William Bendix Archives

The Life Of Riley

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.

NR NBC

0

1953 30 min Play

6.5

Johnny Nobody

When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey ...

NR

6.5

1961 Crime 88 min Play

6.3

The Rough and the Smooth

Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.

NR

6.3

1959 Drama 96 min Play

4.2

The Deep Six

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 whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group ...

NR

4.2

1958 Drama 105 min Play

6.3

Crashout

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the lives of "regular folks," each has his own rendezvous with destiny.

NR

6.3

1955 Crime 89 min Play

5.2

Dangerous Mission

A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.

NR

5.2

1954 Action 75 min Play

6.2

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

NR

6.2

1952 Adventure 99 min Play

6.1

Macao

A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.

NR

6.1

1952 Adventure 81 min Play

5.1

Submarine Command

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his ...

NR

5.1

1951 Drama 87 min Play

7

Detective Story

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

NR

7

1951 Crime 103 min Play

6

Gambling House

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

NR

6

1950 Crime 80 min Play