Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the magic coin.

Assignment: Paris

1952

English

6.2

♡ 5

50%

Robert Parrish Director

Paul Birch as Colonel Mannix

Leon Askin as Franz

Hal Taggart as Herald Tribune Staffer

Paul Frees as Radio Budapest Announcer

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent by his boss behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.

Ship of Fools

1965

English

7.0

♡ 7

63%

Stanley Kramer Director

Lee Marvin as Bill Tenny

Lilia Skala as Frau Hutten

John Wengraf as Graf

Hal Taggart as Man Awaiting Passengers

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.

The Strange Door

1951

English

6.3

♡ 3

33%

Joseph Pevney Director

Patrick Whyte as Butcher

Michael Pate as Talon

Forbes Murray as Wedding Guest

Hal Taggart as Wedding Guest

The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

The Tender Trap

1955

English

6.3

♡ 3

67%

manhattan, new york city

Charles Walters Director

Frank Sully as Doorman

Carolyn Jones as Helen

Celeste Holm as Sylvia Crewes

Hal Taggart as Wedding Guest

A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

Hollywood Horror House

1970

English

5.5

♡ 2

Action

Horror

Thriller

Donald Wolfe Director

Hal Taggart as Guest

Lester Matthews as Ira Jaffee

Miriam Hopkins as Katharine Packard

Florence Lake as Mildred

An enigmatic young man manipulates his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named Katharine Packard. While the rest of the house staff become suspicious of Vic's intentions, the aging movie queen is smitten. But as Vic begins behaving in more and more erratic ways, it becomes clear that he's far more sinister than his demeanor implies.

Pushover

1954

English

7.1

♡ 4

86%

high tech surveillance

noir

stolen money

Thriller

Richard Quine Director

Dorothy Malone as Ann Stewart

Hal Taggart as Bank Executive

James Anderson as Beery--Mechanic

Paul Picerni as Masher in Ann's Hallway

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Who's Got the Action?

1962

English

5.5

♡ 2

43%

bookie

Comedy

Daniel Mann Director

Ned Glass as Baldy

John Indrisano as Hood

Hal Taggart as Pedestrian

George DeNormand as Restaurant Patron

A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.

Send Me No Flowers

1964

English

7.0

♡ 19

60%

Norman Jewison Director

Tony Randall as Arnold Nash

Hal Taggart as Country Club Member

Doris Day as Judy Kimball

Paul Lynde as Mr. Akins

At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.

Hollywood or Bust

1956

English

6.4

♡ 12

80%

Frank Tashlin Director

Ben Welden as Boss

Willard Waterman as Manager Neville

Hal Taggart as Man at Movie Premiere

Valerie Allen as Undetermined Secondary Role

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

English

7.6

♡ 4

95%

Preston Sturges Director

Ella Raines as Libby

Kenneth Gibson as Town Councilman

Hal Taggart as Townsman

Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.

Marihuana

1936

English

4.0

♡ 3

Dwain Esper Director

Harley Wood as Burma Roberts - aka 'Blondie'

Hal Taggart as Burma's Customer's Husband

Mark Daniels as Teenager

Hildegarde Stadie as Woman in Roadhouse

A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.

Desk Set

1957

English

7.2

♡ 4

100%

Walter Lang Director

Pamela Curran as Bit Part

Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson

Merry Anders as Cathy

Hal Taggart as Member of the Board

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Fallen Angel

1945

English

7.0

♡ 9

85%

Otto Preminger Director

William Haade as 1st Bus Driver

Robert Adler as Coroner at Murder Scene

Hal Taggart as Man at Madley's Show

John Carradine as Professor Madley

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Bigger Than Life

1956

English

7.4

♡ 14

91%

83%

abraham's sacrifice of isaac

Nicholas Ray Director

Hal Taggart as Churchgoer

Robert F. Simon as Dr. Norton

James Mason as Ed Avery

Barbara Rush as Lou Avery

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Six Bridges to Cross

1955

English

6.7

♡ 8

Joseph Pevney Director

Julie Adams as Ellen Gallagher

Hal Taggart as Member of Grand Jury

Carey Loftin as Policeman

Kem Dibbs as Second Policeman

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.

Teacher's Pet

1958

English

7.1

♡ 11

88%

George Seaton Director

Hal Taggart as Bongo Club Patron

Frank Richards as Cab Driver

Doris Day as Erica Stone

Marion Ross as Katy Fuller

Sandra Gould as Tess

A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

Alvarez Kelly

1966

English

6.3

♡ 5

47%

Edward Dmytryk Director

Hal Taggart as Desk Clerk

Howard Caine as McIntyre

Frank Sully as Prisoner

Richard Rust as Sergeant Hatcher

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.