List of the best Edwin Max movies: Twonky(1953), Follow Me Quietly(1949), Side Street(1950), Meet Me After the Show(1951), Francis Goes to the Races(1951), Jumping Jacks(1952), The Set-Up(1949), Jim Thorpe, All American(1951), Stairway to Heaven(1946), Here Come the Nelsons(1952) ... ...
Sci-Fi, Comedy
1953
72 Minutes
Ed
Hans Conried Gloria Blondell Billy Lynn Trilby Conried Janet Warren Edwin Max Bill Phipps Steve Roberts Florence Ravenel Al Jarvis Norman Field
philosophy teacher coach wife television set police officer repairman madcap offbeat quirky playful house university car hospital mind control man vs. machine uncontrollable technology robots time travel counterfeit money
Kerry West, a philosophy teacher at a university, acquires a new television. His wife, Carolyn, goes on a trip, so he tests it out alone, only to discover that it has unexpected powers.
Crime, Drama
1949
59 Minutes
Charlie Roy aka The Judge
William Lundigan Dorothy Patrick Jeff Corey Nestor Paiva Charles D. Brown Paul Guilfoyle Edwin Max Frank Ferguson Archie Twitchell
serial killer police officer reporter editor suspenseful dark household police station refinery café office bookstore murder media investigation obsession pursuit mystery 1940s
A police detective (William Lundigan) and a newswoman (Dorothy Patrick) hunt a rainy-day strangler dubbed the Judge.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Nick Drumman aka Stevenson
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Musical
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Charles
Betty Grable Macdonald Carey Rory Calhoun Eddie Albert Fred Clark Lois Andrews Irene Ryan Steve Condos Edwin Max Bob Nash
broadway star broadway producer rival singer husband lawyer playful crafty broadway theater apartment backstage nightclub doctor's office boat marriage divorce amnesia ambition trial reconciliation
Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.
Comedy
USA
1951
88 Minutes
First Mug
Donald O'Connor Piper Laurie Cecil Kellaway Jesse White Barry Kelley Hayden Rorke Vaughn Taylor Larry Keating Peter Brocco Edwin Max Don Beddoe
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Comedy
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Sam Gilmore
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mona Freeman Don DeFore Robert Strauss Ray Teal Marcy McGuire Danny Arnold Richard Erdman Edwin Max Alex Gerry
entertainer partner paratrooper soldier general sergeant madcap cheery playful stage military base barracks backstage new york city entertainment impersonation military life musical revue romance contest
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Drama
1949
72 Minutes
Robert Ryan Audrey Totter George Tobias Alan Baxter Wallace Ford Percy Helton Hal Baylor Darryl Hickman Kenny O'Morrison James Edwards Edwin Max
boxer wife manager mobster brooding intense united states city boxing ring boxing competition betrayal shady dealings corruption fixed game underdog rivalry 1940s
An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a fixed fight.
Biography
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Charles Bickford Steve Cochran Phyllis Thaxter Dick Wesson Jack Big Head Suni Warcloud Al Mejia Hubert Jay Kerns Nestor Paiva Jim Moss
athlete coach wife spirited touching pennsylvania boarding school football field aspirations ambition olympic games love sports football underdog rise fall 1930s
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Fantasy
1946
104 Minutes
David Niven Michael Powell Kim Hunter Raymond Massey Robert Coote Kathleen Byron Richard Attenborough Bonar Colleano Joan Maude Marius Goring Roger Livesey
pilot conductor radio operator doctor judge angel airy charming dreamy quirky patriotic england heaven airplane world war ii afterlife death love love rescue
A British airman escapes death by mistake and resists the messenger who keeps summoning him to the beyond.
Comedy
USA
1952
76 Minutes
Ozzie Nelson Harriet Nelson Ricky Nelson David Nelson Rock Hudson Barbara Lawrence Sheldon Leonard Jim Backus Paul Harvey Gale Gordon Ann Doran
When Ozzie tries to get some publicity for an ad agency, David and Ricky get mixed up with gangsters.