Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Richard Ollie Crane (June 6, 1918–March 9, 1969) was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s. He may be best-remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the TV science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, which ran for two seasons starting in 1954. Crane died of a heart attack at the age of 50. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

  • Title: Richard Crane
  • Popularity: 4.844
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-06-06
  • Place of Birth: New Castle, Indiana , USA
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  • Also Known As: Richard Ollie Crane
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Richard Crane Movies

  • 1948
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    Triple Threat

    Triple Threat

    1 1948 HD

    An arrogant college football player turns professional, taking his bad attitude with him.

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  • 1955
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    Day is Done

    Day is Done

    1 1955 HD

    During the 1951 rout of the American army in Korea, a battle-hardened sergeant tries to reinvigorate his men with a bugle picked up by the side of...

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  • 1950
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    A Lady Without Passport

    A Lady Without Passport

    5 1950 HD

    An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal...

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  • 1953
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    The Neanderthal Man

    The Neanderthal Man

    4.1 1953 HD

    A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous...

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  • 1959
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    The Alligator People

    The Alligator People

    5.6 1959 HD

    Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a...

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  • 1946
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    Behind Green Lights

    Behind Green Lights

    5.6 1946 HD

    An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a...

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  • 1957
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    Guns Don't Argue

    Guns Don't Argue

    6 1957 HD

    The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.

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  • 1955
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    No Man's Woman

    No Man's Woman

    4.7 1955 HD

    A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among...

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  • 1956
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    Menace from Outer Space

    Menace from Outer Space

    3.3 1956 HD

    A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger".

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  • 1964
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    Surf Party

    Surf Party

    3.8 1964 HD

    Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.

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  • 1942
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    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

    6 1942 HD

    A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

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  • 1963
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    House of the Damned

    House of the Damned

    4.6 1963 HD

    An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start...

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  • 1948
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    Waterfront at Midnight

    Waterfront at Midnight

    4 1948 HD

    Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has...

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  • 1954
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    Crash of Moons

    Crash of Moons

    3.2 1954 HD

    A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature for 16mm rental only. Season 1 episodes...

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  • 1961
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    Devil's Partner

    Devil's Partner

    5.1 1961 HD

    An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

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  • 1956
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    Beyond the Moon

    Beyond the Moon

    4 1956 HD

    This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's allies are captured by aliens and brain washed.

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  • 1953
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    Winning of the West

    Winning of the West

    5.5 1953 HD

    A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.

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  • 1951
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    The Last Outpost

    The Last Outpost

    5.5 1951 HD

    The cavalry defend a small town from indians.

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  • 1961
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    Boy Who Caught a Crook

    Boy Who Caught a Crook

    5 1961 HD

    The Boy Who Caught a Crook is a 1961 childrens film about a young boy who tracks down a gangster.

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  • 1954
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    Silver Needle in the Sky

    Silver Needle in the Sky

    4.5 1954 HD

    Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.

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  • 1953
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    The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

    The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

    4 1953 HD

    Two British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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  • 1955
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    The Eternal Sea

    The Eternal Sea

    6.4 1955 HD

    Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

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  • 1954
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    Manhunt in Space

    Manhunt in Space

    2.6 1954 HD

    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.

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  • 1949
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    Dynamite

    Dynamite

    4 1949 HD

    Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their...

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  • 1951
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    Mysterious Island

    Mysterious Island

    5.3 1951 HD

    It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and...

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  • 1940
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    Susan and God

    Susan and God

    6.5 1940 HD

    A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

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  • 1958
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    No Time at All

    No Time at All

    1 1958 HD

    An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people...

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  • 1951
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    Man in the Saddle

    Man in the Saddle

    6.5 1951 HD

    A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself...

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  • 1948
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    Angel on the Amazon

    Angel on the Amazon

    4.8 1948 HD

    An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found...

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  • 1957
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    Bailout at 43,000

    Bailout at 43,000

    4.6 1957 HD

    An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.

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  • 1960
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    13 Fighting Men

    13 Fighting Men

    3 1960 HD

    A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its rightful place within the government coffers.

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  • 1943
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    Riders of the Deadline

    Riders of the Deadline

    3.7 1943 HD

    When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the...

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  • 1940
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    Keeping Company

    Keeping Company

    6.4 1940 HD

    Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

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  • 1943
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    Someone to Remember

    Someone to Remember

    7 1943 HD

    An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students,...

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  • 1948
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    Campus Honeymoon

    Campus Honeymoon

    1 1948 HD

    Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the...

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  • 1944
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    Patrolling the Ether

    Patrolling the Ether

    1 1944 HD

    1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill...

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  • 1952
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    Leadville Gunslinger

    Leadville Gunslinger

    1 1952 HD

    Arriving in Leadville, Marshal Rocky Lane finds that his friend Nugget is in financial trouble. Nugget thinks there is oil on his land but the...

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  • 1942
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    The Phantom Plainsmen

    The Phantom Plainsmen

    6 1942 HD

    In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of Captain Marvin herding horses which he sells to Kurt...

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  • 1952
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    Thundering Caravans

    Thundering Caravans

    1 1952 HD

    Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose ore wagons are disappearing and the newspaper editor...

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  • 1940
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    Meet the Wildcat

    Meet the Wildcat

    1 1940 HD

    Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame....

