The best Emile Meyer’s movies

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

18/08/1910- 19/03/1987
We present our ranking of the best Emile Meyer’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Emile Meyer.
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Shane

Shane
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 23/04/1953
  • Character: Rufus Ryker
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory
8.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 25/10/1957
  • Character: Father Dupree
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Raw Edge

Raw Edge
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/03/1956
  • Character: Pop Penny
A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success
8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/07/1957
  • Character: Lt. Harry Kello
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/03/1955
  • Character: Mr. Halloran
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

Man with the Gun

Man with the Gun
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 05/11/1955
  • Character: Saul Atkins
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/12/1955
  • Character: Detective Bednar
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 27/07/1950
  • Character: Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

The Tall Men

The Tall Men
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/09/1955
  • Character: Chickasaw Charlie
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/08/1967
  • Character: Col. Harries
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Shield for Murder

Shield for Murder
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 27/08/1954
  • Character: Capt. Gunnarson
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

The Lineup

The Lineup
7.3/10
An international drug-smuggling racket plants heroin on unsuspecting American tourists traveling in Asia, so that the dope traffic can pass through customs undetected. Two psychopathic killers (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) and their driver Richard Jaeckel then collect the contraband.

Macon County Line

Macon County Line
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/08/1974
  • Character: Gurney
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and based on fact.

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/02/1954
  • Character: Warden Reynolds
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Good Day for a Hanging

Good Day for a Hanging
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1959
  • Character: Marshal Hiram Cain
As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen. Now, many years later, the gang returns to again rob the bank. On their flight they shoot the Marshal. Eddie is the only one to identify the murderer - but is in doubt if he shall be loyal to his new or his old friends.

Silver Lode

Silver Lode
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 23/07/1954
  • Character: Sheriff Wooley
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.

Drums Across the River

Drums Across the River
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/06/1954
  • Character: Nathan Marlowe
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/10/1955
  • Character: Hunchbacher
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.

Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback
6.6/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 22/03/1955
  • Character: Sheriff Nat Bell
A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

The Big Night

The Big Night
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 07/12/1951
  • Character: Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

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