John Qualen

İkinci dünya savaşında çok direnişli örgütün lideri Victor Lazlow Alman konsantrsayonu kampından kaçarak Casablanca'ya gelir. Amacı Lizbon'a oradanda ABD'ye iltica etmektir. Fakat bütün umutları şans eseri Casablanca'nın en meşhur gece kulübünün sahibi olan Rick'e bağlamıştır. Rick kaçış için gerekli olan pasaportlara sahib olan tek kişidir. Öte yandan Ricky'in Victor'un yakalanması ya da öldürülmesi için gerekli nedeni vardır. Victor'un karısı Ilsa Ricky bir zamanlar kendisini terk ettiğine inandığı ve kalbinin derinliklerine gömdüğü büyük aşkıdır.

Senaryosunu Frank S. Nugent’ın Alan Le May’in 1954 yılında yazdığı aynı adlı romanından uyarlayıp yazdığı filmin yönetmeni John Ford’dur. Filmde ırkçı bir savaş gazisinin kızılderililerin kaçırdığı yeğenini aramak için yollara düşmesi, yıllar süren bu arayış sırasında onu harekete geçiren amacın gittikçe daha tartışmalı bir hale gelişi konu ediliyor. Film çevrildiği yıl ses getirmediyse de, yıllar geçtikçe prestij kazanarak klasikleşmiştir. Kimilerine göre ise John Ford’un başyapıtıdır. 'The Searchers', Amerika’da 'kültürel, tarihi ve estetik olarak önemli' filmler arasına seçilmiş ve Kongre Kütüphanesi’nin 'Ulusal Film Arşivi'nde korunmasına karar verilmiştir.

Senatör Ranse Stoddard, Vahşi Batı’da bulunan Shinbone şehrine, arkadaşı Tom Doniphon’un cenazesi için geri döner. Shinbone’da senatörün ne yaptığını merak eden bir gazeteciye, kariyerinin “Liberty Valance’ı vuran adam” olarak nasıl başladığını anlatır. Silahların hukuk kurallarının yerine geçtiği Shinbone’a, Batı'ya kanunu getirme amacı bulunan bir avukat olarak gelir. Bir posta arabası kanundışı şekilde zapt edildiğinde Rense, Liberty Valance tarafından vahşice dövülür. Ranse, Valance’ı adalete getirmenin bir yolunu bulmaya çalışırken Shinbone halkına okuma yazma da öğretir. Sonunda bir silah alarak Valance’ın karşısına dikilir.

James Stewart, karısına asılan bir barmeni öldürmekle suçlanan subayı (Ben Gazzara) savunan kasaba avukatı rolünde. McCarthy yıllarının kuşku dolu Amerika?sındaki havayı yansıtan, zekice örülmüş, sağlam oyunlarla klasikleşen bir film bu. Preminger, çok sıkıcı olabilecek bir öyküyü anlatırken, yönetmenlik dersi de veriyor.

Chicago’da büyük bir gazetenin editörü olan Walter Burns ve onunla çalışan gazeteci Hildy Johnson boşanmıştır. Hildy, nişanlısı olan sigortacı Bruce Baldwin’le evlenip sakin bir aile hayatı sürmek için işten ayrılacağını Walter’a iletir. Fakat Walter’ın yazarını kaybetme gibi bir isteği yoktur. Bu yüzden Bruce’u takibe alıp, onun başını belaya sokma çalışmalarında bulunurken Hildy’i gazeteye döndürmeye ikna etmekle uğraşır. The Front Page filminin yeniden yapımı olan His Girl Friday, Amerikan Film Enstitüsü’nün 100 Yıl, 100 Gülüş kategorisinin 19. sırasında yer alır...

