
Louis Merrill
Actor · 1912 – 1963 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Movies18
Movie7.3MysteryCrimeA romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · 745 votes
Movie6.4ActionWesternTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
North West Mounted Police
1940 · 45 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
Sirocco
1951 · 50 votes
Movie6.4AdventureActionThe Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · 65 votes
Movie6.2ThrillerCrimeWhen several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · 21 votes
Movie4.8Science FictionHorrorGlobal panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
The Giant Claw
1957 · 95 votes
Movie6.8DramaWesternIn bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André, to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.
Duel on the Mississippi
1955 · 12 votes
Movie7.0WesternWarSet in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rogers' Rangers, a band of adventurers devoted to seeking out a "northwest passage" through Canada. At this juncture, however, Major Rogers is more concerned with helping the British forces at Fort Ticonderoga during a series of French and Indian raids. Fort Ti was filmed in 3D, and in typical William Castle fashion the stereoscopic gimmick is exploited to the hilt.
Fort Ti
1953 · 5 votes
Movie5.5ComedyActionAn investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Tropic Fury
1939 · 2 votes
Movie5.9ThrillerDramaA bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Cause for Alarm!
1951 · 43 votes
Movie5.8DramaFantasyThe Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 · 8 votes
Movie4.6AdventureA fire worshipping cult of Indian is disbanded by a man, his elephant and tiger.
Sabaka
1955 · 8 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaWhen his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
The Family Secret
1951 · 14 votes
Movie5.0ActionAdventureTwo British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
1953 · 5 votes
- MovieTV MovieHorror
A young mechanical genius invents a recording device that can play back the voices of the dead. Here, the voice is that of the genius's evil-dead grandmother. A woman whose malign influence scarred her own children for life and corrupted the innocence of her grandchildren.
Hi Grandma!
1958
Movie6.3ComedyCrimeThe Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.
Passport to Suez
1943 · 7 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaFollowing World War II, ex-G.I. Stan Fabian opens a drive-in restaurant, where his girlfriend, Joanie, is a car hop. They want to get married someday, but less-than-stellar business puts a hold on that. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but inveterate gambler Stan finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist.
The Crooked Web
1955 · 16 votes
Movie5.7AdventureIrishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
The Iron Glove
1954 · 3 votes
Series4
TV7.9ComedyFamilyCuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
I Love Lucy
1951 · 264 votes
TV5.8DramaAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
The Millionaire
1955 · 4 votes
TV6.5FamilySci-Fi & FantasyShirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · 6 votes
TV4.2ComedyAngel is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 television season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character.
Angel
1960 · 3 votes