David Raksin Movies

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces,...

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be...

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.

Follows the life and career of legendary composer Alfred Newman.

Prizewinning boxer Johnny Monterez is mad at the world, feeling persecuted because of his Mexican heritage. Worse yet, his right hand is damaged from...

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector...

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the...

When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a...

The Passion of Jesus, starting with His arrest and trial, was shot near Madrid and features narration by Sebastien Cabot. Jesus' face is never seen,...

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an...

Documentary about Hollywood.

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out...

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.