Catherine McLeod Movies

Bill (Brian Keith) has another problem on his hands when Carla (Darleen Carr), the teenage friend of his niece Cissy (Kathy Garver), develops a crush on him. Actually, it's more than a crush: Carla is convinced that she's "practically engaged" to the much-older Bill. In his efforts to let the girl down gently, Bill finds that Carla isn't so easily gotten rid of. (Trivia note: appearing as Carla's mother is Catherine McLeod, who gained pop-culture fame in the 1960s via her appearance in an aspirin ad in which she bellowed "Mother, PLEASE! I'd rather do it myself!!") ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In Volume 33 of a collection culled from the 1963-1965 science fiction anthology television series, a soldier from Earth's future is sent back in time where he is captured by the government. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Risking his life to save Caleb Musgrove (Stanley Adams) from being poisoned, Paladin (Richard Boone) finds out that his efforts are all for naught. The "poisoning" is just the latest in a long series of practical jokes perpetrated by Caleb on friends and strangers alike. Now Paladin must end Caleb's "reign of humor" before one of his so-called jokes backfires in a fatal fashion! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Military women prove their mettle against military men in this low-budget comedy. The fun begins after a handsome corporal is accidentally assigned to a WAC base located on a Pacific island. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Boris Sagal directs this film about a pair of crime-fighting motorcycle cops. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Tom Wyatt (John Hudson) might have become rich by inventing a cure for a rare fish disease called gilled fever, but for the fact that his boss Jackson Hurley (Murvyn Vye) took credit for the invention. Thus, when Hurley is murdered, Lt. Tragg (Ray Collins) charges Wyatt with the crime. In his efforts to prove Wyatt's innocence, Perry (Raymond Burr) has a fascinating interview with the dead man's curvaceous secretary. Featured in the cast are such Hollywood favorites as Cecil Kellaway and May Wynn, the latter best known for playing a character named May Wynn (!) in The Caine Mutiny (1954). This episode is adapted from The Case of the Gold Digger's Purse, a novel by Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this drama two children inadvertently discover the reason why their parents are always fighting. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Riding into town with a corpse in the back of his wagon, Sam Rickers (Don Keefer) claims to have killed fugitive outlaw Bob Hulbert, and demands the $1000 reward. When Matt (James Arness) examines the body, he notices two things: the dead man was shot in the back--and he doesn't look anything like Hulbert. Facing a murder charge, Sam insists that he shot in self defense, and his wife Letty (Catherine McLeod) backs him up. The plot thickens when a man named Caitlin (Robert Griffin) confronts Dillon, telling him that the picture on Hulbert's wanted poster is actually someone else. The fact that guest stars Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod were married in real life adds an extra dimension to the startling finale of this episode, which is based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of November 13, 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) is The Outcast in this big-budget Republic western. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave (Jim Davis), Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear his name. The two women in Jet's life are Judy Polsen (Joan Evans), who chases him for so long that he finally catches her, and Alice Austin (Catherine McLeod), Major Cosgrave's fianee. The supporting cast is dotted with such weatherbeaten western "regulars" as Slim Pickens, Bob Steele and Harry Carey Jr. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Joseph Cotten stars in A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney Cameron, a man who harbors a deep and abiding affection for his pretty sister-in-law Lynne Cameron (Jean Peters). When one of Lynne's stepchildren dies, the autopsy indicates that the child was poisoned. Despite his feelings for Lynne, Whitney can't help but feel that she was responsible for the child's death--and that she intends to go on killing until she becomes sole heir of her late husband's estate. The "moment of truth" occurs during a climactic ocean voyage which consumes nearly a third of the film. A Blueprint for Murder was written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, whose legendary insistence upon "realism" at all costs was such that it's a wonder he didn't persuade Peters to commit a real murder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Actor Paul Henreid made his directorial debut with the well-intentioned So Young, So Bad. The scene is a correctional home for delinquent girls, where sadistic warden Riggs (Cecil Clovelly) and head matron Beuhler (Grace Coppin) rule with an iron fist. Compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Jason (Paul Henreid) and assistant superintendent Ruth Levering (Catherine McLeod) disagree with the brutal disciplinary methods advocated by Riggs and Buehler. Dr. Jason is a proponent of kindness and occupational therapy, and Ruth agrees. But as long as the institutionalized girls are afraid to speak up before a board of inquiry, Jason can do nothing about their mistreatment. Fortunately, one of the girls, Loretta (Anne Francis) decides "enough is enough". Featured in the cast of So Young, So Bad is young Rosita Moreno, who went on to fame and fortune after changing her first name to Rita. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Fans of William "Wild Bill" Elliot vastly prefer his B westerns to his big-budget Republic "specials", though the latter films have their adherents. In The Fabulous Texan, Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the role of ex-Confederate officer Jim McWade. Returning to Texas to find his home turf under the jurisdiction of corrupt, despotic carpetbaggers, McWade shoots it out with the authorities after his father is slain. Forced to flee to the mountains with his war buddy John Wesley Barker (John Carroll), McWade vows revenge on those bluecoated thugs who've ravaged his beloved Texas. Eventually, McWade realizes that he'd be better off cooperating with the Federal government to rid his state of its plunderers, but Barker comes to enjoy the life of an outlaw, and refuses to surrender his independence. Thus it comes to pass that McWade is obliged to hunt down his old friend, thereby restoring Law and Order to Texas. Catherine McLeod costars as Alice Sharp, the woman who will become McWade's wife-- and, in old age, the torchbearer of his memory. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi