O
Writing
Owen Crump
Born December 30, 1903 · Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Died February 13, 1998 · aged 94
Owen Crump was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his work in propaganda films during World War II. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he worked alongside Warner Bros. Studios and made propaganda films for the United States Army Air Forces. In 1942, he helped form the United States Army Air Forces's First Motion Picture Unit, where he served as a commander. Crump's contributi…
Known For
Silver River · 1948Silver River
★ 6.21948
MovieWesternRomance
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.
Night Unto Night · 1949Night Unto Night
★ 5.41949
MovieRomanceDrama
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? · 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
★ 5.91966
MovieComedyWar
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.
Winter Paradise · 1953Winter Paradise
★ 9.01953
MovieDocumentary
Winter Paradise is a 1953 English language documentary directed by John Jay, starring Art Gilmore. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Soldiers in White · 1942Soldiers in White
★ 6.01942
MovieDocumentaryWar
A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. The private is inspired and promises to make a good soldier. He is even more inspired when a nurse becomes his superior officer.
Waterhole #3 · 1967Waterhole #3
★ 5.91967
MovieWesternComedy
After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.
Darling Lili · 1970Darling Lili
★ 5.61970
MovieMusicWar
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces.
Zeppelin · 1971Zeppelin
★ 6.21971
MovieAdventureDrama
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.
Filmography
Sort















