List of the best Russell Johnson movies: Rock All Night(1957), Attack of the Crab Monsters(1957), It Came From Outer Space(1953), This Island Earth(1955), Ride Clear of Diablo(1954), Rescue From Gilligan's Island(1978), Seminole(1953), Law and Order(1953), The Stand at Apache River(1953), Courage of Black Beauty(1957), Column South(1953), The Space Children(1958) ... ...
Musical
1957
62 Minutes
A short man suffering an inferiority complex falls for a rock 'n' roll singer at an unsavory establishment.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
65 Minutes
Hank Chapman
Richard Garland Pamela Duncan Russell Johnson Leslie Bradley Mel Welles Richard Cutting Beach Dickerson Tony Miller
Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
81 Minutes
George
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.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Steve Carlson
Jeff Morrow Faith Domergue Rex Reason Russell Johnson Lance Fuller Robert Nichols Douglas Spencer Karl Lindt Regis Parton Olan Soule Richard Deacon
scientist alien physicist assistant love interest thrilling engaging laboratory spaceship outer space airplane alien abduction war space travel kidnapping adventure 1950s
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
Western
USA
1954
80 Minutes
Jed Ringer
Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Susan Cabot Abbe Lane Russell Johnson Paul Birch William Pullen Jack Elam Lane Bradford Denver Pyle Hollis Bane
When his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and Sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.
Comedy
1978
100 Minutes
Professor Roy Hinkley Jr.
Bob Denver Alan Hale Jr. Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Russell Johnson Dawn Wells Judith Baldwin Vincent Schiavelli Art LaFleur Norman Bartold Barbara Mallory
A tidal wave brings stranded Gilligan (Bob Denver), Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) and the rest back to civilization.
Action
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Lt. Hamilton
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.
Western
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Jimmy Johnson
Ronald Reagan Dorothy Malone Alex Nicol Preston Foster Ruth Hampton Russell Johnson Barry Kelley Chubby Johnson Jack Kelly Dennis Weaver Wally Cassell
marshal love interest outlaw rancher daughter tense rousing tombstone, ariz. small town jail ranch wild west stand-off lynching murder prison break retirement rivalry revenge quest
Frame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
Western
USA
1953
77 Minutes
Greiner
Stephen McNally Julie Adams Hugh Marlowe Jaclynne Greene Hugh O'Brian Russell Johnson Jack Kelly Edgar Barrier Forrest Lewis
At Apache River Station, the passengers of a stagecoach, the owners of the station, a sheriff and his prisoner and a few ferry passengers are besieged by a band of renegade Apaches.
Kids & Family, Adventure
1957
77 Minutes
Ben Farraday
John Crawford Mimi Gibson John Bryant Diane Brewster J. Pat O'Malley Russell Johnson Ziva Rodann
A widowed rancher (John Bryant) gives his son (John Crawford) a foal, which he raises into a beautiful horse.
Western
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Cpl. Biddle
Audie Murphy Joan Evans Robert Sterling Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Palmer Lee Russell Johnson Jack Kelly Johnny Downs Bob Steele James Best
union boss native american prospector lieutenant confederate soldier corporal patriotic engaging powerful striking melodramatic gutsy native american reservation native americans american history confederate army western films accusations racial issues fall
Before the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Joe Gamble
Michel Ray Peggy Webber Adam Williams John Crawford Jackie Coogan Sandy Descher Richard Shannon John Washbrook Russell Johnson Raymond Bailey
An alien intelligence aborts the launching of a rocket with the help of a bunch of children.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Peter Graves Jean Parker Milburn Stone Warren Stevens Jack Kelly Sylvia Findley James Bell Victor Perrin Hal Baylor Harry Bartell
convict reporter girlfriend hostage police officer priest dark melodramatic gripping prison hideout warehouse cell prison break hostage situation crime money law and order escape revenge
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Western
USA
1964
117 Minutes
Troy Donahue Suzanne Pleshette Diane McBain James Gregory William Reynolds Claude Akins Kent Smith Judson Pratt Bartlett Robinson Bobby Bare Larry Ward
lieutenant native american chief wife bureaucrat commanding officer native american gutsy rousing government building washington, d.c. apache lands mexico fort desert fight for justice injustice love triangle battle political corruption government
West Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
William Holden Edmond O'Brien Alexis Smith Tom Tully Ed Begley Dan Dayton Adele Longmire Ray Teal Ted de Corsia Don Porter Howard Freeman
prosecutor police officer mobster journalist father girlfriend brooding crafty emotional tense midwest courtroom house police station corruption love triangle investigation trial spying organized crime
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.