List of the best Raymond Burr movies: Godzilla, King of the Monsters!(1956), Desire in the Dust(1960), The Night the City Screamed(1980), Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin(1989), Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter(1990), Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss(1993), The Return of Ironside(1993), Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster(1991), Perry Mason Returns(1985), Godzilla 1985(1984), Please Murder Me(1955), They Were So Young(1955) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA|Japan
1956
80 Minutes
Steve Martin
Terry Morse Raymond Burr Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.
Drama
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Col. Ben Marquand
Raymond Burr Martha Hyer Ken Scott Joan Bennett Brett Halsey Ed Binns Jack Ging Anne Helm Margaret Field Douglas Fowley Kelly Thordsen
colonel doctor wife ex-convict sheriff husband tense gripping shocking clinton, la. hunting lodge farm mansion office infidelity accidental death cover-up framed bribery seduction
Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
100 Minutes
Mayor
Raymond Burr Don Meredith Robert Culp
An eleventh century Viking Prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Mystery & Thriller
1989
97 Minutes
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr Shari Belafonte Deidre Hall Barbara Hale Alexandra Paul William R. Moses Pernell Roberts Bruce Greenwood Jason Beghe
Lawyer Mason (Raymond Burr) takes the case of an injured hockey player accused of killing a sports tycoon.
Mystery & Thriller
1990
96 Minutes
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr Robert Culp Robert Vaughn Barbara Hale William R. Moses Ken Kercheval Kevin Tighe Jere Burns
perry mason assistant secretary defendant daughter blackmailer engaging suspenseful confident las vegas party courtroom murder false accusations trial father/daughter relationship scam justice mystery revenge
Lawyer Mason (Raymond Burr) tries to defend a girl's father for murder, but she keeps getting in the way.
Mystery & Thriller
1993
96 Minutes
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr Linda Dano Genie Francis Barbara Hale William R. Moses Stuart Damon Richard Grove Sean Kanan Christian LeBlanc Charles Macaulay James McEachin
attorney star secretary judge investigator actor engaging gripping suspenseful television studio backstage courtroom jail murder trial investigation perry mason mystery revenge pursuit
Lawyer Mason (Raymond Burr) searches for missing script pages after a soap-opera star on "Mile High" turns up dead.
Crime, Drama
1993
97 Minutes
Robert Ironside
Raymond Burr Don Galloway Barbara Anderson
The arrival of a retired detective (Raymond Burr) sparks a private investigation into the murder of Denver's police chief.
Mystery & Thriller
1991
96 Minutes
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr Paul Anka Michael Nader Barbara Hale William R. Moses Mason Adams
Lawyer Mason (Raymond Burr) must resolve an old murder to defend a former mob boss (Michael Nader) accused of killing his wife.
Mystery & Thriller
1985
97 Minutes
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr Barbara Hale William Katt Patrick O'Neal Richard Anderson Cassie Yates James Kidnie Holland Taylor David McIlwraith Kerrie Keane Roberta Weiss
perry mason secretary private investigator prosecutor daughter attorney intricate confident gripping los angeles courtroom murder trial false accusations investigation aging rescue mystery 1980s
The former trial lawyer (Raymond Burr) leaves the bench to defend Della Street (Barbara Hale), his former secretary, for murder.
Sci-Fi
1984
91 Minutes
Steve Martin
R.J. Kizer Raymond Burr Shin Takuma Ken Tanaka Keiju Kobayashi Yasuko Sawaguchi Ettaro Ozawa Taketoshi Naito Nobuo Kaneko Takeshi Kato Mizuho Suzuki
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Angela Lansbury Raymond Burr Dick Foran John Dehner Lamont Johnson Robert Griffin Denver Pyle Alex Sharp Lee Miller Madge Blake Russ Thorson
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
Drama
West Germany|USA
1955
80 Minutes
Jaime Coltos
Scott Brady Raymond Burr Johanna Matz
model engineer boss gangster expatriate prostitute melodramatic shocking sultry dark rio de janeiro family home office beach restaurant brazil crime ring scam modeling prostitution
A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market.
