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1. Molly and Lawless John (1972)
directed by Gary Nelson
featuring Sam Elliott, Vera MilesAfter an outlaw (Sam Elliott) is brought to justice, he begins to work on the sheriff's wife (Vera Miles) and eventually gets her to help him escape ... More
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2. The Searchers (1956)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie WoodIf John Ford is the greatest Western director, The Searchers is arguably his greatest film, at once a grand outdoor spectacle like such Ford classics ... More
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3. Psycho (1960)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin BalsamIn 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he ... More
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4. One Little Indian (1973)
directed by Bernard McEveety
featuring Clay O'Brien, James Garner, Vera MilesIn this comical Disney western, a cavalry rider goes AWOL in the midst of a raid to save the lives of a band of Indian women and children. He then ... More
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5. Mission Batangas (1968)
directed by Keith Larsen
featuring Dennis Weaver, Vera Miles, Keith LarsenAn America Air Force pilot (Dennis Weaver) tries to fight the Japanese as they invade the Philippines. Despite his efforts and the help of a jungle ... More
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6. The FBI Story (1959)
directed by Mervyn LeRoy
featuring James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Nick AdamsIf Warner Bros.' pageantlike The FBI Story resembles an episode of Jack Webb's Dragnet at times, it's probably because the screenplay was by veteran ... More
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7. Back Street (1961)
directed by David Miller
featuring Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia GreyThis third film version of the lachrymose Fannie Hurst novel Back Street stars Susan Hayward as Rae Smith the role previously essayed by Irene Dunne ... More
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8. Psycho II (1983)
directed by Richard Franklin
featuring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis FranzA sequel to one of the most popular horror films of all time, this psychological thriller received a pleasantly surprised, positive critical ... More
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9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'BrienLike Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer. The ... More
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10. The Initiation (1984)
directed by Larry Stewart
featuring Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Daphne Zuniga, James Read, Marilyn KaganThe appealing Daphne Zuniga makes her inauspicious debut in this dreary slasher film as a pampered freshman sorority pledge haunted by memory lapses ... More
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11. Fire (1977)
directed by Earl Bellamy
featuring Alex Cord, Donna Mills, Ernest Borgnine, Neville Brand, Vera MilesList of all editionsIrwin Allen's follow-up to Flood! is a better effort but still falls short of his big-screen classics. Like its predecessor, Fire! sets up its ... More
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12. Autumn Leaves (1956)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth DonnellyList of all editionsFew actresses other than Joan Crawford could have successfully pulled off the melodramatic excesses of Autumn Leaves. Though a very attractive ... More
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13. Wichita (1955)
directed by Jacques Tourneur
featuring Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar BuchananList of all editionsFilmed around the same time as Gunfight at the OK Corral, Wichita is a more modest--and to some, more entertaining--slant on the Wyatt Earp legend. ... More
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14. In Search of America (1971)
directed by Paul Bogart
featuring Vera Miles, Carl Betz, Jeff Bridges, Ruth McDevitt, Renne JarrettList of all editionsThe producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but there sure are plenty of ... More
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15. Hellfighters (1968)
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
featuring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. FlippenList of all editionsChance Buckman (John Wayne) heads a team of international trouble shooters who travel around the world to put out oil fires. The dangerous profession ... More
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16. Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
directed by Norman Tokar
featuring Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charlie Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt RussellList of all editionsFollow Me, Boys!, Disney's paean to the Boys Scouts of America, leaves no cliché unturned: we're even offered the old reliable "kid hanging over ... More
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17. Kona Coast (1968)
directed by Lamont Johnson
featuring Richard Boone, Vera Miles, Joan Blondell, Steve Ihnat, Chips RaffertyList of all editionsSam Moran (Richard Boone) is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found ... More
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18. Gentle Giant (1967)
directed by James Neilson
featuring Dennis Weaver, Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, Clint Howard, Huntz HallThe title character is a benign 7-foot-tall grizzly bear (perhaps all grizzlies are benign, but we're not about to get close enough to find out). ... More
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19. Separate Lives (1995)
directed by David Madden
featuring James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Vera Miles, Elisabeth Moss, Drew SnyderList of all editionsThis psychological thriller was cowritten by Steven Pressfield, who went on to become a successful novelist with The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) ... More
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20. A Tiger Walks (1964)
directed by Norman Tokar
featuring Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu, Edward AndrewsList of all editionsAfter a dangerous tiger turns on its trainer and escapes from the circus, a small town in Texas finds itself in an uproar over its capture. As it is ... More
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21. Brainwaves (1982)
directed by Arthur A. Seidelman, Ulli Lommel
featuring Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Percy Rodrigues, Tony CurtisList of all editionsWhen his wife Suzanna Love is seriously injured in a car accident, Keir Dullea agrees to a radical and revolutionary surgical procedure to save the ... More
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22. Those Calloways (1965)
directed by Norman Tokar
featuring Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon de Wilde, Walter Brennan, Ed WynnList of all editionsOriginally trade-previewed as Those Crazy Calloways, Disney's Those Calloways is a lengthy, anecdotal film about a highly individualistic New ... More
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23. The Spirit Is Willing (1967)
directed by William Castle
featuring Sid Caesar, Vera Miles, Barry J. Gordon, John McGiver, Cass DaleyList of all editionsIn this spooky comedy, a couple and their adolescent son move into a quiet New England summer cottage. Soon their arrival, a series of strange and ... More
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24. Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
directed by Harold D. Schuster
featuring Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter Van Eyck, Jack Elam, Charles FredericksList of all editionsBy 1955, the original Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller, had long since retired, and RKO Pictures tried several replacements. Tarzan's Hidden Jungle was the ... More
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25. The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
directed by Vincent McEveety
featuring Kahana, Lee Wood, Nephi Hannermann, Patrick Sullivan Burke, James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, Eric Shea, Elizabeth SmithList of all editionsJames Garner stars as a genial cowboy in this wholesome slice of Disney family fare. Garner is Lincoln Costain, a cowboy in the 1850s who finds ... More







