List of the best Howard W. Koch movies: Big House, U.S.A.(1955), Andy Hardy Comes Home(1958), Fort Bowie(1958), Badge 373(1973), Jungle Heat(1957), The Girl in Black Stockings(1957), Frankenstein 1970(1958), Untamed Youth(1957), Born Reckless(1959) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
82 Minutes
Director
extortionist wealthy man boy father fbi agent criminal dark tense colorado park california prison valley kidnapping prison break ransom accidental death interrogation quest pursuit
Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Jerry goes to prison.
Comedy
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Patricia Breslin Fay Holden Cecilia Parker Sara Haden Joey Forman Jerry Colonna Vaughn Taylor Frank Ferguson Teddy Rooney
attorney wife son mother sister businessman cheery amusing small town midwest homecoming corruption reputation family business helping others rivalry quest 1950s
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
Western
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Director
Ben Johnson Jan Harrison Kent Taylor Jana Davi Larry Chance Peter Mamakos Jerry Frank Barbara Parry Ed Hinton Johnny Western J. Ian Douglas
captain major colonel cavalryman wife apache fiery gripping tense thrilling fort arizona desert covered wagon massacre dangerous mission false accusations betrayal siege cross-cultural romance
At Fort Bowie, Captain Thompson favors peace talks but Major Wharton advocates war with the renegade Apaches led by Chief Victorio.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
116 Minutes
Director
Robert Duvall Verna Bloom Henry Darrow Eddie Egan Felipe Luciano Tina Cristiani Marina Durell Chico Martinez Jose Duval Louis Consentino Luis Avalos
detective gunrunner puerto rican police chief partner gritty thrilling new york city police station bus bar naval yard vengeance urban crime gangs vigilantism police corruption partnership revenge quest
After a suspended New York City cop's ex-partner is murdered, he vows to clean up the streets.
Adventure
USA
1957
75 Minutes
Director
Lex Barker Mari Blanchard Glenn Langan James Westerfield Rhodes Reason Miyoko Sasaki Glenn Dixon Robert Okazaki Jerry Frank Daniel Wong Yun Kui Chang
Japanese fifth columnists create havoc in the industries and plantations of Pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii, until an American doctor helps defeat them.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1957
73 Minutes
Director
Lex Barker Anne Bancroft Mamie Van Doren Ron Randell Marie Windsor John Dehner John Holland
sheriff lawyer bombshell paraplegic victim secretary suspenseful campy utah hotel pool dinner party murder investigation suspicion drowning brother/sister relationship violence deception mystery love
A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
83 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Tom Duggan Jana Lund Don "Red" Barry Charlotte Austin Irwin Berke Rudolph Anders John Dennis Norbert Schiller Mike Lane
Needing money, the last of the Frankensteins leases his castle out to a film company as he tries to complete his ancestor's gruesome experiments at creating life.
Drama
USA
1957
79 Minutes
Director
Mamie Van Doren Lori Nelson John Russell Don Burnett Eddie Cochran Lurene Tuttle Yvonne Lime Jeanne Carmen Robert Foulk Wayne Taylor Jered Barclay
Follows the vagrant sisters work for crooked characters at a rock 'n' roll prison's farm.
Drama
1959
79 Minutes
Director
Mamie Van Doren Jeff Richards Arthur Hunnicutt Carol Ohmart Tom Duggan Nacho Galindo Allegra Varron Jim Canino