Mystery & Thriller
1979
97 Minutes
A psychotic engineer bent on revenge sets two passenger trains on a collision course with each other.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Walt Radak
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
84 Minutes
Police Inspector Anthony
Barbara Stanwyck Sterling Hayden Raymond Burr Fay Wray Virginia Grey Royal Dano Robert Griffin Dennis Cross
columnist police detective police chief wife reporter friend tense suspenseful brooding gripping san francisco los angeles house newsroom murder ambition marriage investigation infidelity career
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
Western
Canada
1991
97 Minutes
The Judge
Tom Burlinson Donnelly Rhodes Raymond Burr Michelle Thrush John Pyper-Ferguson Stephen E. Miller Betty Phillips William Samples
Showdown at William's Creek
Adventure
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Brock Benedict
Errol Flynn Ruth Roman Raymond Burr Paul Picerni Richard Webb Dan Seymour Georges Renavent Robert Cabal Henry Marco
An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Steve Loomis
Carla Balenda Elliott Reid Raymond Burr Edgar Barrier Otto Waldis Michael Steele Lurene Tuttle Peter Brocco
journalist old man store owner scientist doctor townsperson campy melodramatic patriotic suspenseful moscow soviet union wisconsin lake small town lodge communism espionage cold war biological warfare
Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine writer, takes a fishing trip to Minnesota, and stumbles across a lake in which all the fish have mysteriously died. The locals are tight-lipped about it,... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Canada|UK
1978
107 Minutes
Burke
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well ... See full summary »
Horror
1951
76 Minutes
Barney Chavez
Barbara Payton Lon Chaney Raymond Burr Tom Conway Paul Cavanagh Gisela Werbiseck Carol Varga Paul Maxey
A rubber-plantation foreman (Raymond Burr) marries his boss's widow (Barbara Payton), then turns into a gorilla.
Adventure
1952
78 Minutes
Amir
Yvonne De Carlo Carlos Thompson Raymond Burr Leif Erickson Anthony Caruso John Dehner Robert Boon Henry Corden Joe Kirk Lewis Martin Leonard Penn
secret agent nightclub singer tribal leader colonel major love interest melodramatic intense tense suspenseful thrilling engaging algiers, algeria massacre french foreign legion going undercover africa crime prevention espionage adventure
A French nightclub singer (Yvonne De Carlo) spies on an Arab chieftain (Raymond Burr) for her Foreign Legion lover (Carlos Thompson).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
112 Minutes
Mr. Lars Thorwald
James Stewart Grace Kelly Wendell Corey Raymond Burr Thelma Ritter Judith Evelyn Ross Bagdasarian Georgine Darcy Sara Berner Frank Cady Jesslyn Fax
journalist photographer girlfriend nurse assassin dog suspenseful apartment murder stalking disappearance deception mystery pursuit 1950s
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Drama
USA
1948
84 Minutes
J.B. MacDonald
Dick Powell Lizabeth Scott Jane Wyatt Raymond Burr John Litel Byron Barr Jimmy Hunt Ann Doran
Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Rick Coyle
Dennis O'Keefe Claire Trevor Marsha Hunt Raymond Burr John Ireland Curt Conway Chili Williams Regis Toomey Whit Bissell Cliff Clark
Joe Sullivan has taken the rap for Rick who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Stanley, Bank of Mesa
Ray Milland Mary Murphy Ward Bond Raymond Burr Arthur Space Lee Van Cleef Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Spencer Thomas B. Henry Grandon Rhodes Martin Garralaga
gunslinger deputy sheriff daughter robber townsperson engaging tense small town wild west desert family home saloon murder robbery mistaken identity injustice pursuit quest 19th century
A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
Adventure
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Lex Barker Joyce Mackenzie Monique van Vooren Raymond Burr Tom Conway Robert Bice Michael Ross Henry Brandon Michael Grainger
Ivory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured. Jane is also captured and believed killed, so ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1949
79 Minutes
Kerric
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.
Crime, Drama
1956
75 Minutes
Harold Loftus
Edmond O'Brien Brian Donlevy Natalie Wood Raymond Burr Richard Anderson Irene Hervey Carol Veazie Mary Lawrence Anthony Caruso George J. Lewis Peter Hansen
young woman fiancé psychopath police captain father mother tense dark lovers' lane car police station shack household brickyard mental illness kidnapping investigation secret love police work family
A policeman (Brian Donlevy) hunts down and slaps around a peeping Tom who has kidnapped the captain's (Edmond O'Brien) daughter (Natalie Wood).
Horror
1954
84 Minutes
Cy Miller
Cameron Mitchell Anne Bancroft Lee J. Cobb Raymond Burr Charlotte Austin Peter Whitney Lee Marvin Warren Stevens John Kellogg Charles Tannen
trapeze artist detective animal trainer gorilla performer outlandish suspenseful amusement park murder love triangle blackmail animal attack mystery discovery 1950s
A law student (Cameron Mitchell), a trapeze artist (Anne Bancroft), a gorilla or anyone else could be a fun-park killer.
