Leith Stevens

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom Event.

The U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly classified device that will give the Americans a decided nuclear advantage. The entire mission and the secret technology are threatened when the sub commander discovers his crew has been infiltrated by enemy agents. The commander is charged with trying to protect the device while ferreting out the enemy agents. Compounding matters is the state of the commander's physical and mental condition, which is being questioned by his crew.

A professional race-car driver discovers that there are certain properties in his blood that will make him, basically, immortal. A dying multi-millionaire also finds out about the racer's blood, and is determined to get it to keep himself alive. This pilot film preceded the later TV series.

A plane carrying seven blind people to a convention for the blind in Seattle crashes in the mountains due to severe weather. Only the blind survive the crash and they must make their way back through the wilderness to civilization.

Chuka é um pistoleiro cuja vida solitária o conduz até um forte do exército americano comandado pela desordem, um punhado de degenerados e pelo comandante Valois, um alcoólatra meio louco. Cercados pelos famintos índios Arapaho, que se preparam para massacrar os habitantes do forte, o coronel se recusa a aceitar os pedidos de Chuka e deixar os índios pegarem os alimentos de que necessitam.

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.

Mike Edwards (Elvis Presley) é um piloto que, lançando pesticidas em plantações, tenta guardar dinheiro para abrir com Danny Burke (Gary Lockwood), um amigo, sua própria companhia. Porém tudo se complica quando Danny perde o dinheiro deles no jogo e o monomotor que usam para trabalhar é apreendido para pagar dívidas. Eles então conseguem uma carona para Seattle, onde acontece uma Feira Mundial. Lá Mike e Danny esperam ganhar algum dinheiro. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)

Amores e problemas de jovens médicos internos em um grande hospital.

Durante a Guerra da Coréia, Matt (Jeffrey Hunter) salva a vida de Vince e, em troca, Vince (David Janssen) promete um dia pagá-lo de volta com metade de seus ganhos. Anos mais tarde, Vince aparece de repente para uma reunião e fala para Matt sobre um plano de sequestrar quase 4 milhões de dólares de uma gangue e dividir meio a meio.

Na época da Invasão da Normandia, um soldado americano é chamado a representar um coronel britânico para confundir os espiões e assassinos nazistas em Londres. O soldado americano Ernie Williams, reconhecidamente um molenga, tem uma estranha semelhança com o coronel britânico MacKenzie. Williams, também um mestre de imitação e disfarce, é convocado para representar o Coronel, aparentemente para permitir que o Coronel faça uma viagem secreta para o Oriente. O que não é contado para Williams é que o coronel recentemente foi alvo de assassinos. Depois que o avião do Coronel pousa no oriente, o plano muda e Williams mantém o disfarce para confundir os nazistas até o dia D.

Baseado na história de Guy Gabaldon, um menino hispânico de Los Angeles criado na década de 1930 por uma família adotiva nipo-americana. Depois de Pearl Harbor, sua família adotiva está internada no campo de Manzanar para nipo-americanos, enquanto ele se alista nos fuzileiros navais, onde sua capacidade de falar japonês se torna um bem vital. Durante a Batalha de Saipan, ele convence 800 japoneses a se renderem depois que seu general comete suicídio. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.

Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.

Baseado em conto de Ernest Hemingway, o filme mostra um capitão de barco que se envolve com contrabando de armas, durante a Revolução Cubana, em busca de dinheiro para saldar suas dívidas.

Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear.

A band of outlaws, led by "Papa" Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon train loaded with gold. The unexpected arrival of a stagecoach forces the gang to hold the passengers and driver as hostages. The later arrival of a wanderer, John Trey, sets in motion events not in "Papa" Clellan's original plan.

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.

A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.

Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.

A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.

O comportamento de seu novo marido convence Julie Benton que seu ciúme é perigoso, e quando ele admite que matou seu primeiro marido ela percebe que tem que fugir. Um amigo de longa data ajuda tudo o que pode, mas mesmo em uma cidade do tamanho de San Francisco, Benton parece capaz de rastreá-los. A polícia não pode fazer nada, apesar de uma ameaça de morte, de modo que o próximo passo depende de Julie.

A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.

This is a special series of lost classic programs from the Golden Age of TV. The series has been restored by SabuCat Productions from the best archival film elements available in high definition, some of the programs have not been seen since they were originally broadcast. Volume One features 2 one-hour dramatic programs that feature John Cassavetes. Climax! ran for four years - This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame that lead to a feature film of the same titles. On August 9th, 1956 - they showed No Right to Kill directed by Buzz Kulik and starring John Cassavetes, Robert H. Harris, Joe Mantell and Terry Moore.

The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a small minority in a strongly Unionist town.

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

Four 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.

Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

A neighborhood is terrorized by group of young juvenile delinquents called The WolfPack. When a young father's infant child is seriously injured because of the WolfPack, he decides that the police aren't working fast enough to catch the ones who hurt his baby and sets out to infiltrate the gang himself and mete out the punishment they deserve.

