Howard Smith Movies

The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andy Griffith

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal...

Genre: Crime

Cast: James Stewart

A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Richard Boone

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Mark Stevens

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Stuart Whitman

Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jerry Lewis

A singer can't choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dane Clark

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Andy Griffith

The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest...

Genre: Family

Cast: Fred MacMurray

Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fredric March

A magician is hired to prevent a jewel heist but the diamonds still disappear despite him being near them.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jerome Thor

A young actress has retired from films to marry the son of a prominent and rich politician in New York City. The father objects strongly to the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Carole Mathews

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rosalind Russell

This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Joseph Cotten

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Glenn Ford

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.

Genre: Drama

Cast: James Whitmore

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Spencer Tracy

Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Burl Ives

A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tony Randall

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Victor Mature

Earl Williams is set to hang tomorrow. When he escapes from his cell, reporter Hildy Johnson finds him, and thus seems likely to land the scoop of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vinton Hayworth