John Archer
14 titles
Filmography
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Bowery at Midnight
(1942)A seemingly kindly criminology professor secretly runs gang operations out of a soup kitchen. Anyone who gets in his way winds up dead—and zombified.

High Lonesome
(1950)In Big Bend Country in Texas, a recent spate of unsolved murders get pinned on a mysterious young drifter in town who gets caught up with bad actors.

City of Missing Girls
(1941)As an epidemic of missing girls sweeps through a city, a new district attorney and a veteran cop investigate possible ties to a local drama school.

Rock Around the Clock
(1956)Two musicians whose dance band is going nowhere happen across a roadhouse in the sticks, where a pack of fun-loving youngsters are dancing to a new and different beat -- the kids call it rock 'n' roll! The band, Bill Haley and his Comets, leaves the two musicians mighty impressed, and they agree to manage Haley and his crew. They soon meet disc jockey Alan Freed, who immediately secures Haley and the boys a nightclub stand in the Big Apple, where the Comets become the hottest ticket in town. Haley and Co. perform most of their best-known tunes here, including "See You Later, Alligator", "Razzle Dazzle", "Rudy's Rock" and (of course) the title tune.

Gangs Inc.
(1941)After taking the rap and serving time for her boyfriend's hit-and-run, a young woman rises to the top of a crime syndicate run by city officials.

My Favorite Spy
(1951)A burlesque comic is recruited to impersonate an international spy in Africa and steal an important piece of microfilm, but the spy's girlfriend is also after the microfilm.

Santa Fe
(1951)After the Civil War, two brothers, once the best of friends, try to reconcile their differences that led them to fight on opposite sides in this stirring, emotional Western.

The Big Trees
(1952)The scheming plans of a lumber baron to harvest sequoia trees in Northern California turns the Quaker colony in his midst against his greedy mission.

King of the Zombies
(1941)Stranded on a creepy island, a group of travelers discover a mad doctor and a scheme to harness the walking dead for the Axis powers.

White Heat
(1949)A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
(1943)Sherlock Holmes mystery. The British sleuth travels to America's capital to trap spies during World War II. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star. (1943) (67 mins)

Decision at Sundown
(1957)Bart and sidekick Sam arrive in Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Bart blames for his wife's death years earlier.

Blue Hawaii
(1961)His mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder. But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide. Lucky Elvis: his first customers are a car full of cuties.

Overland Stage Raiders
(1938)The Three Mesquiteers buy an airplane to safely transport the Oro Grande Mining Company's gold, which has been under constant attack when travelling by motor coach, but a gang of thieves try to hijack the plane.