John Steinbeck'in Pulitzer ödüllü romanından uyarlanmış, John Ford imzalı 2 Oscarlı bir başyapıt. Hapisten çıkan Tom Joad, Oklahoma'daki ailesinin çiftliğine gider. Ancak gittiğinde görür ki banka çiftliğe el koymuştur. Zira Büyük Buhran tüm Amerika'yı etkisi altına almıştır. Ertesi gün tüm Joad Ailesi, eşyaları ile birlikte eski püskü bir kamyonla California'ya doğru yola çıkar.

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Şayen Kızılderilileri, Oklahoma'daki rezervasyonda açlık ve hastalıkla mücadele edince, şefleri Little Wolf ve Dull Knife önderliğinde Wyoming'deki ata topraklarına dönmek için 1.500 millik bir yolculuğa çıkar. ABD ordusu, Yüzbaşı Thomas Archer komutasında onları durdurmaya çalışır. Archer zamanla Şayenlerin haklı davasını anlar. Hükümetin baskıları ve Fort Robinson'da yaşanan katliam, kabile için trajediyle sonuçlanır. Film, Kızılderililerin direnişini ve Batı'nın acımasız politikalarını ele alır.

Çiftlik sahibi Katie Elder'ın dört oğlu, babalarının öldürülmesinin ve annelerinin dolandırılmasının intikamını almaya karar verirler.

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Sınıf ve ırk ayrımcılığının hala olduğu bir dönemde, görme engelli beyaz bir genç kız ile siyah bir adam, birbirlerinde sevgiyi ve arkadaşlığı bulacaklardır… Sevginin sınır tanımayan gücünü anlatan etkileyici bir klasik.

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.

1920'lerin kırsal kesim Amerika'sında bir din tacirinin hikâyesini anlatıyor. Din ve inancın çıkar amaçları yönünde sömürülmesi üzerine bu önemli film, Burt Lancaster ve Shirley Jones'a birer Oscar getirmişti. Ayrıca Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy ve şarkıcı Patti Page de var * Din, dindarlık, vaizlik üzerine yapılmış en iyi filmlerden biri, belki de en iyisi. Burt Lancaster coşmuş bu filmde. Jean Simmons da azize rolünde çok iyi. Espriler harika. Pek az akıcı filmden biri. Gerçi Hıristiyanlık üzerine ama evrensel bir yanı var.

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable merchant captain, offers his services to the King of England. Seeking a social position, Kidd also negotiates for Blayne's title and lands, provided he can prove Blayne was associated with piracy. Launched upon his royal mission, Kidd is unaware that Blayne's son Adam is among the crew, determined to clear his father's name.

A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.

Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

Soyduğu ünlü bir kumarbaz tarafından takip edilen John Muller, talihsiz sonuçlar doğuracak şekilde yeni bir kimliğe bürünür.

Yapımcı ve yönetmen John Ford, bir John Wayne klasiğinde komedi ve romantizmi aksiyonla birleştirerek bir kez daha başarısını kanıtlıyor. İki eski donanma subayı (John Wayne ve Lee Marvin) Güney Pasifik'te bir adada zamanlarının çoğunu Donovan'ın Salonu'nda geçirerek rahat bir yaşam sürdürmektedirler. Bir gün Boston'lu genç bir kadın olan Elizabeth Allen babasını bulmak üzere bu cennet adaya gelir.

1900'lerin başında binlerce maceraperesti yollara döken Altına Hücum döneminde geçen film, iki altın arayıcısının maceralarını konu alıyor. Altın madenlerini bulmakta ustalaşan iki arkadaşın, kadınlar konusunda aynı beceriyi gösterememelerini de anlatan filmde ‘‘melek’’ takma adlı güzel Michelle'i, Capucine canlandırıyor...

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

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 messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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 respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.

Farklı geçmişlerden cinayetler, intiharlar, hırsızlıklar ve algılanan veya algılanamayan belirli motivasyonların neden olduğu diğer suç türlerine ilişkin suç, korku, drama ve komedi unsurlarını kapsayan ilgisiz kısa öyküler dizisi.

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.

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 is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. 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 hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

An 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.

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.

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 who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.