
Director
The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition from his rival Garry Ames.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
67 Minutes
Director
John Agar Jean Byron Robert Hutton John Carradine Philip Tonge Hal Torey Eden Hartford Paul Langton
scientist alien daughter army major colleague zombie creepy campy frenetic cave bunker research station hockey rink united states alien attack zombies hiding saving the world race against time survival
Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.
Drama
USA
1956
92 Minutes
Director
Marla English Gloria Castillo Mary Ellen Kay Lance Fuller Adele Jergens Anna Sten John Litel Jay Adler
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
Western
USA
1961
68 Minutes
Director
ex-soldier brother entertainer gambler bounty hunter henchman spirited fiery thrilling tense wyoming trading post ranch stagecoach frontier siblings unlikely romance cattle rustling outlaws false accusations
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 »
Drama, Western
USA
1961
67 Minutes
Director
James Brown Jean Willes John Clarke Med Flory John Pickard Peggy Stewart Sandra Stone Warren Kemmerling Nesdon Booth Herb Armstrong Renny McEvoy
escaped convict fugitive sheriff ex-wife doctor witness confident brooding brash wild west prison casino desert prison break posse vendetta murder escape revenge pursuit
In this movie filmed and released in 1961 (and not a 1962 production), an escaped convict returns to town and begins a reign of terror. Marked for death are Dr. Dean Knudtson, his wife ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
78 Minutes
Director
Anne Neyland Steve Terrell John Ashley Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Raymond Hatton Wayne Taylor Russ Bender Hal Bogart
A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1961
71 Minutes
Director
James Brown John Wilder Walter Coy Robert Karnes Joe Haworth Quent Sondergaard Boyd "Red" Morgan Jon Locke Della Sharman
reformed criminal outlaw gang member brother son fiancé gritty melodramatic tense thrilling tombstone, ariz. small town prison bank stagecoach siblings frame-up accidental death wrongfully accused working undercover
Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Billy refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1958
66 Minutes
Director
Richard Anderson Elaine Edwards Adele Mara Luis Van Rooten Gar Moore Felix Locher Jan Arvan Bob Bryant
A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
Director
John Agar Maria English Michael Connors
A young cowboy searches for the killer of his twin brother.
Drama
USA
1961
65 Minutes
Director
John Lupton Michael McGreevey Don Keefer Mary Webster Mary Adams Peggy Stewart Barry Kelley Ken Mayer Charles G. Martin Victor French James Parnell
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.
Drama
USA
1957
77 Minutes
Director
Maria English Tom Conway Michael Connors Lance Fuller Mary Ellen Kay Paul Dubov Martin Wilkins Otis Greene Norman Willis Emmett Smith
Deep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1960
74 Minutes
Director
Ronald Foster Luana Patten Grant Richards Carl Milletaire Dayton Lummis Bernard Fein Carleton Young Hugh Sanders Philip Jackson Michael Johnson Gil Frye
gangster wife crime boss priest district attorney police officer brash gritty thrilling gripping bronx, n.y. church gathering distillery government offices house albany, n.y. theft gang war murder mobsters
A Tommy-gun killer (Ronald Foster) with a pregnant wife (Luana Patten) works for bootleggers in the 1920s Bronx.
Horror
1955
70 Minutes
Director
Richard Denning Angela Stevens Michael Granger S. John Launer Gregory Gaye Linda Bennett Tristram Coffin Harry Lauter Larry J. Blake Charles Evans Pierre Watkin
A police scientist (Richard Denning) faces a deported gangster's (Michael Granger) army of atomic zombies, created by an ex-Nazi.
Musical
1956
74 Minutes
Director
Lisa Gaye Michael Connors Sterling Holloway Raymond Hatton Margaret Dumont Paul Dubov Eddie Kafafian Clarence Kolb Percy Helton Charles Evans Frank Jenks
rock star teenager overbearing parent disc jockey radio personality cheery spirited rousing small town radio station club suburban life rock 'n' roll censorship public outcry music parent/child relationship underdog growing up 1950s
A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock 'n' roll palace for teens.
