List of the best Jack Arnold movies: The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957), Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954), Man in the Shadow(1957), Boss(1975), The Glass Web(1953), Tarantula(1955), It Came From Outer Space(1953), Bachelor in Paradise(1961), High School Confidential!(1958), Hello Down There(1969), Monster on the Campus(1958), With These Hands(1950) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Director
Grant Williams Randy Stuart April Kent Paul Langton William Schallert Billy Curtis Diana Darrin Helene Marshall
husband wife doctor dwarf spider cat fascinating emotional campy dark boat house doctor's office circus dollhouse basement science radiation marriage mutation
When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Horror
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Director
Richard Carlson Julie Adams Richard Denning Antonio Moreno Nestor Paiva Whit Bissell Henry Escalante Ben Chapman Rodd Redwing
monster scientist explorer woman creepy frightful thrilling tense amazon jungle river boat swamp dangerous assignment science mystery travel discovery adventure quest
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Director
Jeff Chandler Orson Welles Colleen Miller Ben Alexander Barbara Lawrence John Larch James Gleason Royal Dano Paul Fix Leo Gordon Martin Garralaga
Virgil Renchler owns most of the town providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him even if it means his job and everyone else's.
Western
USA
1975
87 Minutes
Director
Fred Williamson D'Urville Martin R. G. Armstrong William Smith Don "Red" Barry Barbara Leigh Carmen Hayworth Carmen Zapata
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson John Forsythe Kathleen Hughes Marcia Henderson Richard Denning Hugh Sanders
writer researcher actress wife producer police detective tense brash intricate suspenseful los angeles television studio apartment blackmail murder adultery television show writing rivalry escape
A beautiful but heartless television actress, uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point, where she could get herself killed.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Director
John Agar Mara Corday Leo G. Carroll Nestor Paiva Ross Elliot Edwin Rand Raymond Bailey Hank Patterson Bert Holland Steve Darrell Ed Parker
professor scientist spider monster victim animal shocking fascinating suspenseful engaging thrilling intense desert city village science science fiction animal attack giant animals animals attacking
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Director
Richard Carlson Barbara Rush Charles Drake Russell Johnson Kathleen Hughes Joe Sawyer Dave Willock Alan Dexter George Eldredge Brad Jackson Edgar Dearing
alien writer fiancée sheriff impostor schoolteacher creepy eerie tense arizona desert spacecraft aliens investigation kidnapping search disappearance identity theft rescue underdog
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
Comedy
USA
1961
109 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Lana Turner Janis Paige Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss Don Porter Virginia Grey Agnes Moorehead Florence Sundstrom Clinton Sundberg John McGiver
bachelor sexy woman husband manager housewife amusing dreamy suburbia household office california romance taxes jealousy writing discovery transformation forbidden love 1960s
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Drama
USA
1958
85 Minutes
Director
Russ Tamblyn Jan Sterling John Barrymore Jr. Mamie Van Doren Diane Jergens Ray Anthony Jackie Coogan Charles Chaplin Jr. Burt Douglas Michael Landon Jody Fair
teen boy drug dealer girlfriend sexy woman police officer teacher confident engaging outlandish school teen hangout classroom household drugs high school troubled youth undercover operations law enforcement assumed identity pursuit
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Comedy
USA
1969
98 Minutes
Director
Tony Randall Janet Leigh Jim Backus Roddy McDowall Ken Berry Charlotte Rae Kay Cole Richard Dreyfuss Lou Wagner Arnold Stang Harvey Lembeck
scientist family band member businessman record producer rival amusing charming crafty lighthearted madcap playful underwater research base family home scientific experiments rock 'n' roll escape escape quest rivalry
A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
76 Minutes
Director
Arthur Franz Joanna Moore Judson Pratt Nancy Walters Troy Donahue Phil Harvey Helen Westcott Alexander Lockwood Whit Bissell Ross Elliot Ed Parker
The blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.
Drama, History
USA
1950
52 Minutes
Producer
Sam Levene Arlene Francis Joseph Wiseman Jack Arnold Julius Bing Rudy Bond Alexander Lockwood Alexander Scourby
Film produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union -- featuring several well-known Broadway actors -- recreates Triangle Fire of 1911 and compares working conditions of the 1910's with the 1950's.
Horror
USA
1955
82 Minutes
Director
John Agar Lori Nelson John Bromfield Robert Williams Nestor Paiva Grandon Rhodes Dave Willock Charles Cane Ricou Browning Clint Eastwood
Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
Comedy
USA
1964
84 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Liselotte Pulver Michèle Mercier Elga Andersen Yvonne De Carlo Miiko Taka Robert Sterling Nehemiah Persoff John McGiver Jacques Bergerac Reta Shaw
bachelor friend beautiful woman foreigner baby hilarious witty united nations abandonment search childcare foreign relations competition temptation transformation 1960s
As an employee at the United Nations building in New York City, Bob Hope finds himself in charge of an infant abandoned at the UN. Besides being a bachelor trying to cope with an infant, he... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Director
Michel Ray Peggy Webber Adam Williams John Crawford Jackie Coogan Sandy Descher Richard Shannon John Washbrook Russell Johnson Raymond Bailey
An alien intelligence aborts the launching of a rocket with the help of a bunch of children.
Western
1959
77 Minutes
Director
Audie Murphy Charles Drake Joan Evans R. G. Armstrong Virginia Grey Warren Stevens Whit Bissell Karl Swenson Willis Bouchey Edgar Stehli Jerry Paris
gunslinger doctor judge daughter sheriff gritty tense arizona small town wild west assassination paranoia vigilantism guilt suicide quest rivalry 19th century
Comedy
1959
83 Minutes
Director
Peter Sellers Jean Seberg David Kossoff William Hartnell Timothy Bateson MacDonald Parke Monty Landis Leo McKern Harold Kasket Colin Gordon Jacques Cey
prime minister guard american soldier duchess witty winsome grand fenwick boat castle manhattan cell war desperation poverty scam wine nuclear weapons underdog transformation
The field marshal, prime minister and grand duchess (Peter Sellers) of Fenwick declare war on the United States.
Action
1974
98 Minutes
Director
Fred Williamson Rosemary Forsyth Teresa Graves Floy Dean Richard Anderson Cyril Delevanti Richard X. Slattery Larry D. Mann Bret Morrison Susan Arnold
An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
Drama, History
USA
1950
52 Minutes
Producer
Sam Levene Arlene Francis Joseph Wiseman Jack Arnold Julius Bing Rudy Bond Alexander Lockwood Alexander Scourby
Film produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union -- featuring several well-known Broadway actors -- recreates Triangle Fire of 1911 and compares working conditions of the 1910's with the 1950's.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer Richard Farnsworth Irene Papas Kathryn Harrold Paul Mazursky Roger Vadim Dan Aykroyd David Bowie Bruce McGill Vera Miles
thief assassin engineer wife husband depressed person amusing madcap lighthearted airport car jewelry theft crime ring infidelity running away adventure pursuit transformation love 1980s
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.