List of the best Jack Kruschen movies: The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964), Freebie and the Bean(1974), The Angry Red Planet(1959), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation(1953), Follow That Dream(1962), The Time Machine(1978), A Blueprint for Murder(1953), The Apartment(1960), Cape Fear(1962), Lover Come Back(1961), The Decks Ran Red(1958), The Last Voyage(1960) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
128 Minutes
Christmas Morgan
Debbie Reynolds Harve Presnell Ed Begley Jack Kruschen Hermione Baddeley Vassili Lambrinos Fred Essler Harvey Lembeck Lauren Gilbert Kathryn Card Hayden Rorke
orphan prince wife miner husband brash touching amusing witty quirky lighthearted colorado denver hms titanic marrying for money shipwreck rags to riches gold high society husband/wife relationship
A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Action
USA
1974
112 Minutes
Red Meyers
Alan Arkin James Caan Loretta Swit Jack Kruschen Mike Kellin Linda Marsh Paul Koslo John Garwood Alex Rocco Valerie Harper Christopher Morley
San Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
83 Minutes
CWO Sam Jacobs
Gerald Mohr Nora Hayden Les Tremayne Jack Kruschen Paul Hahn J. Edward McKinley Tom Daly Edward Innes
alien monster astronaut professor colonel doctor creepy suspenseful spirited mars spaceship lake earth space exploration alien attack alien/human relationship illness hypnosis race against time adventure
One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip.
Comedy
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Jacques Amien
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Ray Collins Sig Ruman Jack Kruschen Teddy Hart
The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1962
110 Minutes
Carmine
Elvis Presley Arthur O'Connell Anne Helm Joanna Moore Jack Kruschen Simon Oakland Roland Winters Alan Hewitt Howard McNear Frank de Kova
son patriarch orphan social worker bureaucrat governor winsome amusing playful positive florida beach car highway casino family government ineptitude bureaucracy land dispute schemes
A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.
Sci-Fi
Taiwan
1978
100 Minutes
John Bedford
John Beck Priscilla Barnes Andrew Duggan Rosemary DeCamp Jack Kruschen Whit Bissell John Hansen R. G. Armstrong John Doucette Parley Baer
This movie creates a fictional story around Bruce Lee's death. In it a villain known as "Big Boss" drugs Bruce Lee in order to destroy his production company and force him to work for him. ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1953
76 Minutes
Detective Lt. Harold Y. Cole
Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Gary Merrill Catherine McLeod Jack Kruschen Barney Phillips Freddy Ridgeway
uncle sister-in-law niece nephew father femme fatale chilling tense suspenseful cruise ship house poison murder inheritance travel suspicion mystery forbidden love quest 1950s
A man (Joseph Cotten) seeks the truth about his widowed sister-in-law (Jean Peters), suspected of poisoning relatives.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Dr. Dreyfuss
Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Ray Walston David Lewis Jack Kruschen Joan Shawlee Edie Adams Hope Holiday Naomi Stevens Frances Weintraub Lax
insurance salesman manager mistress charming witty tender dark new york city apartment office romance infidelity ambition big business love rivalry underdog 1960s
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1962
105 Minutes
Dave Grafton
Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum Polly Bergen Lori Martin Martin Balsam Jack Kruschen Telly Savalas Barrie Chase Paul Comi John McKee Page Slattery
stalker lawyer father convict private investigator daughter creepy suspenseful tense disturbing georgia boat prison protection vengeance family rape crime courage escape
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
Romance
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Dr. Linus Tyler
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Edie Adams Jack Oakie Jack Kruschen Ann B. Davis Joe Flynn Howard St. John Karen Norris Jack Albertson
advertising executive chemist company president model businesswoman lighthearted playful new york city office california one-night stand ethics unlikely romance battle of the sexes mistaken identity rivalry love 1960s
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
84 Minutes
Alex Cole
James Mason Dorothy Dandridge Broderick Crawford Stuart Whitman Katharine Bard Jack Kruschen John Gallaudet Barney Phillips David Cross Hank Patterson Harry Bartell
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Drama
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Chief Engineer Pringle
Robert Stack Dorothy Malone George Sanders Edmond O'Brien Woody Strode Jack Kruschen Tammy Marihugh Marshall Kent
husband wife captain sailor daughter engineer gripping uneasy melodramatic pacific ocean cruise ship boiler room sinking ship disaster race against time family leadership seafaring escape rescue
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1965
100 Minutes
Doctor Volker
James Stewart Fabian Glynis Johns Carol Sydes Bill Mumy John Williams Jack Kruschen Alice Pearce Jesse White Ed Wynn
genius professor brigitte bardot son daughter charming lighthearted playful california paris father/son relationship gambling coming of age growing up adventure 1960s
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Detective Pope
Jack Kelly John Cassavetes Hildy Parks Vince Edwards David Cross Eddie Marr Jack Kruschen Joyce McCluskey Jonathan Hale Barney Phillips Joel Marston
A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare. The longer the men stay there, the more ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Fantasy
1971
92 Minutes
Doctor Gottlieb
Dean Jones Sandy Duncan Joe Flynn Tony Roberts James Gregory Lee Montgomery Jack Kruschen Virginia Vincent Jack Bender Billy Bowles Sammy Jackson
scientist wife son duck government official fbi agent lighthearted madcap amusing courtroom house greed family science animals government escape underdog discovery 1970s
A professor (Dean Jones) with a wife (Sandy Duncan) and son brings home a zapped lab duck whose eggs have yolks of solid gold.