Crime, Drama
1959
71 Minutes
Director
New York mobsters use a Detroit prostitute (Mamie Van Doren) to set up a vice-squad detective (Richard Coogan).
Adventure
1959
68 Minutes
Director
Cameron Mitchell Allison Hayes Eduardo Noriega Michael Granger Logan Field Nestor Paiva Otto Waldis Paul Fierro
businessman police officer old flame friend plantation owner mechanic thrilling suspenseful intense crafty havana airport police station apartment beach house pier cuban revolution political coup disappearance conspiracy
An American's search for a friend lost during the Cuban revolution leads to revolutionaries plotting Castro's demise.
Horror
1957
70 Minutes
Director
Gregg Palmer Allison Hayes Autumn Russell Joel Ashley Morris Ankrum Marjorie Eaton Gene Roth Leonard P. Geer Ray Corrigan Mel Curtis
A fortune hunter (Gregg Palmer) leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.
Kids & Family, Drama
1961
72 Minutes
Director
A puppy and a tramp (Don Beddoe) lead the police to a boy (Roger Mobley) and a briefcase and a crook on the run.
Horror
1956
76 Minutes
Director
hypnotist assistant monster promoter murderer sea creature outlandish melodramatic suspenseful malibu, calif. carnival beach ocean transformation hypnosis mind control supernatural vengeance creatures metamorphosis
A hypnotist (Chester Morris) brings out his helper's (Marla English) prehistoric self, a killer sea-beast with female features.
Crime, Drama
1956
87 Minutes
Director
Richard Denning Joan Taylor Adele Jergens Helen Gilbert Lance Fuller Jane Darwell Raymond Hatton Phyllis Coates Diana Darrin Mae Marsh Laurie Mitchell
An inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they believe she has hidden.
Crime, Drama
1959
70 Minutes
Director
Mamie Van Doren Gerald Mohr Lee Van Cleef Grant Richards Elaine Edwards John Baer Carlo Fiore Paul Fix W. Beal Wong
A Las Vegas singer (Mamie Van Doren) plans an armored-car robbery with her husband's (Lee Van Cleef) ex-cellmate (Gerald Mohr).
Western
1960
67 Minutes
Director
Bill Williams Gloria Talbott Ted de Corsia Grant Richards Walter Sande X Brands Walter Baldwin Grandon Rhodes
district attorney native american tribal leader daughter judge prosecutor emotional powerful oklahoma small town courtroom plains indian reservation trial murder frame-up race relations justice romance mystery
A district attorney (Bill Williams) helps a Cherokee chief (Ted de Corsia) framed for murder by a railroad.
War
1958
79 Minutes
Director
Michael Connors Russ Bender John Ashley Scott Peters Walter Maslow Bing Russell Jewell Lain John McNamara Art Gilmore Gordon Barnes Hilo Hattie
lieutenant saloon owner soldier photographer american enemy tense engaging bleak philippines bar battlefield command post military base world war ii dangerous assignment espionage military life death suicide mission
During World War II a group sets out to destroy an American base before strategic papers fall into Japanese hands.
Crime, Drama
1935
67 Minutes
Director
Donald Cook Evalyn Knapp Warren Hymer J. Carrol Naish Theodore von Eltz Herbert Rawlinson Morgan Wallace
A Treasury agent (Donald Cook) gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
Mystery & Thriller
1958
67 Minutes
Director
Gene Barry Beverly Tyler Allison Hayes Noel Drayton Edward Kemmer Michael Pate W. Beal Wong Mel Prestige King Calder Philip Ahn Rico Alaniz
An undercover U.S. agent (Gene Barry) searches for an Arab ruler's son kidnapped by communists in Hong Kong.
Crime, Drama
1959
72 Minutes
Director
Cameron Mitchell Elaine Edwards Robert Strauss James Brown Ted de Corsia Grant Richards Richard Karlan Frank Gerstle Sidney Clute Louis Jean Heydt Steve Roberts