Acting
Mara Corday
Born January 3, 1930 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Died February 9, 2025 · aged 95
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mara Corday, born Marilyn Joan Watts (January 3, 1930 — February 9, 2025) was an American showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure. Wanting a career in films, Corday came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photograp…
Known For
The Rookie · 1990The Rookie
★ 5.91990
MovieActionCrime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Problem Girls · 1953Problem Girls
★ 4.51953
MovieDramaMystery
A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.
Pink Cadillac · 1989Pink Cadillac
★ 5.51989
MovieActionAdventure
A skip tracer helps out a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by a group of ethno-nationalist thugs, of which her husband is a member, going by the name of Birthright. The baby is taken as leverage because, although initially oblivious, she has their money!
Sudden Impact · 1983Sudden Impact
★ 6.51983
MovieThrillerCrime
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
The Gauntlet · 1977The Gauntlet
★ 6.51977
MovieDramaAction
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
Tarantula · 1955Tarantula
★ 6.51955
MovieScience FictionHorror
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
Dawn at Socorro · 1954Dawn at Socorro
★ 7.21954
MovieWestern
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En route to Colorado for his health, Brett stops in Socorro, New Mexico along with Ferris gunfighter Jimmy Rapp. Sheriff Couthen fears another shootout, but what Brett has in mind is saving waif-with-a-past Rannah Hayes from a life as one of Dick Braden's saloon girls.
Man Without a Star · 1955Man Without a Star
★ 6.51955
MovieWestern
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
Movies
The Rookie · 1990The Rookie
★ 5.91990
MovieActionCrime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Problem Girls · 1953Problem Girls
★ 4.51953
MovieDramaMystery
A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.
Pink Cadillac · 1989Pink Cadillac
★ 5.51989
MovieActionAdventure
A skip tracer helps out a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by a group of ethno-nationalist thugs, of which her husband is a member, going by the name of Birthright. The baby is taken as leverage because, although initially oblivious, she has their money!
Sudden Impact · 1983Sudden Impact
★ 6.51983
MovieThrillerCrime
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
The Gauntlet · 1977The Gauntlet
★ 6.51977
MovieDramaAction
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
Tarantula · 1955Tarantula
★ 6.51955
MovieScience FictionHorror
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
Dawn at Socorro · 1954Dawn at Socorro
★ 7.21954
MovieWestern
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En route to Colorado for his health, Brett stops in Socorro, New Mexico along with Ferris gunfighter Jimmy Rapp. Sheriff Couthen fears another shootout, but what Brett has in mind is saving waif-with-a-past Rannah Hayes from a life as one of Dick Braden's saloon girls.
Man Without a Star · 1955Man Without a Star
★ 6.51955
MovieWestern
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
Son of Ali Baba · 1952Son of Ali Baba
★ 5.61952
MovieFantasyAction
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!
So This Is Paris · 1954So This Is Paris
★ 9.01954
MovieRomanceComedy
Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.
The Black Scorpion · 1957The Black Scorpion
★ 5.21957
MovieScience FictionHorror
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
The Giant Claw · 1957The Giant Claw
★ 4.81957
MovieScience FictionHorror
Global 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.
Raw Edge · 1956Raw Edge
★ 6.31956
MovieRomanceWestern
A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother.
Playgirl · 1954Playgirl
★ 4.31954
MovieCrimeDrama
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career. This film will give you the chance to see her as a sexy nightclub singer teaching her just-in-from-the-sticks friend Colleen Miller the ropes in New York City. When Winters finds out that her married boyfriend Barry Sullivan has fallen for Miller, the recriminations...and bullets...start to fly!
The Quiet Gun · 1957The Quiet Gun
★ 6.61957
MovieWestern
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontier town.
Foxfire · 1955Foxfire
★ 6.71955
MovieActionDrama
A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
Naked Gun · 1956Naked Gun
★ 6.41956
MovieWestern
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
Allen in Movieland · 1955Allen in Movieland
★ 4.51955
MovieComedyMusic
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
Francis Joins the WACS · 1954Francis Joins the WACS
★ 6.11954
MovieComedyFantasy
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
The Man from Bitter Ridge · 1955The Man from Bitter Ridge
★ 5.91955
MovieWestern
The Man from Bitter Ridge is a film directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Carr, a special investigator, arrives in Tomahawk. His assignment is to discover who has been holding up the local stagecoach and is guilty for a series of killings that terrorize the town. Sheepman Alec Black is suspected by the local population but it is not long before Jeff realizes the man is innocent. Alec even becomes a good friend although he is in love with the same woman as him, Holly. Jeff will manage to arrest the real culprits but not before the latter try to compromise him down.
Girls on the Loose · 1958Girls on the Loose
★ 6.21958
MovieCrimeDrama
A nightclub operator, her sister, a beautician and two other women rob a payroll.
Toughest Man in Arizona · 1952Toughest Man in Arizona
★ 7.01952
MovieWestern
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring the prisoner his brothers free him. Then a stage is robbed of a silver shipment by Girard and his brothers. Examining telegrams gets Landry a confession from Girard's girlfriend. The telegraph line has been tapped and the telegrapher is the supposedly dead husband of the woman he brough in. Now knowing Girard's location he sets out after him.
Drums Across the River · 1954Drums Across the River
★ 5.81954
MovieWestern
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
A Day of Fury · 1956A Day of Fury
★ 5.91956
MovieWestern
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade, a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been settled between "his" people (i.e. the saloon-keepers, gamblers, etc.) and the righteous, "respectable" folk.
TV Shows
Peter Gunn · 1958Peter Gunn
★ 6.61958
SeriesCrimeDrama
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.
The Colgate Comedy Hour · 1950The Colgate Comedy Hour
★ 6.91950
SeriesComedy
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
Wanted: Dead or Alive · 1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
★ 7.01958
SeriesWestern
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 seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television.
The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
Surfside 6 · 1960Surfside 6
★ 6.31960
SeriesDrama
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 featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
Adventures in Paradise · 1959Adventures in Paradise
★ 6.11959
SeriesDrama
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
The Adventures of Kit Carson · 1951The Adventures of Kit Carson
★ 6.01951
SeriesWesternCrime
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.
Mr. & Mrs. North · 1952Mr. & Mrs. North
★ 5.01952
SeriesComedyCrime
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.