John Hiestand
Actor · 1907 – 1987 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Movies24
Movie7.5Science FictionAdventureA dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · 587 votes
Movie5.9DramaComedyAlthough he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · 39 votes
Movie5.7Science FictionAdventureFour astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th-century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface but are dying as a race from lack of natural water, air and sunlight.
World Without End
1956 · 61 votes
Movie7.3DramaFamilyThe story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · 148 votes
Movie5.6DramaTold in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.
I Wanted Wings
1941 · 9 votes
Movie6.4ComedyCrimeFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · 47 votes
Movie5.7DramaThree Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · 11 votes
Movie6.8ComedyMusicDon Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Garden of the Moon
1938 · 6 votes
Movie4.8MusicDramaIn 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O'Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O'Connor family in silents and talkies.
You're My Everything
1949 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
The Hucksters
1947 · 21 votes
Movie5.3CrimeDramaA man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · 3 votes
Movie5.3AnimationWesternIn 1869, Justin Eagle lives on his ranch called "The Eagle's Nest" near the town of Button Willow, California. In addition to being a rancher, Juston is a trouble-shooter for the U. S. Government which calls for him to act as an undercover operative and thwart the forces of evil in the rapidly-growing West. He is sent to San Franciso to find missing U. S. Senaator Freeman, who has disappeared while fighting the efforts of Montgomery Blaine, a villain who has been, with the aid of his henchman, "The Whip," forcing settlers to sell their land to him, not knowing that the land is in the path of a proposed railroad, from Utah, that will link the western United States to the East. Senator Freeman is the leader of an effort to veer the railroad southward to bypass Blaine's land and, for his efforts, is kidnapped by Bliane's henchmen and shanghaied from the San Francisco waterfront. Justin Eagle's job is to find and return him safely.
The Man from Button Willow
1965 · 5 votes
Movie7.3WarDramaElderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Remember the Day
1941 · 7 votes
Movie7.2ComedyCrimeThe Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
Mister 880
1950 · 38 votes
Movie6.8AdventureA famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Women in the Wind
1939 · 5 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaWhen a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Black Legion
1937 · 60 votes
Movie6.1FamilyAnimationThis hour-long anthology presents six animated shorts, which include Charlie Brown spending two unexpectedly pleasant weeks at summer camp; Peppermint Patty and Marcie taking jobs as golf caddies, with disastrous results; and Lucy trying to cure Linus' dependence on his security blanket.
It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
1983 · 28 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAn alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.
The Great Profile
1940 · 4 votes
Movie8.0WesternAdventureKing of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called "The Falcon" first, but that's not gonna happen if Kig has his way.
King of the Mounties
1942 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ComedyStudio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Second Fiddle
1939 · 8 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaSearching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Two Against the World
1936 · 10 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAs part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Love and Hisses
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaAn American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
The Man I Married
1940 · 16 votes
Movie6.1DramaGrocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
The Square Jungle
1955 · 8 votes
Series2
TV5.7MysteryDramaAlcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
One Step Beyond
1959 · 15 votes
TV7.5ComedyTemperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that ran from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974 on the ABC network. The network had a good deal of faith in the low-rated series, which went through three cast changes, two different formats, and two time slots during its run.
Temperatures Rising
1972 · 2 votes