Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer, Anita Ekberg, James Flavin, Jack Kruschen, Horace McMahon, Joe Kirk
Lester (Bud Abbott) and Orville (Lou Costello) unwittingly are launched into outer space when they push the wrong button.
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Battle Hymn 1957  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Jock Mahoney, Alan Hale Jr., James Edwards, Carl Benton Reid, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Bartlett Robinson
Feeling he has lost his calling to the ministry, World War II pilot Col. Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) re-enlists and is stationed in Korea where he trains soldiers and, in the process, sets up a large orphanage during the Korean conflict. Based on a true story.
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The Best of Everything 1959  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, Joan Crawford, Brett Halsey
Three women seek success in the Big Apple in this somewhat dated story adapted from Rona Jaffe's novel.
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The Big Fisherman 1959   N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Howard Keel, Susan Kohner, John Saxon, Martha Hyer, Herbert Lom, Ray Stricklyn, Marian Seldes, Alexander Scourby, Beulah Bondi, Jay Barney
Based on a novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, this Disney production is overly long and not well executed. It is the story of Simon Peter (a miscast Howard Keel), the "fisher of men," who started as a fisherman and became a leader in the Christian movement. Good scenery (San Fernando Valley) with three Academy Award nominations. 1 User Review
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| | brimashica 02/08/2007 | | Yhis is a excellent movie to watch. Yet I can't find it to watch. The peson I watch the movie from can't find it. I would like to watch this movie, because I am teaching my kids about the Lord. |
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 Bikini Beach 1964 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Asher
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Keenan Wynn, Martha Hyer, Harvey Lembeck, Don Rickles, Jody McCrea, Meredith MacRae, Boris Karloff, Paul Smith
As part of the series of "Beach Party" movies, this is one of the better entries. Frankie Avalon plays roles of a British singing star, "The Potato Bug," and Annette Funicello's favorite boyfriend.
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The Carpetbaggers 1964 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer, Elizabeth Ashley, Lew Ayres, Martin Balsam, Leif Erickson, Carroll Baker, Audrey Totter
Based on Harold Robins' novel, this is the story of lust and power that is loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes. This was Alan Ladd's last film.
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 The Chase 1966 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall, Angie Dickinson, Miriam Hopkins, Janice Rule, Richard Bradford, Martha Hyer, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh
Bigoted citizens of a small Texas town react to news of Bubber Reeves' (Robert Redford) escape from prison. As they wait for Bubber to return home, their own moral behavior is examined. His own wife Anna (Jane Fonda), for example, is involved with married Jake Rogers (James Fox). Only Sheriff Caulder (Marlon Brando) appears to be morally upright–or is he?
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Crossplot 1969 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner, Claudie Lange, Francis Matthews, Bernard Lee, Derek Francis, Ursula Howells, Dudley Sutton, Mona Bruce, Veronica Carlson, Tim Preece
Unknown to advertising executive Gary Fenn (Roger Moore), the beautiful model (Martha Hyer) he has hired will draw him into an assassination plot against a visiting African statesman. When Fenn saves the statesman by decoding a message, the film's title becomes clear.
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The Delicate Delinquent 1957   N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don McGuire
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer, Robert Ivers, Horace McMahon, Richard Bakalyan, Milton Frome, Emory Parnell, Don Megowan, Emile Meyer
Sidney Pythias (Jerry Lewis) leaves his janitorial job to enter police officer training as part of a program to give outcasts a chance for respectability.
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First Men in the Moon 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh McDermott, Betty McDowall, Erik Chitty, Miles Malleson, Gladys Henson, Marne Maitland
In this entertaining film version of H.G. Wells' novel, a professor invents matter that overcomes gravity, thus allowing him to build a spaceship capable of reaching the moon.
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Francis in the Navy 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Clint Eastwood, Jim Backus, Richard Erdman, David Janssen, Leigh Snowden, Martin Milner, Paul Burke, Chill Wills
This is the fifth sequel to the original "Francis" movie. In this one, Francis (the talking mule) takes on the Navy single-hoofed. This is a fun family movie.
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Fuego 1963 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Pyro
Director: Julio Coll, Luis Garcia
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Martha Hyer, Sherry Moreland, Soledad Miranda, Luis Prendes, Fernando Hilbeck, Carlos Casaravilla, Marisenka, Paco Moran, Hugo Pimentel
Vance (Barry Sullivan) heads to Spain to oversee construction of an invention of his. He meets Laura (Martha Hyer), and they start an affair as he looks for a house for his family. After he ends the affair, Laura takes revenge by burning up his house–with his wife and child in it. But that's just the beginning in this weird thriller.
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The Happening 1967 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Cast: Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr., Martha Hyer, Faye Dunaway, Milton Berle, Oskar Homolka, Jack Kruschen, Clifton James
Four bumbling idealists kidnap a retired gangster, Roc Delmonico (Anthony Quinn), as the means to obtain funds for their cause. Faye Dunaway's film debut.
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Houseboat 1958 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton, Mimi Gibson, John Litel, Mary Forbes, Madge Kennedy, Charles Herbert, Werner Klemperer, Paul Petersen, Brooks Benedict, Susan Cabot
After Tom Winston's (Cary Grant) estranged wife is killed in an accident, Tom reunites with his children–Elizabeth (Mimi Gibson), David (Paul Petersen), and Robert (Charles Herbert). But, the children are not happy to be living with Tom in his small Washington, D.C. apartment. Tom prepares to move to a large house, but plans fall through, and they move onto a rundown houseboat on the Potomac River. Cinzia (Sophia Loren) signs on as the children's governess, and she helps Tom understand the meaning of love when romance blooms between Tom and Cinzia, and the children will now enjoy a happy family life.
