Mala Powers

Mala Powers

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American film actress. She was born in San Francisco, California. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. Her father was an executive with United Press. In the summer of her relocation, Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop where she enjoyed her first role in a play before a live audience. She continued with her drama lessons, and a year later she auditioned and won a part in the 1942 Dead End Kids film Tough as They Come. At the age of 16 she began working in radio drama, before becoming a film actress in 1950. Her first roles were in Outrage and Edge of Doom in 1950. That same year, Stanley Kramer signed Powers to star opposite Jose Ferrer in what may be her most remembered role as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her part in this movie. While on a USO entertainment tour in Korea in 1951, she acquired a blood disease and almost died. She was treated with chloromycetin, but a severe allergic reaction resulted in the loss of much of her bone marrow. Powers barely survived, and her recovery took nearly nine months. She began working again in 1952 and 1953, including a part in City Beneath the Sea and City That Never Sleeps, although she was still taking medication. Following her recovery, she appeared in B-movie westerns, such as Rage at Dawn (1955), and science fiction films, among them The Colossus of New York (1958), Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961), and Doomsday Machine (1972). She also had a large role in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) She appeared on more than one hundred television programs, including episodes of Appointment with Adventure, John Payne's The Restless Gun, Maverick, Bonanza, Wild Wild West and Perry Mason. She co-starred opposite Anthony Quinn in the television movie The Man and the City, later a television series. She was married to Monte Vanton in 1954, but they divorced in 1962; they had a son, Toren Vanton, who survived his mother. Powers remarried in 1970 to M. Hughes Miller, a book publisher. Powers was a successful children's author of "Follow the Star" and "Follow the Year" and of "Dial a Story". Shortly before her death from complications of leukemia June 11, 2007, aged 75, she had been on a lecture tour at universities. She was a master teacher for the past 14 years in the summer program at the University of Southern Maine for the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute, training actors and teachers of acting. Mala Powers co-founded the National Michael Chekhov Association with teaching colleagues Wil Kilroy and Lisa Dalton, who continue to teach the curriculum developed by the trio in Maine. Powers was the executrix of the Michael Chekhov estate and instrumental in publishing Chekhov's books On the Technique of Acting, To the Actor, and The Path of the Actor. She also published Chekhov's audio series "On Theatre and the Art of Acting", to which she added a 60 page study guide. She co-narrates with Gregory Peck a documentary on Chekhov entitled "From Russia To Hollywood". She was patron of the Michael Chekhov Studio London and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Powers also had a small but recurring role on Shirley Booth's Hazel series. In that capacity she became a close friend of Lynn Borden, who played Barbara Baxter in the 1965-1966 season. Later, she gave Borden several elephant figurines, one a jade piece an another purchased on a trip to India. Borden became a collector of both frog and elephant figures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mala Powers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Mala Powers
  • Popularity: 6.982
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1931-12-20
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, Mary Ellen Powers
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Mala Powers Movies

  • 1955
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    Rage at Dawn

    Rage at Dawn

    6.1 1955 HD

    In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A...

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  • 2014
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    Early Directors on Directing

    Early Directors on Directing

    1 2014 HD

    There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice...

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  • 1953
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    City That Never Sleeps

    City That Never Sleeps

    6 1953 HD

    Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting...

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  • 1950
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    Edge of Doom

    Edge of Doom

    5.9 1950 HD

    A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

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  • 1957
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    Tammy and the Bachelor

    Tammy and the Bachelor

    7 1957 HD

    An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

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  • 1950
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    6.8 1950 HD

    France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano...

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  • 2002
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    Hitters

    Hitters

    3.3 2002 HD

    A respected civic leader is caught between two rival underworld crime families on the verge of war.

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  • 1953
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    City Beneath the Sea

    City Beneath the Sea

    5.1 1953 HD

    Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

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  • 1950
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    Outrage

    Outrage

    6.5 1950 HD

    A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.

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  • 1957
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    Death in Small Doses

    Death in Small Doses

    5 1957 HD

    A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.

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  • 1958
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    The Colossus of New York

    The Colossus of New York

    5.542 1958 HD

    A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

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  • 1969
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    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    5 1969 HD

    A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

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  • 1961
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    Fear No More

    Fear No More

    6 1961 HD

    Accused of killing a woman on a train, Sharon Carlin runs home to find another corpse there too!