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  • 1953
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    Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

    6.2 1953 HD

    Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're...

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  • 1956
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    Forbidden Moon

    Forbidden Moon

    1 1956 HD

    Rocky Jones is dispatched to investigate an SOS received from a space station. He finds that the station is filled with deadly radiation brought by...

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  • 1943
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    For God and Country

    For God and Country

    1 1943 HD

    The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.

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  • 1942
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    Eagle Squadron

    Eagle Squadron

    1 1942 HD

    An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

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  • 1959
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    Battle Flame

    Battle Flame

    6 1959 HD

    The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.

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  • 1944
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    None Shall Escape

    None Shall Escape

    6.2 1944 HD

    Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.

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  • 1948
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    Arthur Takes Over

    Arthur Takes Over

    2 1948 HD

    A young woman must find a way to break the news to her parents and a stuffy suitor that she is now married to a sailor.

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  • 1943
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    Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

    6.2 1943 HD

    The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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  • 1943
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    Cry 'Havoc'

    Cry 'Havoc'

    6.3 1943 HD

    The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a...

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  • 1943
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    Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    5.5 1943 HD

    In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of...

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

    During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped...

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  • 1944
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    Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

    Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

    1 1944 HD

    Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the...

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  • 1940
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    We Who Are Young

    We Who Are Young

    5.8 1940 HD

    A man violates company policy by getting married.

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  • 1941
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    In the Navy

    In the Navy

    6.3 1941 HD

    Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter,...

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  • 1941
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    Keep 'Em Flying

    Keep 'Em Flying

    5.9 1941 HD

    When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott &...

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  • 1959
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    Please Don't Touch Me!

    Please Don't Touch Me!

    5 1959 HD

    A woman who is unable to have sex with her husband goes to a psychiatrist for help. He sends her to a hypnotist, who finds out she has a deep, dark...

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  • 1954
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    The Gypsy Moon

    The Gypsy Moon

    2 1954 HD

    Rocky Jones and his buddies happen upon two strange moons orbiting each other. They soon discover that both are inhabited by civilizations at war...

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  • 1946
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    The Flying Serpent

    The Flying Serpent

    4.6 1946 HD

    A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl and accidentally kills his wife by giving...

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  • 1946
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    Johnny Comes Flying Home

    Johnny Comes Flying Home

    1 1946 HD

    Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.

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  • 1953
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    Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

    Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

    5 1953 HD

    Dangerous climate changes are ravaging Earth and the U.S. government requests an investigation by masked super-scientist Commando Cody. He discovers...

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  • 1955
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    Bobby Ware Is Missing

    Bobby Ware Is Missing

    7 1955 HD

    This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The...

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  • 1958
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    The Deep Six

    The Deep Six

    5.4 1958 HD

    The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker...

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  • 1943
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    Proceed and Report

    Proceed and Report

    1 1943 HD

    Ensign Murphy is ordered to his first duty in the U.S. Navy. He learns (often the hard way) the means of transporting himself properly from one...

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  • 1964
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    Fraternity of Horror

    Fraternity of Horror

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1957
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.8 1957 HD

    The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

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  • 1957
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    Trackdown

    Trackdown

    6.4 1957 HD

    Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this...

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  • 1964
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    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    7.1 1964 HD

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff...

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

    Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1959
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    Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

    5 1959 HD

    Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look...

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  • 1959
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    Philip Marlowe

    Philip Marlowe

    5 1959 HD

    Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the fictional detective originally created by Raymond...

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.4 1962 HD

    The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1955
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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    6.7 1955 HD

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

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  • 1957
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    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    6.2 1957 HD

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    4.2 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1958
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    Bronco

    Bronco

    4.8 1958 HD

    Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco...

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  • 1955
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    Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

    Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

    5 1955 HD

    Masked scientific government agent is pitted against a rogue army, led by a mystery man known only as "The Ruler", which is attempting to conquer...

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  • 1955
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    Navy Log

    Navy Log

    4.5 1955 HD

    Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the...

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  • 1958
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    6.9 1958 HD

    Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three...

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  • 1954
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    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

    5.3 1954 HD

    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a syndicated science fiction television serial originally broadcast in 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and,...

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  • 1957
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    Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

    4.2 1957 HD

    Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner...

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  • 1951
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    Racket Squad

    Racket Squad

    6 1951 HD

    Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco,...

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  • 1965
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    Honey West

    Honey West

    7 1965 HD

    After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

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  • 1956
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    State Trooper

    State Trooper

    5 1956 HD

    State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of...

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  • 1957
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    26 Men

    26 Men

    4.2 1957 HD

    26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the...

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  • 1957
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    Official Detective

    Official Detective

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1952
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    Gang Busters

    Gang Busters

    1 1952 HD

    Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI...

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  • 1952
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    Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

    6 1952 HD

    Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy.

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  • 1960
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    Michael Shayne

    Michael Shayne

    5 1960 HD

    Michael Shayne is an American detective television series starring Richard Denning that aired on NBC from September 30, 1960 to May 19, 1961.

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Boston Blackie

    The Adventures of Boston Blackie

    4 1951 HD

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  • 1968
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    Adam-12

    Adam-12

    7.077 1968 HD

    Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1956
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    Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

    7.4 1956 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

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