List of the best John Archer movies: Destination Moon(1950), No Man's Woman(1955), Bowery at Midnight(1942), City of Fear(1959), High Lonesome(1950), City of Missing Girls(1941), Sound Off(1952), Gangs, Inc.(1941), Colorado Territory(1949), My Favorite Spy(1951), Santa Fe(1951), King of the Zombies(1941) ... ...
Sci-Fi
1950
91 Minutes
John Archer Warner Anderson Tom Powers Dick Wesson Erin O'Brien-Moore Ted Warde
astronaut scientist general wife industrialist confident gripping uplifting mojave desert outer space moon spaceship space travel space race research daunting task stranded adventure rivalry sacrifice
Astronauts (John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers) land their rocket on the moon but must lessen the load a lot in order to get back.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
70 Minutes
The police investigates five possible suspects in the murder of a greedy and scheming woman who wronged them.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Bela Lugosi John Archer Wanda McKay Tom Neal Vince Barnett Anna Hope John Berkes J. Farrell MacDonald
Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Karl Wagner uses his soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of daring robberies and murders. When things ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1959
81 Minutes
A convict (Vince Edwards) escapes with a metal canister full of deadly cobalt 60, which he thinks is heroin.
Western
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Pat Farrell
John Barrymore Jr. Chill Wills John Archer Basil Ruysdael Jack Elam Dave Kashner
stranger foreman rancher cowboy rival murder suspect suspenseful intricate striking cattle ranch texas wild west trading post investigation family feud land dispute murder wrongfully accused vengeance revenge
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
73 Minutes
James Horton
H.B. Warner Astrid Allwyn John Archer Sarah Padden Philip Van Zandt George Rosener Kathryn Crawford Herb Vigran Patricia Knox Walter Long Gale Storm
Climaxing a long series of mysterious disappearances of young girls, dancer Thalia Arnold is found murdered. Police-detective Captain McVeigh believes that King Peterson, a nightclub ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1952
83 Minutes
Maj. Paul Whiteside
Mickey Rooney Anne James Sammy White John Archer Gordon Jones Wally Cassell Arthur Space
entertainer military officer journalist nurse soldier love interest lighthearted amusing nightclub hollywood, calif. restaurant military base military life show business love triangle draft discipline love adventure transformation
After big-mouthed Hollywood nightclub entertainer Mike Donnelly (Mickey Rooney) is drafted into the army, he struggles to take military protocol seriously, but frequently clashes with his hard-nosed commanding officer, Sgt. Crockett (Gordon Jones).
Crime, Drama
1941
69 Minutes
Bob Elliott
Joan Woodbury Jack LaRue Linda Ware John Archer Vince Barnett Alan Ladd Gavin Gordon William Halligan George Pembroke Selmer Jackson Kenneth Harlan
After serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn't commit, a young woman plans a racketeering scheme to get revenge.
Western
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Reno Blake
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull John Archer James Mitchell Morris Ankrum Basil Ruysdael Frank Puglia Ian Wolfe Harry Woods
cowboy outlaw sheriff dance hall girl native american love interest brash gutsy melodramatic colorado mexico ghost town outlaws heist land ownership betrayal escape love temptation 1870s
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Henderson
Bob Hope Hedy Lamarr Francis L. Sullivan Mike Mazurki John Archer Iris Adrian Arnold Moss Luis Van Rooten Morris Ankrum Angela Clarke Frank Faylen
international spy comedian girlfriend fbi agent witty amusing playful quirky tangiers, morocco airport africa impersonation espionage romantic dilemma dangerous assignment adventure pursuit quest love 1950s
A burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.
Western
USA
1951
89 Minutes
Clint Canfield
Randolph Scott Janis Carter Jerome Courtland Peter Thompson John Archer Warner Anderson Roy Roberts Jock Mahoney
man soldier brother ex-soldier engaging thrilling patriotic emotional melodramatic united states new life american civil war war aftermath brotherhood younger brothers adventure discovery rivalry love 1950s
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Horror
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Bill Summers
Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury Henry Victor Mantan Moreland John Archer Patricia Stacey Guy Usher Marguerite Whitten Leigh Whipper Madame Sul-Te-Wan Lawrence Criner
passenger servant pilot mad scientist zombie niece creepy frightening engaging amusing airplane caribbean island mansion cellar plane crash zombies voodoo world war ii survival
On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.
Western
1952
89 Minutes
Frenchy LeCroix
Kirk Douglas Eve Miller Patrice Wymore Edgar Buchanan John Archer Alan Hale Jr. Roy Roberts Charles Meredith Harry Cording Ellen Corby
lumberjack corrupt businessman religious person daughter assistant villager melodramatic somber northern california forest family home courtroom business environmental consciousness ambition deception double-cross rivalry fall 1900s
A lumber tycoon (Kirk Douglas) wants the California redwoods, but a religious homesteader (Eve Miller) changes his mind.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Philip Evans
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Western
USA
1957
77 Minutes
Dr. John Storrow
Randolph Scott John Carroll Karen Steele Valerie French Noah Beery Jr. John Archer Andrew Duggan James Westerfield John Litel Ray Teal Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger villain girl townsperson sheriff bartender confident gritty tense church restaurant street small town vengeance kidnapping suicide confrontation corruption showdown revenge
Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier.
Musical, Romance
USA
1962
103 Minutes
Jack Kelman
Elvis Presley Joan Blackman Angela Lansbury Nancy Walters Roland Winters John Archer Howard McNear Steve Brodie Iris Adrian Darlene Tompkins Jenny Maxwell
surfer singer matriarch girlfriend friend lighthearted campy uplifting beach mansion bus hawaii surfing rebellion singing youth forbidden love growing up transformation 1960s
After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Western
USA
1938
55 Minutes
Bob Whitney
John Wayne Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Louise Brooks Anthony Marsh John Archer Gordon Hart Olin Francis Fern Emmett Henry Otho George Sherwood
cowboy gunslinger pilot miner gangster capitalist rousing spirited engaging mining town bus airplane american west frontier theft law and order banditry air travel gold protection
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
71 Minutes
Naval Lt. Pete Merriam
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Marjorie Lord Henry Daniell George Zucco John Archer Gavin Muir
sherlock holmes doctor watson secret agent socialite spy fiancé engaging suspenseful london airplane washington, d.c. party antique shop office world war ii espionage secret documents investigation abduction attempted murder
Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Watson (Nigel Bruce) follow a popular matchbook full of microfilm sought by Nazi spies.
Western
1951
84 Minutes
Curley Ringo
Robert Ryan Claire Trevor Robert Preston Jack Buetel Walter Brennan Bruce Cabot John Archer Lawrence Tierney Barton MacLane Tom Tyler Robert Wilke
outlaw major sheriff agent brother wife thrilling uneasy missouri courtroom jail saloon train depot corruption framed for murder vigilantism robbery american civil war rescue escape
A Union officer (Robert Ryan) joins the outlaw James and Younger brothers against a bounty hunter (Robert Preston).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
82 Minutes
John Austin
Joan Crawford John Ireland Leif Erickson Sarah Lane Andi Garrett Sharyl Locke Patricia Breslin John Archer John Crawford Joyce Meadows Douglas Evans
teen girl neighbor murderer parent sibling creepy suspenseful intense united states small town house woods murder practical jokes baby-sitting mystery escape pursuit 1960s
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls. These calls lead to murderous consequences.
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Ned Clark
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn Richard Jaeckel Roy Roberts Minor Watson Ralph Byrd Lionel Stander Reed Hadley
soldier combat pilot chaplain cab driver teenager mexican-american confident patriotic washington, d.c. south pacific solomon islands world war ii battle horrors of war friendship rescue sacrifice 1940s
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Dean Martin Anna Maria Alberghetti Eva Bartok Dewey Martin Walter Slezak Paul Henreid Jules Munshin Marcel Dalio Evelyn Varden Lisa Montell Lisa Gaye
millionaire assistant sister pilot father boyfriend airy mellow rome hotel household dance floor airplane studio romance marriage father/daughter relationship social customs sister relationship matchmaking
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.