List of the best Richard Carlson movies: Appointment With a Shadow(1958), Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954), Beyond Tomorrow(1940), It Came From Outer Space(1953), Four Guns to the Border(1954), The Magnetic Monster(1953), Riders to the Stars(1954), Tormented(1960), The Maze(1954), All I Desire(1953), Retreat, Hell!(1952), Dancing Co-ed(1939) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1958
73 Minutes
Director
George Nader Joanna Moore Brian Keith Virginia Field Frank de Kova Stephen Chase
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
Horror
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Richard Carlson Julie Adams Richard Denning Antonio Moreno Nestor Paiva Whit Bissell Henry Escalante Ben Chapman Rodd Redwing
monster scientist explorer woman creepy frightful thrilling tense amazon jungle river boat swamp dangerous assignment science mystery travel discovery adventure quest
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Other, Fantasy
USA
1940
84 Minutes
James Houston
Richard Carlson Jean Parker Harry Carey C. Aubrey Smith Charles Winninger Maria Ouspenskaya Rod La Rocque
millionaire schoolteacher cowboy ghost benefactor emotional endearing heartwarming mansion new york city ghosts romance second chance matchmaking love transformation 1940s
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Richard Carlson Barbara Rush Charles Drake Russell Johnson Kathleen Hughes Joe Sawyer Dave Willock Alan Dexter George Eldredge Brad Jackson Edgar Dearing
alien writer fiancée sheriff impostor schoolteacher creepy eerie tense arizona desert spacecraft aliens investigation kidnapping search disappearance identity theft rescue underdog
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
Western
USA
1954
83 Minutes
Director
Rory Calhoun Colleen Miller George Nader Walter Brennan Nina Foch John McIntire Charles Drake Jay Silverheels Nestor Paiva Mary Field Robert F. Hoy
bandit bank robber gunslinger sheriff associate daughter dark brooding suspenseful engaging intense tense arizona outlaws bank robbery gunfight chase apaches siege adventure
An outlaw gang on the lam encounters former associate Simon Bhumer and his gorgeous daughter, who's drawn to their leader Cully.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Richard Carlson King Donovan Jean Byron Harry Ellerbe Leo Britt Leonard Mudie Byron Foulger Michael Fox John Zaremba Frank Gerstle Lee Phelps
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
81 Minutes
Director
William Lundigan Herbert Marshall Richard Carlson Martha Hyer Dawn Addams Robert Karnes Larry Dobkin
astronaut scientist love interest father physicist gutsy thrilling incredible space rocket laboratory desert military base father/son relationship research technology accidental death space travel cowardice quest
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets. Their mission is to capture a meteor and bring it to ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1960
75 Minutes
Richard Carlson Juli Reding Susan Gordon Lugene Sanders Joe Turkel Lillian Adams Gene Roth Vera Marshe
A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
Horror
1954
81 Minutes
Richard Carlson Veronica Hurst Katherine Emery Michael Pate John Dodsworth Hillary Brooke Stanley Fraser Lilian Bond Owen McGiveney Robin Hughes Clyde Cook
A bride (Veronica Hurst) and her aunt (Katherine Emery) chase the bridegroom (Richard Carlson) to his Scottish castle, home of a man-frog.
Drama
USA
1953
79 Minutes
Henry Murdoch
Barbara Stanwyck Richard Carlson Lyle Bettger Marcia Henderson Lori Nelson Maureen O'Sullivan Richard Long Billy Gray Lotte Stein Dayton Lummis Fred Numey
In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
War
USA
1952
95 Minutes
Frank Lovejoy Richard Carlson Russ Tamblyn Anita Louise Ned Young Lamont Johnson Bobby Ellis Paul Smith Dorothy Patrick Mort Thompson Joseph Keane
marine army commander soldier intense brooding gory brutal profound korea war zone battlefield korean war battle marines military adventure discovery pursuit revenge rescue
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Michael "Pug" Braddock
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Musical
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Lucille Ball Richard Carlson Desi Arnaz Ann Miller Eddie Bracken Frances Langford Hal LeRoy Libby Bennett Harry Shannon Douglas Walton Chester Clute
heiress football player father friend playwright lighthearted amusing playful new mexico small town college football field college life wealth football romance father/daughter relationship escape adventure 1940s
A young lady goes to College and, without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards, who eventually join the college team and turn it into one of the best, while one of the players falls in love with her.
War
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Lt. Joe Rodgers
During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Tom Gillespie
Anna Neagle Richard Carlson Victor Mature Roland Young Helen Broderick ZaSu Pitts Eve Arden Billy Gilbert
aunt uncle niece artist broadway director suitor lighthearted charming endearing new york city family home theater love triangle family relationships philandering infidelity romance secrets love rivalry
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, ... See full summary »
Drama
1943
67 Minutes
Frank Morgan Richard Carlson Jean Rogers Porter Hall Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Walter Baldwin Andrew Tombes Olin Howland Chill Wills Irving Bacon
A Supreme Court justice on a duck-hunting foray becomes involved in serious trouble with the citizens in a small town.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Geoff Montgomery
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Richard Carlson Paul Lukas Willie Best Pedro de Cordoba Virginia Brissac Noble Johnson Anthony Quinn Tom Dugan Paul Fix
pretty woman radio host servant adviser gangster mysterious man cheeky creepy playful new york city hotel ocean liner cuba island haunted house ghosts inheritance chance meeting travel voodoo
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Curt Stanton
Charles Boyer Margaret Sullavan Richard Carlson Frank McHugh Tim Holt Frank Jenks Esther Dale Samuel S. Hinds Peggy Stewart Nell O'Day Kitty O'Neil
shopgirl banker manufacturer mistress son wife melodramatic moving sad cincinnati shop train station boat new york city apartment affair unrequited love social ostracism father/son relationship business
Five years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.
