List of the best Robert Shayne movies: The Neanderthal Man(1953), Wife Wanted(1946), Murder Is My Beat(1955), The Face of Marble(1946), The Indestructible Man(1956), Three Strangers(1946), Christmas in Connecticut(1945), Welcome Stranger(1947), Make Your Own Bed(1944), War of the Satellites(1958), The Giant Claw(1957), Loaded Pistols(1949) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Robert Shayne Richard Crane Doris Merrick Robert Long Joyce Terry Dick Rich Jean Quinn Robert Easton Beverly Garland
Professor Groves, an expert in prehistoric life, proves his theories with an extract that'll regress a cat to a saber-tooth tiger and man to a Neanderthal.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
73 Minutes
Bill Tyler
Kay Francis Paul Cavanagh Robert Shayne Veda Ann Borg Teala Loring John Gallaudet Jonathan Hale Tim Ryan Barton Yarborough
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
76 Minutes
Police Captain Bert Rawley
Paul Langton Barbara Payton Robert Shayne Selena Royle Roy Gordon Tracey Roberts Kate McKenna Harry Harvey Jay Adler
A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.
Horror
USA
1946
70 Minutes
Dr. David Cochran
John Carradine Claudia Drake Robert Shayne Maris Wrixon Willie Best Thomas E. Jackson Rosa Rey Neal Burns Donald Kerr Allan Ray
Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with reanimating the dead in his isolated old dark house and lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his younger assistant.
Sci-Fi
USA
1956
70 Minutes
Prof. Bradshaw
Lon Chaney Marion Carr Casey Adams Robert Shayne Ross Elliot Ken Terrell Marvin Ellis
When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Bertram Fallon
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
Comedy, Other
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Dudley Beecham
Barbara Stanwyck Dennis Morgan Sydney Greenstreet Reginald Gardiner S.Z. Sakall Robert Shayne Una O'Connor Frank Jenks Joyce Compton Dick Elliott Betty Alexander
writer soldier chef editor publisher nurse lighthearted cheery new york city apartment connecticut farm kitchen barn christmas deception country life babies war heroes engagement
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Roy Chesley
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Lester Knight
Jack Carson Jane Wyman Irene Manning Alan Hale George Tobias Robert Shayne Tala Birell Ricardo Cortez Marjorie Hoshelle Kurt Katch
manufacturer wife private investigator fiancée nazi spy witty madcap family estate office bedroom mistaken identity world war ii deception espionage pursuit transformation 1940s
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
66 Minutes
Cole Hotchkiss
Dick Miller Susan Cabot Richard Devon Eric Sinclair Michael Fox Robert Shayne Jered Barclay Jay Sayer Mitzi McCall John Brinkley
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.
Sci-Fi
1957
76 Minutes
Gen. Van Buskirk
Jeff Morrow Mara Corday Morris Ankrum Louis Merrill Edgar Barrier Robert Shayne Frank Griffin Clark Howat Morgan Jones
engineer mathematician farmer scientist lieutenant general creature thrilling frenetic outlandish north pole airplane new york city washington, d.c. laboratory monsters alien attack race against time destruction scientific experiments bravery
Scientists (Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum) puzzle over a buzzardlike big bird able to pick up a train in its beak.
Western
1949
79 Minutes
Don Mason
Gene Autry Barbara Britton Chill Wills Jack Holt Russell Arms Robert Shayne Vince Barnett Leon Weaver Fred Kohler Jr. Stanley Blystone
gene autry friend sister ranch owner prospector villain gripping melodramatic rousing ranch casino small town stagecoach party hideout murder protection wrongfully accused fugitives land grab
A singing cowboy protects a young man wrongly accused of murder while he searches for the real perpetrator.
Drama
USA
1944
145 Minutes
MacMahon
Bette Davis Claude Rains Walter Abel Richard Waring George Coulouris Marjorie Riordan Robert Shayne John Alexander Jerome Cowan Dorothy Peterson Peter Whitney
beautiful woman stockbroker army recruit suitor husband wife emotional moving sad dinner party bedroom household vanity world war i marriage concentration camp blindness secret sacrifice love
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.
Sci-Fi
1958
66 Minutes
Young Tribe Member
Robert Vaughn Darah Marshall Leslie Bradley Frank de Kova Joseph Hamilton Marshall Bradford Robert Shayne Beach Dickerson
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie is about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared forbidden zone.
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Lt. Cassidy
Gregg Palmer Kathleen Crowley Edward Platt John Lupton Ned Glass Don Sullivan Vikki Dougan I. Stanford Jolley Robert Shayne Gloria Moreland Collette Lyons
Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks.
Western
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Captain Morgan
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Victor Francen Florence Bates John Litel Paul Kelly John Alvin Monte Blue Robert Shayne Robert Barrat
rancher kingpin dancer gunslinger engaging thrilling san antonio, texas mexico alamo ranch range war cattle theft old west justice romance quest revenge rivalry 19th century
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
Drama
1947
103 Minutes
Mr. Gordon
Susan Hayward Lee Bowman Marsha Hunt Eddie Albert Carl Esmond Carleton Young Charles D. Brown Janet Murdoch Sharyn Payne Robert Shayne
singer songwriter secretary daughter agent pianist emotional melodramatic nightclub radio station hospital hotel apartment alcoholism custody kidnapping marital problems fall transformation wretched excess
A nightclub singer (Susan Hayward) turns alcoholic after quitting her career to marry a rising singer (Lee Bowman).
Drama
1975
93 Minutes
Chairman Hopkins
Ahna Capri John Anderson Adam West Harvey Jason Alvy Moore Marlene Schmidt Hikmet L. Avedis Charles Knapp Chuck Boyd Robert Shayne
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Helena Carter Arthur Franz Jimmy Hunt Morris Ankrum Leif Erickson Hillary Brooke Max Wagner Milburn Stone Walter Sande Janine Perreau John Eldredge
young boy astronomer doctor alien father police officer suspenseful campy house woods small town office alien invasion family science escape mystery 1950s
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Comedy
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Gigi Perreau Rusty Hamer Mary Wickes Ted de Corsia Ron Hargrave Sherry Alberoni Frank Wilcox Richard Reeves Paul Sorensen
Two goofballs try to run a beaten-down old amusement park.