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  • 1957
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    Man on the Prowl

    Man on the Prowl

    2.3 1957 HD

    A neglected wife (Mala Powers) unknowingly places her family in danger when she becomes friends with a psychologically disturbed deliveryman (James...

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  • 1972
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    Doomsday Machine

    Doomsday Machine

    3.2 1972 HD

    Following the discovery of a doomsday machine capable of destroying Earth, the launch of a US space mission to Venus is taken over by the military.

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  • 1957
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    The Unknown Terror

    The Unknown Terror

    5.1 1957 HD

    A woman leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find her long-lost brother, but instead finds a mad scientist who has created a fungus monster...

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  • 1968
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    Rogue's Gallery

    Rogue's Gallery

    6 1968 HD

    A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.

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  • 1957
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    The Storm Rider

    The Storm Rider

    1 1957 HD

    In this fast-paced Western, smaler ranchers hire a former gunman Bart Jones (Scott Brady) in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect...

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  • 2002
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    From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

    From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

    7 2002 HD

    From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's biggest film, narrator Gregory Peck joins an A-list of Hollywood stars to take us through the...

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  • 1952
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    Rose of Cimarron

    Rose of Cimarron

    5 1952 HD

    A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.

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  • 1954
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    The Yellow Mountain

    The Yellow Mountain

    5.1 1954 HD

    A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by...

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  • 1961
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    Flight of the Lost Balloon

    Flight of the Lost Balloon

    5 1961 HD

    Period adventure tale about an expedition using a hot-air balloon to rescue an explorer lost in Africa.

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  • 1958
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    Sierra Baron

    Sierra Baron

    4.7 1958 HD

    Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.

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  • 1981
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    Six Tickets to Hell

    Six Tickets to Hell

    1 1981 HD

    Six people survive the crash of an airplane and find themselves in a mysterious Central American mansion and ghost town, where they encounter ghosts...

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  • 1955
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    Bengazi

    Bengazi

    3.4 1955 HD

    An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The...

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  • 1942
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    Tough as They Come

    Tough as They Come

    1 1942 HD

    The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and...

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  • 1954
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    Geraldine

    Geraldine

    5 1954 HD

    Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.

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  • 1988
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    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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  • 1960
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    Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path

    Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path

    1 1960 HD

    In North Carolina, Daniel Boone hears amazing tales about Kentucky and decides to move his family there. But first he has to find the Indian path...

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  • 1960
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    Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

    Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

    1 1960 HD

    Boone yearns to return to Kentucky, to escape the tax collector, despite his wife’s wishes. With his family remaining home, he leads a small...

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  • 1961
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    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

    Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road

    1 1961 HD

    Daniel and his friends have troubles with Indians on their way to Kentucky.

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  • 1961
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    Daniel Boone: The Promised Land

    Daniel Boone: The Promised Land

    1 1961 HD

    The wagon train on the way to Kentucky has to lighten the loads to get across the mountains and battle Indians.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1962
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    The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

    6 1962 HD

    The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy...

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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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  • 1955
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    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

    Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first...

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  • 1959
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    Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

    5 1959 HD

    "Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to...

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  • 1963
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    5.3 1963 HD

    Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks...

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  • 1976
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    Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    6.7 1976 HD

    Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

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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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  • 1963
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    Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

    7 1963 HD

    Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m....

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 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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  • 1964
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    Bewitched

    Bewitched

    7.9 1964 HD

    Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

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  • 1959
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    Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

    5.2 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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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 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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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to...

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  • 1961
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    Everglades

    Everglades

    8.5 1961 HD

    The Everglades is an American crime-adventure television series that aired in first-run syndication for one season from 1961–62 and in reruns....

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7.1 1959 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1975
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    Switch

    Switch

    6.7 1975 HD

    Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a...

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  • 1960
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.4 1960 HD

    Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host...

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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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    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    4.6 1955 HD

    Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

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  • 1959
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    Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

    6.2 1959 HD

    Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had...

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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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  • 1959
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    The Rebel

    The Rebel

    5.3 1959 HD

    The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one...

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  • 1957
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    Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

    4.8 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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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to...

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  • 1961
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    Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

    5.4 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1966
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    Jericho

    Jericho

    6.5 1966 HD

    Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents,...

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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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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 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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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 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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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 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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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 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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  • 1958
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    The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

    The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

    1 1958 HD

    Make way for the reluctant detective. It's Ellery Queen, the suave, debonair and brilliant hero of the new, live, full-hour detective show. George...

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  • 1966
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    Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    7.597 1966 HD

    Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of...

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