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Ice Palace 1960 N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones, Ray Danton, Martha Hyer, Jim Backus, Diane McBain, Shirley Knight, Karl Swenson, Barry Kelley
Based on Edna Ferber's saga about Alaska's development leading to statehood, this story depicts Zeb (Richard Burton) and Thor's (Robert Ryan) long-time friendship and competition between their respective family interests.
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 Kiss of Fire 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Barbara Rush, Jack Palance, Rex Reason, Martha Hyer, Leslie Bradley, Alan Reed, Lawrence Dobkin, Steven Geray, Joseph Waring, Pat Hogan
In this romantic drama a member of the Spanish aristocracy (Barbara Rush) chooses love over royalty and gives up the throne for true love.
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The Last Time I Saw Archie 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Webb
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb, Martha Hyer, France Nuyen, Don Knotts, Louis Nye, Richard Arlen, Joe Flynn, Robert Strauss
Archie Hall (Robert Mitchum) is an army private who wheels and deals himself and his buddy, Bill (Jack Webb), into relative lives of ease toward the end of World War II AND they become heroes!
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Lucky Me 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr., Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer, Bill Goodwin, Angie Dickinson, Marcel Dalio, Hayden Rorke, James Burke, William Bakewell
Chorus girl Candy Williams (Doris Day) finds new hope when songwriter Dick Carson (Robert Cummings) and his new musical open the door to fame and fortune. Angie Dickinson's film debut.
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Mister Cory 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Charles Bickford, Kathryn Grant, Louise Lorimer, Russ Morgan, Dick Crockett, William Reynolds, Henry Daniell, Willis Bouchey
Cory (Tony Curtis) was a poor young man who made it big in the gambling world. When he returns to his boyhood home in the Chicago slums, he learns the errors of his way of life
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 My Man Godfrey 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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Paris Holiday 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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Sabrina 1954  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams, Martha Hyer, Joan Vohs, Francis X. Bushman, Marcel Dalio, Nella Walker, Marcel Hillaire, Ellen Corby, Marjorie Bennett, Emory Parnell, Nancy Kulp
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur. Unsophisticated Sabrina falls in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) who does not return her affections–until she returns from a Paris cooking school and has become a sophisticated woman. In addition to an Academy Award for Costume Design, the film received five nominations, including Best Actress (Hepburn) and Director.
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So Big 1953 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson, Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tommy Rettig, Elisabeth Fraser, Walter Coy, Richard Beymer, Roland Winters
This poignant story is the third filming of Edna Ferber's epic novel about a widowed schoolteacher (Jane Wyman) who turns to farming for survival.
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Some Came Running 1958 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Larry Gates, Betty Lou Keim, Connie Gilchrist, Steve Peck, Ned Wever, Roy Engel, Don Haggerty, Joe Gray
This film is based on James Jones' novel about writer Dave Hirsh's (Frank Sinatra) conflicts when he returns to his hometown of Parktown, Indiana, following World War II and must decide between respectable and decadent lifestyles. His businessman brother Frank (Arthur Kennedy) introduces Dave to schoolteacher Gwen French (Martha Hyer), but, when Dave won't break his ties to local gambler Bama Dillert (Dean Martin) and floozy Ginny Moorehead (Shirley MacLaine), tragedy lies ahead. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Kennedy), and Supporting Actress (Hyer).
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The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Paul Fix, Jeremy Slate, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams
Ranch owner Katie's sons John, Tom, Matt, and Bud (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr.) come home for her funeral and stay long enough to fight for their land and their lives.
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Thunder Mountain 1947 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Virginia Owen, Jason Robards Sr., Robert Clarke, Tom Keene, Harry Woods, Harry Harvey, Dick Elliott
Marvin Hayden (Tim Holt) returns to his ranch and finds that not only is his ranch about to be auctioned off, but the old Jorth-Hayden feud has again raised its ugly head. Why, you ask. Greedy townsfolk have found out that the land is valuable (the government wants it for a dam) and so have not only rekindled the feud but try to pin a murder on Marvin. A good story that is based (loosely) on a Zane Grey novel–not "Thunder Mountain," but "To the Last Man."
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Wives and Lovers 1963 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Rich
Cast: Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer, Ray Walston, Jeremy Slate, Lee Patrick, Claire Wilcox, Dick Wessel, Dave Willock
Success as a playwright for Bill Austin (Van Johnson) does NOT lead to success in his marriage to Bertie (Janet Leigh) as Bill is tempted by illicit affairs.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
2. Battle Hymn (1957)
3. The Best of Everything (1959)
4. The Big Fisherman (1959)
5. Bikini Beach (1964)
6. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
7. The Chase (1966)
8. Crossplot (1969)
9. The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
10. First Men in the Moon (1964)
11. Francis in the Navy (1955)
12. Fuego (1963)
aka: Pyro
13. The Happening (1967)
14. Houseboat (1958)
15. Ice Palace (1960)
16. Kiss of Fire (1955)
17. The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
18. Lucky Me (1954)
19. Mister Cory (1957)
20. My Man Godfrey (1957)
21. Paris Holiday (1958)
22. Sabrina (1954)
23. So Big (1953)
24. Some Came Running (1958)
25. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
26. Thunder Mountain (1947)
27. Wives and Lovers (1963)
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