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51. Give Me Action (1930)

16 min | Short, Comedy

Two law school roommates wager which will be more successful. Thirty years later, one pays their debt.

Director: Frank T. Davis | Stars: Harry Holman, John Hyams, Marcia Manning

Votes: 13

52. Treasure Canyon (1924)

Western

After discovering a rich silver deposit, Luke Hughes draws a map to his mine and plans on recording the claim. During his journey to the registrar's office, however, Luke is set upon by a ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: J.B. Warner, Marie Walcamp, W.G. Scott, Harry Todd

53. Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)

Approved | 54 min | Action, Crime, Western

Two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series edited together and released as a feature.

Directors: Wesley Barry, Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Kristine Miller, Richard Avonde

Votes: 12

54. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Dead Man's Claim (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

When a new silver strike is made in Monument City, Nevada, Bat returns to the former ghost town to check on his four year old claim and finds two claim jumpers are prepared to shoot first and ask questions later.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Gene Barry, Charles Maxwell, Stefanie Powers, Tyler McVey

Votes: 30

55. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Babylon (2003)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The carnival finally arrives in Babylon, a tapped-out silver mining town in rural Texas with few inhabitants. Samson tries to improve the troupe's spirits with a night of revelry at the ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown

Votes: 842

56. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
Episode: Pick a Number (2003)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Thirsty for payback after the murder of Dora Mae Dreifuss, one of the chooch dancers, Samson and the rest of the carnies, including Stumpy Dreifuss and Rita Sue, get caught up in an obscure... See full summary »

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown

Votes: 813

57. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: The Trap (1956)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Cheyenne rides into Stagge City (pop. 407) and is promptly arrested on trumped-up vagrant charges. After a "trial" lasting less then a minute, he's sentenced to 90 days hard-labor at the nearby silver mine - owned by Stagge.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Clint Walker, Margaret Hayes, Rhodes Reason, Sally Fraser

Votes: 92

58. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: Terror Town (1958)

Approved | 60 min | Western

While returning from a trail drive, Matthew Rockford becomes the prisoner of four half-brothers who force him to work in a silver mine.

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, Dan Duryea

Votes: 41

59. Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode: Ghost Town Mystery (1953)

30 min | Western

Pat and Stoney investigate the mysterious closing of a government silver mine and the ghost town left in its wake. They meet several suspicious characters in the empty town, one of whom holds the answers they seek.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Florence Lake, El Brendel

60. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Chicken Bill (1967)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Chicken Bill (Dub Taylor) owns a silver mine that isn't paying out. He salts his mine to get his competition to pay off his old debit and fund his future.

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Dub Taylor, Don Haggerty, Dick Simmons, James Wainwright

Votes: 27

61. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Day All Marriages Were Cancelled (1966)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

In 1850's Arizona, Charles Poston fills many positions including the ability to perform weddings. After his arrival, Father McCabe declares all marriages invalid. A trial is conducted to settle things.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Robert Taylor, Oscar Beregi Jr., Willard Sage, Peter Masterson

Votes: 35

62. The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode: The Silver Arrow (1950)

30 min | Western

Rodeo riders Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and Patrick Smith (Pat Buttram) discover a dead man pierced with a silver arrow in his chest. This leads Gene to a miner framed in order to get his silver mine.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Pat Buttram, Robert Livingston

Votes: 23

63. Hondo (1967)
Episode: Hondo and the Sudden Town (1967)

60 min | Western

An aging mayor is convinced by his scheming advisor to participate in a scheme in the founding a never-heard-of town by finding silver in an abandoned silver mine. Unbeknownst to everyone (... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke

Votes: 18

64. Johnny Ringo (1959–1960)
Episode: Kid with a Gun (1959)

25 min | Western

Johnny investigates Josie Wilkins' report that her father was murdered, but can't find a body nor any evidence to support her claim. Laura Thomas believes the young girl's story, and when Josie is abducted, Ringo comes to same conclusion.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Don Durant, Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard, Terence de Marney

Votes: 26

65. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: The Ten Percent Solution (1989)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A massive neo-Nazi movement within the American political system is uncovered by MacGyver after investigating the claims by a Holocaust survivor.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Nehemiah Persoff, Barbara Stock

Votes: 288

66. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: War of the Silver Kings (1957)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Bret rides into town looking for poker game to make some money. He finds one, but it's crooked, and he decides to get revenge, and also save the small mining town from the evil clutches of Phineas King.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: James Garner, Edmund Lowe, John Litel, Leo Gordon

Votes: 235

67. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: The Lost Mine (1990)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 1,576

68. The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode: The Loving Brothers (1964)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the Australian outback, the Saint tricks 2 greedy, self-centred, quarrelsome brothers into repaying their father the money they've long owed him, when he tempts them with the offer of shares in a silver mine.

Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Roger Moore, Reg Lye, Ray Barrett, Ed Devereaux

Votes: 142

69. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: The Silver Duke (1957)

Drama

Blake goes undercover to learn the identity of crooks who have been stealing silver from a Nevada mine.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Anderson, Kim Spalding, Ernest Sarracino

Votes: 12

70. Tombstone Territory (1957–1960)
Episode: Cave-In (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

While search for a break in the town's main waterline, Big Bill Hartley discovers a chunk of rich silver ore. He convinces an ambitious saloon girl to bankroll his mining operation and digs... See full summary »

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Margaret Hayes, Robert Stevenson

Votes: 43

71. Whispering Smith (1961)
Episode: The Idol (1961)

Approved | 26 min | Western

When a mining engineer is found stabbed in the back outside his partner's saloon, Smith and Romack strongly suspect a falling out between friends was responsible for the man's death. Their ... See full summary »

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Sam Buffington, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 22

72. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Disaster Tech (2004)

TV-G | Documentary, History, Western

Some of the worst disasters in Ameerican history were caused human arrogance or stupidity and frequently both. This program explains the causes of: the Scofield mine explosion, the Goliad ... See full summary »

Stars: David Carradine, Curt Collier, Michael Essrig, Paul Fanning

Votes: 8

73. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Gold Rush Tech (2004)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Western

Examines the technology used during the gold rush, namely the evolving of mining tools, as pumps, drills, elevators or cables

Director: Amy Huggins | Stars: Keith Carradine, James A.E. Fuentez, Rick Groat, Frank Lorey

Votes: 7

74. Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode: Batman: Dead or Alive/Fairy Tale of Doom (1978)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Legion of Doom uses Toyman's fantastic invention to trap three of the SuperFriends in the worlds of storybooks: "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Gulliver's Travels".

Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Lewis Bailey, Michael Bell

Votes: 69

75. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: A Friend Indeed (1968)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Ten years after the events described in "Out of the Valley of Death", Asa Bennett is persuaded to join an expedition to find the Lost Gunsight Mine, a legendary vein of silver in the heart ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Jim Davis, Harry Lauter, Bing Russell, Russ Bender

Votes: 28

76. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: How to Beat a Badman (1969)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Jack and Johnny left behind their outlaw ways and have a successful silver claim. Senator Stewart uses underhanded methods to obtain it and the men vow revenge. But Johnny's new wife Delia objects.

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Donna Baccala, Scott Graham, Tom Heaton, Dick Simmons

Votes: 23

77. The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1960)
Episode: Powder Smoke Trail (1952)

30 min | Western

Kit and El Toro try to break up an outlaw gang that uses a ghost town to cover a series of silver bullion robberies.

Director: John English | Stars: Bill Williams, Don Diamond, Peter Mamakos, Rick Vallin

Votes: 9

78. Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode: Bolivie (2012)

52 min | Documentary

La Paz-Oruro-Uyuni-Sucre-Potosi-Santa Cruz-San José: a journey through Bolivia: pleasant talks in the trains, encounter of Cesar in the Salar of Uyuni, travel in the bus-travel from Sucre ... See full summary »

Director: William Japhet | Star: Philippe Gougler

Votes: 5

79. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: Meeting at Julias (1956)

30 min | Drama

A gang of thieves kill a silver mine's paymaster and wound a policeman during a payroll robbery. Blake pursues a gang of murderous thieves to a graveyard in Virginia City, Nevada.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Tom Fadden, Gail Kobe

Votes: 13

80. Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode: Captured in Mexico (1959)

30 min | Western

Although six months of searching has failed to turn up any evidence regarding two troopers who disappeared during a raid in Mexico, Colonel Mackenzie is convinced they are still alive. ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Tom Drake, Britt Lomond, Gail Kobe

Votes: 8

81. Battles BC (2009– )
Episode: Hannibal: The Annihilator (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Action, History

Born and raised on the battlefield Hannible launches the second Punic War after the death of his father. His intent is to destroy Carthage's main rival the rising Roman Empire. Hannible ... See full summary »

Director: David Padrusch | Stars: Alex Castro, Paul Jacobson, Bryan McGowan, Nik Sharma

Votes: 41

82. Oceans 8 (2004–2006)
Episode: Into the Altiplano: Part 2 (2006)

26 min | Adventure

South America's Altiplano, the mountainous desert region crossing the borders of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia - looking for water in the driest place on earth. The second half the ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Bowermaster

83. Ghost Lab (2009– )
Episode: Tombstone (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV

Brad and Barry Klinge bring their paranormal research team to Tombstone, Arizona for a Wild West investigation. Their mission: To bring a violent old ghost town back to life.

Director: Sumithrin David | Stars: Barry Klinge, Brad Klinge, Mike Rowe, Katie Burr

Votes: 14

84. Ugly Americans (2010–2012)
Episode: Wet Hot Demonic Summer (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Twayne and Callie must infiltrate a secret Wizard compound where Leonard is training his apprentice. But their complicated strategy involves building a summer camp on a moment's notice, with Mark Lilly as their head counselor.

Directors: Devin Clark, Aaron Augenblick | Stars: Matt Oberg, Natasha Leggero, Randy Pearlstein, Devin Clark

Votes: 96

85. Decoded (2010–2012)
Episode: UFO (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

What if I told you the government had proof of alien life but was actively covering it up? Millions of Americans believe in UFOs, but the government vehemently denies any alien encounters, ... See full summary »

Stars: John Lear, Buddy Levy, Christine McKinley, Brad Meltzer

Votes: 21

86. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: The Sniffing Revenge (2003)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime

The Janet Overton Case. The investigation into a suspicious death hits a dead end when the autopsy indicates that no foul play was involved. But a telephone tip and the sensitive nose of a forensic examiner indicate otherwise.

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Richard Overton, Carole Bailey, Frank McAdams

Votes: 68

87. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Dolomites, l'Italie des sommets (2024)

Documentary

A nice journey of Ismaël from Venice (the meeting with Heïdi Sevestre, the French glaciologist who will be his guide) to Lake Carezza-in German Karersee- (the mountain lake feed by ... See full summary »

Director: Damien Pourageaux | Stars: Ismaël Khelifa, Heïdi Sevestre

88. Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode: Devils and Demons (2012)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary

In Phoenix, Arizona, a battle for the souls of those said to be possessed is being waged, not by priests, but by five teenage girls. In Colombia, a man's life is crumbling away. Believing ... See full summary »

Star: D'Janine King-Lasky

89. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: All That Glitters (2015)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The suspicious death of a land surveyor just outside Murdoch's station house sends him and Crabtree to rural Northern Ontario to investigate both the crime and his mysterious dying words.

Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 293