Directing
Lesley Selander
Born May 26, 1900 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died December 5, 1979 · aged 79
From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To thi…
Known For
The Thin Man · 1934The Thin Man
★ 7.51934
MovieComedyMystery
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
A Night at the Opera · 1935A Night at the Opera
★ 7.41935
MovieComedyMusic
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Fury · 1936Fury
★ 7.51936
MovieCrimeDrama
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Empty Saddles · 1936Empty Saddles
★ 10.01936
MovieWestern
Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.
Flight to Mars · 1951Flight to Mars
★ 5.21951
MovieScience FictionThriller
Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.
Town Tamer · 1965Town Tamer
★ 6.81965
MovieWesternAction
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruce Cabot and Richard Jaeckel co-star as the lawless bad guys in this Western based on a novel by Frank Gruber.
Revolt at Fort Laramie · 1957Revolt at Fort Laramie
★ 6.61957
MovieActionWar
At the breaking of the Civil War the garrison of Fort Laramie splits between the sympathezers of the two different factions, but when the fort is attacked by the Sioux, they unite their forces to fight them.
Saddle Pals · 1947Saddle Pals
★ 6.51947
MovieWestern
Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving his old pal and a gang of land swindlers. The pal then goes on an extended vacation, leaving Autry to sort things out.
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