The best Michael Ross’s movies

Michael Ross

Michael Ross

15/12/1911- 10/09/1993
Today we present the best Michael Ross’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Michael Ross’s movies.
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Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/07/1962
  • Character: Convict Qualen's Friend (uncredited)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/07/1956
  • Character: Subway Guard (uncredited)
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

The Big Heat

The Big Heat
7.9/10
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
5/10
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 18/07/1952
  • Character: Pat - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 20/03/1959
  • Character: Grigsby's Killer (uncredited)
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.

The Disorderly Orderly

The Disorderly Orderly
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/12/1964
  • Character: 1st Ambulance Intern
The Disorderly Orderly is a 1964 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was produced by Paul Jones with a screenplay by director Frank Tashlin, based on a story by Norm Liebermann and Ed Haas.

D.O.A.

D.O.A.
7.2/10
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.

Love Nest

Love Nest
6.2/10
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.

Peggy

Peggy
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/07/1950
  • Character: Man with Van
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.

The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 28/11/1961
  • Character: Big Man in Elevator (as Mike Ross)
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.

New York Confidential

New York Confidential
7.1/10
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.

The Well

The Well
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/09/1951
  • Character: Deputy Frank
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?

Let's Make It Legal

Let's Make It Legal
6.1/10
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.

The Desert Hawk

The Desert Hawk
5.5/10
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

Bowery to Bagdad

Bowery to Bagdad
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/01/1955
  • Character: Tiny
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.

The Return of Jack Slade

The Return of Jack Slade
6.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 09/10/1955
  • Character: Little Blue Raven
To redeem his father's wrongdoings, Ericson joins the law to fight outlaws.

Fighting Trouble

Fighting Trouble
5.1/10
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.

Ghost Chasers

Ghost Chasers
6.2/10
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

The Wild Party

The Wild Party
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1956
  • Character: Bouncer
An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.

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