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 ...



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. ...



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 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.



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 ...



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, ...



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.



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.



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 ...