List of the best Nick Adams movies: Twilight of Honor(1963), Die, Monster, Die!(1965), No Time for Sergeants(1958), The Hook(1963), The Interns(1962), Fury at Showdown(1957), Pillow Talk(1959), The FBI Story(1959), The Last Wagon(1956), Hell Is for Heroes(1962), Our Miss Brooks(1956), Mister Roberts(1955) ... ...
Drama
USA
1963
115 Minutes
Richard Chamberlain Nick Adams Claude Rains Joey Heatherton Joan Blackman James Gregory Pat Buttram Jeanette Nolan Edgar Stehli James Bell George Mitchell
lawyer defendant prosecutor wife mentor judge gripping fiery new mexico small town courtroom trial murder adultery mob mentality transformation underdog mystery 1960s
A murder case that can't be won is assigned to a young defense attorney. He asks his old ailing friend, a legend among attorneys, for help on the case as his consultant.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Stephen Reinhart
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancĂ©e's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1958
119 Minutes
Pvt. Ben Whitledge
Andy Griffith Myron McCormick Nick Adams Murray Hamilton Howard Smith Will Hutchins Sydney Smith
farmer best friend private sergeant pilot hilarious offbeat barracks airplane georgia air force boot camp misfits training underdog adventure 1950s
Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than Sergeant King.
War
USA
1963
98 Minutes
Pvt. V.R. Hackett
Kirk Douglas Robert Walker Nick Adams Pancho Magalona Nehemiah Persoff John Bleifer Mark Miller
sergeant private prisoner of war enemy soldier gripping passionate tense emotional ship ocean korea korean war compassion military life moral dilemma prisoners of war seafaring rivalry escape
In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Dr. Sid Lackland
Michael Callan Cliff Robertson James MacArthur Nick Adams Suzy Parker Haya Harareet Anne Helm Stefanie Powers Buddy Ebsen Telly Savalas Katharine Bard
doctor intern model patient nurse melodramatic amusing uneasy hospital medical profession parenthood abortion relationships theft tragic death forbidden love growing up temptation 1960s
Medical drama that focuses on the personal and professional conflicts of medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.
Western
USA
1957
75 Minutes
Tracy Mitchell
John Derek John Smith Carolyn Craig Nick Adams Gage Clarke Robert Griffin
ex-convict brother lawyer railroad baron thug suspenseful melodramatic patriotic wild west small town ranch saloon stagecoach hotel family ranching starting over swindling railroad brother relationship
After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.
Romance
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Tony Walters
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Thelma Ritter Nick Adams Julia Meade Allen Jenkins Marcel Dalio Lee Patrick Mary McCarty Alex Gerry
designer songwriter client doctor college student hilarious cheery lighthearted new york city nightclub cabin connecticut seduction jealousy romance impersonation revenge pursuit temptation rivalry
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
Crime, Drama
1959
149 Minutes
John Gilbert `'Jack'` Graham
James Stewart Vera Miles Murray Hamilton Larry Pennell Nick Adams Diane Jergens Joyce Taylor
fbi agent wife best friend police chief gangster klansman thrilling tense melodramatic lecture hall household office store restaurant united states fbi career investigation gangsters nazis
An agent (James Stewart) with a worried wife (Vera Miles) stays 25 years fighting the Ku Klux Klan, gangsters, Nazi spies.
Western
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Ridge
Richard Widmark Felicia Farr Susan Kohner Tommy Rettig Stephanie Griffin Ray Stricklyn Nick Adams Carl Benton Reid Douglas Kennedy George Mathews James Drury
prisoner sheriff young boy general beautiful woman native american melodramatic tense plains wagon train murder revenge massacre prejudice daunting task culture clash escape rescue underdog 19th century
Wagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
War, Drama
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Homer Janeczek
Steve McQueen Bobby Darin Fess Parker Harry Guardino James Coburn Mike Kellin Nick Adams Bob Newhart
sergeant private hustler nazi soldier gritty intense france battlefield bunker church bar horrors of war world war ii bravery armed conflict heroism sacrifice quest 1940s
Small squad must hold off German attack.
Comedy
USA
1956
85 Minutes
Gary Nolan
Eve Arden Gale Gordon Robert Rockwell Don Porter Jane Morgan Richard Crenna Nick Adams Gloria MacMillan Joseph Kearns William Newell Philip Van Zandt
Follows the story of an English teacher that flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.
Comedy
USA
1955
123 Minutes
Reber
Mervyn LeRoy Henry Fonda Jack Lemmon James Cagney William Powell Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey Nick Adams Harry Carey Jr. Ken Curtis
naval officer nurse captain doctor sailor hilarious amusing crafty cargo ship south pacific tyrants boredom practical jokes world war ii adventure rivalry 1940s
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Chick
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Drama
1955
115 Minutes
Bomber, Paper Boy
William Holden Kim Novak Rosalind Russell Betty Field Susan Strasberg Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell Verna Felton Reta Shaw Nick Adams Elizabeth Wilson
drifter girlfriend businessman schoolteacher police officer sister amusing emotional melodramatic small town kansas field factory mansion street sex dating friendship small-town life regret
A handsome drifter (William Holden) provokes explosive emotions in citizens (Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell) of a small Kansas town at a Labor Day festival. Based on William Inge's play.
Musical
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Betty Hutton Ralph Meeker Adele Jergens Robert Keith Billie Bird Henry Slate Sid Tomack Ludwig Stossel Sydney Mason Virginia Hall Bea Allen
Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.