Adventure, Romance, Action
USA
1950
102 Minutes
John Goode
Deborah Kerr Compton Bennett Stewart Granger Richard Carlson Hugo Haas Lowell Gilmore John Banner Henry Rowland
explorer wife fugitive tribal leader thrilling emotional africa mountain desert exploration guilt wild animals romance treasure missing persons pursuit rescue 1950s
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Drama, Western, History
USA
1955
110 Minutes
William B. Travis
Sterling Hayden Anna Maria Alberghetti Richard Carlson Arthur Hunnicutt Ernest Borgnine J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Russell Virginia Grey Jim Davis Eduard Franz
colonel davy crockett gen. santa anna teen girl soldier settler patriotic rousing thrilling tense texas abandoned building desert alamo jim bowie the alamo outnumbered land wars invasion negotiation
Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Anna.
Fantasy
USA
1969
95 Minutes
Champ
James Franciscus Gila Golan Richard Carlson Laurence Naismith Dennis Kilbane
professor cowgirl paleontologist old flame little boy dinosaur thrilling mexico bullring rodeo wild west show greed evolution curse circus horse riding underdog 1900s
A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.
Biography
USA
1957
118 Minutes
Russell Wade
Ann Blyth Paul Newman Richard Carlson Gene Evans Alan King Cara Williams Virginia Vincent Walter Woolf King Dorothy Green Edward Platt Warren Douglas
singer broadway producer broadway star bootlegger boyfriend alcoholic bleak melodramatic brooding broadway theater hospital new york city chicago nightclub carnival musical performance rise to stardom alcoholism romance helen morgan
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Mr. Langford
Hedy Lamarr Walter Pidgeon Richard Carlson Frank Morgan Henry O'Neill Bramwell Fletcher Clyde Cook Leigh Whipper
The story takes place at a British plantation in Africa where Tondelayo entices all the Brits, especially Harry Witzel.
Comedy
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Nipper Wilson
Charles Laughton Binnie Barnes Richard Carlson Donna Reed Christopher Severn Clyde Cook Stephen McNally Arthur Shields Evelyn Falke Hobart Cavanaugh Andre Charlot
soldier boxer sister hotel owner singer best friend melodramatic tense belgium england australia hotel household adoption forbidden love boxing family world war ii gambling transformation
A crusty old Sergeant of the Queen's Australian army in World War I befriends a small orphaned boy and his tiny sister on the night he is to go back to Australia. The Sergeant emotionally ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
81 Minutes
Director
William Lundigan Herbert Marshall Richard Carlson Martha Hyer Dawn Addams Robert Karnes Larry Dobkin
astronaut scientist love interest father physicist gutsy thrilling incredible space rocket laboratory desert military base father/son relationship research technology accidental death space travel cowardice quest
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets. Their mission is to capture a meteor and bring it to ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1955
79 Minutes
Insp. Levering
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by bellicose Bedouin bandits.
Biography
1951
102 Minutes
Bill King
Anthony Dexter Eleanor Parker Richard Carlson Patricia Medina Joseph Calleia Dona Drake Lloyd Gough Otto Kruger
actor actress dancer director lover confident engaging naples, italy ship new york city hollywood, calif. film set mansion rudolph valentino fame romance acting jealousy dying young love
Unknown Rudolph Valentino (Anthony Dexter) meets an actress (Eleanor Parker) and a director (Richard Carlson) who point him toward silent-film Hollywood.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Doctor Jackson
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Joan Davis Richard Carlson Mischa Auer Evelyn Ankers Marc Lawrence Shemp Howard Ted Lewis The Andrews Sisters
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Martin Abbott
Turhan Bey Lynn Bari Cathy O'Donnell Richard Carlson Donald Curtis Virginia Gregg Harry B. Mendoza
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Joe
Lew Ayres Lana Turner Tom Brown Richard Carlson Jane Bryan Anita Louise Marsha Hunt Ann Rutherford Mary Beth Hughes Owen Davis Jr. Ernest Truex
A drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.
Action
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Major Degan
Rock Hudson Barbara Hale Anthony Quinn Richard Carlson Hugh O'Brian Russell Johnson Lee Marvin Ralph Moody Fay Roope James Best Don Gibson
native american chief childhood friend lieutenant major love interest powerful tense gripping melodramatic fort florida everglades battlefield interracial romance interracial conflict american indian wars wrongfully accused murder racism underdog
A cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
Comedy
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Tom Farrell
Susan Peters Herbert Marshall Mary Astor Elliott Reid Richard Carlson Allyn Joslyn Dorothy Morris Frances Rafferty George Dolenz Emory Parnell Ava Gardner
Academy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by... See full summary »