Comedy
1991
96 Minutes
Carter Hedison
John Candy Mariel Hemingway Emma Samms Raymond Burr Dylan Baker Charles Rocket David Rasche Andrea Thompson Zach Grenier Jerry Orbach Renee Taylor
writer nurse actress mechanic boyfriend doctor hilarious melodramatic madcap suburb automobile repair shop party household soap opera alternate reality car accident television unrequited love control adventure
The head writer (John Candy) of a soap opera dreams he's a character in it, romancing two women (Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms) in the plot.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Frank Marlowe
Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters Keefe Brasselle Raymond Burr Anne Revere Fred Clark Kathryn Givney
blue-collar worker girlfriend socialite uncle brooding emotional passionate factory family home lake ambition social standing blue collar wealth love triangle temptation love rivalry fall 1950s
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Drama
Canada
1980
94 Minutes
Dr. Brean
Linda Manz Dennis Hopper Sharon Farrell Don Gordon Raymond Burr
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Les Taggart
Clark Gable Loretta Young Frank Morgan Marilyn Maxwell Raymond Burr James Gleason Lewis Stone Raymond Walburn Pamela Britton Zamah Cunningham Marion Martin
mayor political candidate longshoreman sergeant judge rival charming emotional amusing san francisco small town convention california romance political corruption election convention opposites attract politics love
Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.
Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Noonan
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Diana Lynn Nina Foch Raymond Burr Mitzi McCall Veda Ann Borg Margery Maude Romo Vincent Nancy Kulp Milton Frome
schoolteacher assistant bumbler fiancé gangster coworker madcap lighthearted playful train prep school barbershop train station heist disguise travel misunderstanding unlikely criminal escape discovery
Fleeing a jewel thief, a barber (Jerry Lewis) poses as a child with a woman (Diana Lynn) on a train and hides at a girls school.
Adventure
USA
1948
110 Minutes
Captain Alvarez
Errol Flynn Viveca Lindfors Robert Douglas Alan Hale Ann Rutherford Raymond Burr Romney Brent
nobleman queen don juan king duke engaging passionate spain palace love loyalty royalty showdown palace intrigue schemes rivalry adventure 16th century
The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Cord Hardin
Robert Ryan Julie Adams Rock Hudson John McIntire Judith Braun Raymond Burr James Arness Frances Bavier Dennis Weaver Tom Powers Rodolfo Acosta
brother marshal cattle rustler rancher wife wild frenetic texas austin, texas mexico brotherhood bribery abduction loyalty lawlessness rivalry 1860s
Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the law in post-Civil War Texas.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Alphonse Zoto
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Ilona Massey Vera-Ellen Marion Hutton Raymond Burr Bruce Gordon Melville Cooper Leon Belasco Paul Valentine
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Western
USA
1951
76 Minutes
Private Anderson
Lew Ayres Marilyn Maxwell Andy Devine Ted de Corsia Lloyd Corrigan Robert Hutton Raymond Burr Jeff Corey
cavalryman chief judge colonel dance hall girl abraham lincoln fiery unrestrained patriotic melodramatic new mexico territory hut battlefield desert american indian wars race relations moral dilemma retribution peace treaty harassment
A cavalry captain has great difficulty keeping the peace between his tyrannical colonel and an Indian chief bent on revenge.
Drama
USA
1948
104 Minutes
Pete Vendig
Zachary Scott Louis Hayward Diana Lynn Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Lucille Bremer Edith Barrett Dennis Hoey Raymond Burr Joyce Arling Charles Evans
millionaire childhood friend childhood sweetheart father love interest businessman bleak tense striking family home boston office new york city mansion social climbing betrayal jealousy love triangle wealth murder
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Lawyer Mark Bristow
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Comedy
USA
1982
85 Minutes
Judge D.C. Simonton
Robert Hays Julie Hagerty Lloyd Bridges Peter Graves William Shatner Chad Everett David Paymer Sonny Bono Chuck Connors Raymond Burr
pilot stewardess terrorist judge old flame air traffic controller hilarious frenetic madcap airport space shuttle outer space cockpit asteroid belt space travel modern life technology computer error terrorism memory
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Drama
USA
1946
66 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Barton MacLane Marion Carr Harry Shannon Carol Forman Tom Keene Joe Devlin Tony Barrett Lee Bonnell Robert Clarke Raymond Burr
Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
86 Minutes
Bob Hope Joan Fontaine Basil Rathbone Audrey Dalton Hugh Marlowe Vincent Price Arnold Moss John Carradine John Hoyt Hope Emerson Robert Hutton
A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.