List of the best Robert D. Webb movies: On the Threshold of Space(1956), White Feather(1955), Love Me Tender(1956), The Glory Brigade(1953), Seven Cities of Gold(1955), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953), Guns of the Timberland(1960), Seven Women From Hell(1961), The Proud Ones(1956) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1956
98 Minutes
Director
Guy Madison Virginia Leith John Hodiak Dean Jagger Warren Stevens Martin Milner
captain wife lieutenant pilot doctor major gripping tense florida air force base balloon mountain air force space travel experiments car crash daunting task quest sacrifice 1950s
Scientist is sent to investigate a faulty ejector seat, then sent into space to test it, showing an assortment of human weaknesses and strengths. Basically this is about the human predicament and drama, not space.
Western
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Director
Robert Wagner Debra Paget Jeffrey Hunter John Lund Eduard Franz Noah Beery Jr. Virginia Leith Emile Meyer Hugh O'Brian Milburn Stone Iron Eyes Cody
surveyor military officer native american warrior love interest beautiful woman melodramatic striking wyoming military base indian territory peace treaty interracial romance indian wars jealousy forbidden love revenge transformation 1870s
In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in-love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance.
Western
USA
1956
89 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Richard Egan Debra Paget Robert Middleton William Campbell Neville Brand Mildred Dunnock Herman Brix James Drury Russ Conway Ken Clark
brother confederate soldier fiancée mother pinkerton agent outlaw winsome melodramatic thrilling louisiana texas train town american civil war reunion train robbery love triangle jealousy family escape
At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.
War
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Director
Victor Mature Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Richard Egan Alvy Moore Nick Dennis Roy Roberts Russell Evans Henry Kulky Gregg Martell Lamont Johnson
lieutenant soldier corporal army officer patriotic tense thrilling korea battlefield korean war cowardice betrayal prejudice racism adventure discovery 1950s
During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
Drama, History
USA
1955
103 Minutes
Director
Richard Egan Anthony Quinn Michael Rennie Jeffrey Hunter Rita Moreno Eduardo Noriega Leslie Bradley John Doucette
priest captain lieutenant soldier native american chief tense thrilling melodramatic mexico california wilderness camp expedition gold fable missionary work betrayal rescue adventure
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Director
Robert Wagner Terry Moore Gilbert Roland J. Carrol Naish Richard Boone Angela Clarke Peter Graves Jay Novello Jacques Aubuchon Gloria Gordon Harry Carey Jr.
scuba diver business owner father daughter son fisherman spectacular melodramatic dreamy boat gulf of mexico florida star-crossed lovers fishing passion parental pressure family feud sabotage rivalry forbidden love
Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
Western
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Jeanne Crain Gilbert Roland Frankie Avalon Lyle Bettger Noah Beery Jr. Verna Felton Alana Ladd Regis Toomey Johnny Seven George Selk
Feud between ranchers and lumberjacks over the issue of environment protection versus profits.
War
1961
87 Minutes
Director
Patricia Owens Denise Darcel Cesar Romero Yuki Shimoda Sylvia Daneel Yvonne Craig Pilar Seurat
prison guard nurse prisoner widow pregnant teen waitress frightening tense brash indonesia prison camp plantation island world war ii prison life abuse jailbreak women during wartime double-cross wretched excess
Western
1956
94 Minutes
Director
Robert Ryan Virginia Mayo Jeffrey Hunter Robert Middleton Walter Brennan Arthur O'Connell Ken Clark Rodolfo Acosta George Mathews Fay Roope Edward Platt
marshal hit man cowboy criminal gripping suspenseful intense emotional kansas small town american west crime engagement murder old west revenge love escape pursuit 19th century
A misguided youth (Jeffrey Hunter) sides with a Kansas boomtown marshal (Robert Ryan) against a gambler and his henchmen.