Comedy
1953
77 Minutes
Harry
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Mari Blanchard Robert Paige Martha Hyer Horace MacMahon Jack Kruschen Jean Willes Joe Kirk Jack Tesler Harold Goodwin
A spaceship takes two buddies (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) to Mardi Gras and then Venus, where men are not allowed.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Salvatore
Gene Barry Ann Robinson Les Tremayne Lewis Martin Robert Cornthwaite Sandro Giglio Bill Phipps Jack Kruschen Vernon Rich Paul Birch
scientist pastor sheriff alien marine suspenseful creepy los angeles farmhouse church laboratory alien invasion showdown survival discovery revenge 1950s
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
96 Minutes
F.B.I. Agent Charles Pope
James Mason Rod Steiger Inger Stevens Neville Brand Angie Dickinson Kenneth Tobey Jack Klugman Jack Kruschen Carleton Young Barney Phillips Harlan Warde
hostage terrorist wife daughter fbi agent expert thrilling frenetic creative subway new york city greenwich village airplane office terrorism bomb family kidnapping extortion deception
Duped by former army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time-bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb-threats to extort money from airlines.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Inspector
Anthony Quinn George Maharis Faye Dunaway Michael Parks Robert Walker Martha Hyer Milton Berle Oscar Homolka Jack Kruschen Clifton James John Randolph Kuhl
hippie flower girl bum wealthy man mafia boss amusing lighthearted madcap miami kidnapping ransom blackmail mistaken identity revenge pursuit 1960s
Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Short Boy
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Marjie Millar Pat Crowley Richard Haydn Robert Strauss Gerald Mohr Sheldon Leonard Romo Vincent Jack Kruschen Lou Lubin
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Western
USA
1960
87 Minutes
Audie Murphy Barry Sullivan Venetia Stevenson John McIntire Kenneth Tobey Mary Field Ken Lynch Suzanne Lloyd Ward Ramsey Don Collier Jack Kruschen
texas ranger outlaw veteran lieutenant sergeant love interest tense thrilling texas small town office cabin saloon jail manhunt inexperience secret friendship deception ambush
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
Drama
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Dana Wynter Mel Ferrer Dolores Michaels Margaret Hayes Theodore Bikel Luis Van Rooten Helmut Dantine Herbert Berghof James Edwards Ivan Triesault Blandine Ebinger
prisoner of war lonely woman pimp nazi cousin father suspenseful melodramatic emotional uneasy berlin brothel attic house world war ii women during wartime sex trade desperation gratitude unusual romance
A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
Drama
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Victor Mature Terry Moore William Bendix Zachary A. Charles Basil Ruysdael Donald Randolph Damian O'Flynn Cleo Moore Ann Doran Eleanor Audley Gloria Winters
In New York, a small-time hood, who took the rap for a murder committed by his crime-boss in exchange for 50 G's, faces deportation because he doesn't hold American citizenship.
Comedy
USA
1981
98 Minutes
Chevy Chase Carrie Fisher Eve Arden Billy Barty Joseph Maher Robert Donner Mako Cork Hubbert Pat McCormick Adam Arkin Richard Stahl
actress little person wizard of oz mailroom clerk passenger duke amusing heartwarming playful charming creative quirky united states dreamworld kansas hollywood, calif. movie set movies hollywood music
A visiting dignitary, a CIA agent, a Nazi spy, Japanese tourists, an assassin and a group of "midget" actors from The Wizard of Oz (1939) all check into an elite Los Angeles hotel called Under the Rainbow.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
84 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Faith Domergue Claude Rains Maureen O'Sullivan Charles Kemper Ralph Dumke Billy House Harry Shannon Philip Van Zandt Jack Kelly Lillian West
doctor mental patient husband cop dark melodramatic thrilling united states hospital household mexico suicide attempt infidelity jealousy murder deception insanity forbidden love escape 1950s
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in the death of her husband, and has to flee with her to the Mexican border.