O condenado Van Duff organiza uma fuga em grande escala de prisão; os seis sobreviventes se escondem numa mina perto da prisão, depois partem em uma longa e perigosa jornada a pé, de carro, trem e caminhão para recuperar o monte de dinheiro de Duff. No caminho, enquanto interferem na vida de pessoas comuns, cada um tem seu próprio encontro com o destino. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lili's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lili and Frank are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.

Johnny Strabler (Marlon Brando) é o líder de uma gangue de motociclistas conhecida como Black Rebels Motorcycle Club. Eles vivem perigosamente, enfrentando os perigos e arriscando suas vidas inconsequentemente. O grupo chega à Wrightsville, uma pequena cidade, e após causar arruaças tomando o troféu de um vencedor de corridas, seguem para outra cidade, invadindo uma cafeteria. Johnny conhece Kathie Bleeker (Mary Murphy), filha do chefe da polícia, e que trabalha na cafeteria. Ele decide ir embora, mas seu grupo começa mais uma briga, desta vez com um grupo de rivais liderados por Chino (Lee Marvin). (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

Os cientistas Clayton Forrester e Sylvia Van Buren são os primeiros a chegar no local onde caiu um meteorito. Logo depois, uma máquina alienígena aparece e começa uma matança aleatória. Fuzileiros navais são enviados para o local, porém as forças de ataque deles não está a altura da força de ataque dos alienígenas.

O cantor Larry Todd (Dean Martin) termina um romance com uma bela corista após descobrir que ela é namorada de um gangster. Ao fugir, ele acredita ter matado um dos mafiosos e é ajudado pela herdeira Mary Carol (Lizabeth Scott) e o parceiro Myron (Jerry Lewis). Eles fogem para uma ilha assombrada que Mary herdou e tentam encontrar um tesouro perdido, mas acabam encontrando várias assombrações.

Dois pescadores embarcam um fugitivo psicótico que lhes diz que tem a intenção de matá-los quando o passeio terminar. Dois amigos em uma viagem de pesca pegam um motorista encalhado que acaba se revelando um fugitivo psicótico. Este sociopata já assassinou outros bons samaritanos em seus esforços para escapar das autoridades. Ele sadicamente insulta e ameaça os dois homens e perversamente se delicia em dizer-lhes que já tem ambos marcados para morrer em algum momento antes do final da viagem. Seu destino é a balsa em Baja, Califórnia, que ele espera irá ajudá-lo a chegar ao continente. Os reféns esperam estar vivos o tempo suficiente para escapar ou serem resgatados pelas autoridades mexicanas.

Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped during the war, as Tom can prove Peter's right to legal entry into the United States. If he can't find Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship.

During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.

Na década de 1890 na cidade de São Francisco, dois bombeiros voluntários resgatam o garimpeiro Joe McDermott quando este tenta cometer suicídio. Por um equívoco, a polícia começa a persegui-los por suspeita de assassinato deste garimpeiro. Para provarem sua inocência eles precisam do garimpeiro vivo, porém muitos o querem morto. Acabam todos indo para o Alasca, onde podem entrar numa fria.

Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.

Cole Henderson (Larry Keating) é um cientista que alerta que um planeta está em um rota de colisão com a Terra. Ninguém crê na história de Henderson, com exceção de Sydney Stanton (John Hoyt), um milionário que financia a construção de uma astronave gigantesca, construída para transportar sobreviventes selecionados da Terra para outro planeta. Logo fica claro que as predições de Cole se tornarão realidade, assim uma loteria mundial é feita para selecionar as pessoas que serão salvas do catástrofe pela astronave de Stanton.

A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.

A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed.

A trajetória de um rifle dado como premio, de um malfadada proprietário para outro, em paralelo a busca de um cowboy por um fugitivo assassino. Em um concurso de tiro ao alvo, Lin McAdam ganha um famoso rifle Winchester, que é imediatamente roubada pelo vice-campeão, Dutch Henry Brown. Esta "história de um rifle" prossegue contando a busca de McAdams, e como o rifle muda de mãos, até o um confronto final em um precipício numa montanha rochosa.

Tenta retratar uma futura primeira viagem tripulada à Lua, sendo financiada por um consórcio privado. As dificuldades variadas que ocorrem e precisam ser superadas. Uma tentativa de ser o mais realista possível, baseado em um romance de Robert A. Heinlein que também trabalhou como consultor do filme.

A dancer who has just gotten engaged to her partner and choreographer and is about to embark on a major career is devastated to learn that she has contracted polio.

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.

John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow (Joan Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Payne falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss (Dan Duryea), who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

The setting is a radio broadcast with the bands of Leith Stevens and Bobby Hackett, the vocals by Nan Wynn and a speciality bit by Leslie Lieber playing a toy whistle. Future-and-long-time-voice of the New York Yankees baseball team, Mel Allen (as Melvin Allen), served as the announcer.

Leith Stevens leads his orchestra in a nice assortment of standards in a variety of musical styles, including Dixieland and swing. Mr. Stevens was a popular orchestra leader of the era who later became a musical director for an assortment of television shows and his facility with more than one style of music, so important for his later career, is much in evidence here.