Best movies of Arthur O'Connell

Pocketful of Miracles(1961)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.



7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.



Ben(1972)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent pack of killer rats.



Cimarron(1960)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier family and its friends.



Follow That Dream(1962)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little ...



Kissin' Cousins(1964)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.



The Hiding Place(1975)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-WWII Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. ...



The Great Impostor(1961)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Based on a true story, a bright young man who hasn't the patience for the normal way of advancement finds that people rarely question you if your papers are in order. He becomes a marine, a...



Your Cheatin' Heart(1964)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.



The Monkey's Uncle(1965)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Midvale College is in fear of losing its college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter ...



A Thunder of Drums(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.



Misty(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague. island, and then auctions off the colts and yearlings to thin out the herd. A young brother and sister, ...



The Third Day(1965)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests that he is a ruthless man with an aggressive temper. Could he be deliberately blocking ...



Nightmare in the Sun(1965)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young man hitchhiking through the desert is picked up by a beautiful woman. They have an affair, and he finds out that she's married. The consequences of the affair lead to murder and blackmail.



Birds Do It(1966)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project ...



Do Not Throw Cushions Into the Ring(1970)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Experimental picture featuring an actor as the expository character in a performance of his own diary.