List of the best Joseph M. Newman movies: 711 Ocean Drive(1950), The Outcasts of Poker Flat(1952), The Guy Who Came Back(1951), The Big Circus(1959), Twenty Plus Two(1961), Love Nest(1951), Death in Small Doses(1957), A Thunder of Drums(1961), This Island Earth(1955), Pony Soldier(1952), The Great Dan Patch(1949), Lucky Nick Cain(1951) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Director
Edmond O'Brien Joanne Dru Otto Kruger Barry Kelley Dorothy Patrick Don Porter Howard St. John Robert Osterloh Sammy White
repairman hit man police detective gangster assistant gangster's wife brooding gripping suspenseful tense los angeles pier las vegas desert gambling horse racing blackmail murder swindling doomed romance
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Director
Trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin, an assortment of travelers receives the unwelcome visit of a wanted outlaw.
Drama
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Director
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1959
109 Minutes
Director
Victor Mature Red Buttons Rhonda Fleming Kathryn Grant Vincent Price Peter Lorre David Nelson Gilbert Roland Howard McNear
ringmaster circus owner sister loan officer public relations specialist circus performer chilling dark thrilling suspenseful circus niagara falls, n.y. tent sabotage financial crisis show business circus brother/sister relationship murder investigation mystery
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1961
102 Minutes
Director
David Janssen Jeanne Crain Dina Merrill Agnes Moorehead Brad Dexter Robert Strauss Jacques Aubuchon William Demarest
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
Comedy
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Director
June Haver William Lundigan Frank Fay Marilyn Monroe Jack Paar Leatrice Joy Henry Kulky Marie Blake
Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.
Drama
USA
1957
79 Minutes
Director
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Western
USA
1961
97 Minutes
Director
Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy James Douglas Tammy Marihugh Carol Wells Slim Pickens
captain lieutenant beautiful woman soldier native american warrior rookie melodramatic tense wild west desert fort battle romance love triangle native americans military life competition transformation love rivalry
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Director
Jeff Morrow Faith Domergue Rex Reason Russell Johnson Lance Fuller Robert Nichols Douglas Spencer Karl Lindt Regis Parton Olan Soule Richard Deacon
scientist alien physicist assistant love interest thrilling engaging laboratory spaceship outer space airplane alien abduction war space travel kidnapping adventure 1950s
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
Western
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Director
Tyrone Power Cameron Mitchell Thomas Gomez Penny Edwards Robert Horton Anthony Numkena Adeline de Walt Reynolds Howard Petrie Stuart Randall Richard Shackleton Jim Hayward
mountie native american escaped convict soldier guide hostage tense gripping thrilling canada forest indian territory indian reservation montana rescue journey dangerous assignment old west native americans adventure
In 1876, a Canadian North West Mounted Police Constable must obtain the release of white hostages captured by the Cree tribes that are raiding Montana from their Canadian reservation.
Drama
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Director
Dennis O'Keefe Gail Russell Ruth Warrick Charlotte Greenwood Henry Hull John Hoyt Arthur Hunnicutt Clarence Muse Harry Lauter
horse fiancée teacher horse trainer scientist wife rousing inspiring emotional indiana racetrack farm kentucky mansion farmhouse horse racing divorce fame marriage love
Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.
Drama
UK
1951
87 Minutes
Director
George Raft Coleen Gray Margot Grahame Enzo Staiola Charles Goldner Walter Rilla Martin Benson Peter Illing Hugh French Peter Bull Elwyn Brook-Jones
gambler shoeshine boy intricate suspenseful mediterranean coast italy casino village framed for murder escape discovery escape mystery 1950s
American gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Director
Ray Danton Jayne Mansfield Julie London Barrie Chase Frank Gorshin Barbara Nichols Brad Dexter Robert Strauss Herschel Bernardi Margo Moore Neville Brand
Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Director
Police procedural film about a police captain assigned to take over a demoralized police precinct and turn it around by solving all the unsolved cases as well as some new tough ones.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Director
David Janssen Mickey Rooney Dianne Foster Jack Carson Diana Dors Dan O'Herlihy Mickey Shaughnessy Keenan Wynn
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Director
Rory Calhoun Barbara Rush Dolores Donlon
Macao organized crime under-boss Tony Dumont rips the Syndicate off and disappears with a load of diamonds but the Syndicate men and the Hong-Kong police are chasing him around the world.
Action
1952
89 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Jeffrey Hunter Constance Smith Joe Sawyer Richard Boone Warren Stevens James Griffith
fireman son father wife coworker ranger rousing spectacular montana forest canyon training camp fire father/son relationship redemption bravery arson suspicion rise rescue
A smoke jumper (Richard Widmark) loses his crew in a forest fire, then must work with a rookie (Jeffrey Hunter) who resents him.
Mystery & Thriller
1953
75 Minutes
Director
Jeanne Crain Michael Rennie Carl Betz Casey Adams Mary Anderson Marjorie Hoshelle Willis Bouchey Yvonne Peattie
heiress doctor captain husband passenger newlywed dark emotional intricate cruise ship ocean ballroom deck conspiracy panic paranoia betrayal honeymoon disappearance mystery
The ship's doctor (Michael Rennie) helps a bride (Jeanne Crain) solve the case of her missing husband (Carl Betz) on a honeymoon cruise.
Western
1958
80 Minutes
Director
Joel McCrea Forrest Tucker Susan Cabot John Russell George N. Neise Anthony Caruso Robert Osterloh Denver Pyle
cavalry sergeant cavalryman apache old man irishman college graduate brutal spectacular uneasy gritty american west trail fort valley racism loyalty dangerous mission obsession regret american indian wars
The sergeant of a cavalry patrol forces his weary, bitter men onward, only to run into an American Indian ambush.
Crime, Drama
1949
79 Minutes
Director
Dennis O'Keefe Gale Storm Jeff Chandler Raymond Burr Marjorie Rambeau
A Los Angeles newsman (Dennis O'Keefe) seeks a woman's (Gale Storm) sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Adventure
1959
82 Minutes
Director
Denny Miller Joanna Barnes Cesare Danova Robert Douglas Thomas Yangha
An English colonel's daughter (Joanna Barnes) meets a lord (Denny Miller) of the jungle who makes her his mate.
Western
1959
81 Minutes
Director
Joel McCrea Julie Adams John McIntire Nancy Gates Richard Anderson James Westerfield Walter Coy Don Haggerty Harry Lauter Mauritz Hugo Henry Kulkey
bat masterson sheriff brother saloon owner gunslinger henchman tense spirited engaging dodge city, kan. saloon office street family home vengeance political process police corruption murder brother relationship transformation
Dodge City sheriff Bat Masterson (Joel McCrea) tries to defeat villains and win a woman's (Julie Adams) heart.