Directing

Derwin Abrahams

Born August 17, 1903 · New York, USA

Died November 5, 1974 · aged 71

No biography available.

Known For

The Girl from San LorenzoThe Girl from San Lorenzo · 1950
The Girl from San Lorenzo
8.01950
MovieWestern
Cisco and Pancho set out to clear their names in a series of stage robberies committed by two thugs who are impersonating them.
Tarzan's Desert MysteryTarzan's Desert Mystery · 1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
6.11943
MovieActionAdventure
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.
Chick Carter, DetectiveChick Carter, Detective · 1946
Chick Carter, Detective
5.31946
MovieMystery
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub.
Docks of New OrleansDocks of New Orleans · 1948
Docks of New Orleans
6.11948
MovieThrillerComedy
Detective Charlie Chan springs into action when top officials of a New Orleans chemical company begin dropping like flies.
The Adventures of Sir GalahadThe Adventures of Sir Galahad · 1949
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
6.91949
MovieAdventure
"The Adventures of Sir Galahad" is the 41st serial released in 1949 by Columbia Pictures. It was was based on Arthurian myth and legend. Galahad is tasked with guarding Excalibur over night to prove he is worthy to become a Knight of the Round Table. When the sword is stolen, he must search the land to reclaim Excalibur and restore his owner.
North of the Rio GrandeNorth of the Rio Grande · 1937
North of the Rio Grande
6.71937
MovieWestern
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
Texas TrailTexas Trail · 1937
Texas Trail
6.31937
MovieWestern
The U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20 cowhands into Rough Riders to gather up the horses, and of course bad guys try to sabotage the operation.
Northwest TrailNorthwest Trail · 1945
Northwest Trail
5.81945
MovieWestern
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.

Movies

The Girl from San LorenzoThe Girl from San Lorenzo · 1950
The Girl from San Lorenzo
8.01950
MovieWestern
Cisco and Pancho set out to clear their names in a series of stage robberies committed by two thugs who are impersonating them.
Tarzan's Desert MysteryTarzan's Desert Mystery · 1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
6.11943
MovieActionAdventure
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.
Chick Carter, DetectiveChick Carter, Detective · 1946
Chick Carter, Detective
5.31946
MovieMystery
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub.
Docks of New OrleansDocks of New Orleans · 1948
Docks of New Orleans
6.11948
MovieThrillerComedy
Detective Charlie Chan springs into action when top officials of a New Orleans chemical company begin dropping like flies.
The Adventures of Sir GalahadThe Adventures of Sir Galahad · 1949
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
6.91949
MovieAdventure
"The Adventures of Sir Galahad" is the 41st serial released in 1949 by Columbia Pictures. It was was based on Arthurian myth and legend. Galahad is tasked with guarding Excalibur over night to prove he is worthy to become a Knight of the Round Table. When the sword is stolen, he must search the land to reclaim Excalibur and restore his owner.
North of the Rio GrandeNorth of the Rio Grande · 1937
North of the Rio Grande
6.71937
MovieWestern
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
Texas TrailTexas Trail · 1937
Texas Trail
6.31937
MovieWestern
The U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20 cowhands into Rough Riders to gather up the horses, and of course bad guys try to sabotage the operation.
Northwest TrailNorthwest Trail · 1945
Northwest Trail
5.81945
MovieWestern
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Renegade TrailRenegade Trail · 1939
Renegade Trail
5.01939
MovieWestern
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men songs include: "Hi Thar Stranger" and "Lazy Rolls the Rio Grande."
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the PlainsTex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains · 1948
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
9.01948
MovieWestern
Tex Granger heads toward Three Buttes when he comes across a young boy guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno
Whistling HillsWhistling Hills · 1951
Whistling Hills
7.01951
MovieWestern
Johnny Mack Brown was recruited by Chet Norman, the owner of a stagecoach line, to end the heist perpetrated by a mysterious knight who plays strange notes with a hiss of money before robbing them.
Son of the GuardsmanSon of the Guardsman · 1946
Son of the Guardsman
6.01946
MovieAdventure
David Trent is a nobleman who forms an outlaw group to combat his evil uncle Sir Edgar Bullard. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest are championing young Roger Mowbray, really Prince Richard, whose right to the throne is being usurped by an evil regent. 15 episode adventure serial.
Cowboy CavalierCowboy Cavalier · 1948
Cowboy Cavalier
10.01948
MovieWestern
Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor protect shipments along a stage and freight line from villainous bandits.
The Rangers RideThe Rangers Ride · 1948
The Rangers Ride
10.01948
MovieWestern
After the Texas Rangers are disbanded, the the reconstruction years following the Civil War, a private state-police force extorts money from the citizens in a "protection" scheme. Ex-Rangers Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor foil an arrest by state-police officers Hamon and Kelly. Commissioner Jed Brant tells his nephew that his old friend Jimmy is plotting against the law-and-order forces. Vic's fiancée and ranch-owner, Sheila Carol, refuses to sign up with the crooked police outfit, and believes Jimmy is an outlaw. On Chief Barton's order, Hamon shoots ex-Rangers Murphy and Payson, so they can be blamed for a raid on Sheila's ranch.
Frontier GunlawFrontier Gunlaw · 1946
Frontier Gunlaw
7.01946
MovieWestern
Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair. The area is terrorized by an outlaw gang known as The Phantoms. When Jim's cattle herd is rustled and his ranch foreman Pop Evans killed, he takes an active hand against the gang in his guise as the Durango Kid.
Rustlers of the BadlandsRustlers of the Badlands · 1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
8.01945
MovieWestern
The Durango Kid fights to catch the rustlers who killed an Army officer.
The Mysterious RiderThe Mysterious Rider · 1938
The Mysterious Rider
7.31938
MovieWestern
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
BorderlandBorderland · 1937
Borderland
7.51937
MovieWestern
Hoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco, the head bad guy, deflects suspicion from himself by pretending to be a moron.
Hopalong Cassidy ReturnsHopalong Cassidy Returns · 1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
6.81936
MovieWestern
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
The Light of Western StarsThe Light of Western Stars · 1940
The Light of Western Stars
5.01940
MovieWesternRomance
Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Stewart ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff.
Heritage of the DesertHeritage of the Desert · 1939
Heritage of the Desert
6.61939
MovieWestern
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
South of the Chisholm TrailSouth of the Chisholm Trail · 1947
South of the Chisholm Trail
10.01947
MovieWestern
When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds from them at low-ball prices. Steve Haley suggests to the ranchers that they band together and drive their herds to Abilene, Kansas and get full price. Steve's friend Smiley "joins" the rustlers to learn who their leader is. Grady henchman Doc Walker asks Steve to help break up the cattle drive, and he agrees in order to keep tabs on the rustlers. The gang makes several attempts to take the trail herd but Steve, in his guise as the Durango Kid, intervenes and saves the cattle.
Law of the PampasLaw of the Pampas · 1939
Law of the Pampas
5.01939
MovieAdventureWestern
Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.
Cassidy of Bar 20Cassidy of Bar 20 · 1938
Cassidy of Bar 20
6.01938
MovieRomanceWestern
Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, "Lucky" Jenkins and "Pappy", can reach her ranch, they are stopped by Clay Allison, a cattle-rustler who is in almost complete control of the district, and wants to extend his holdings by seizing Nora's cattle and driving her out. Seeing Cassidy as a menace to his plans, he has him arrested on a trumped-up charge. Cassidy and his pals shoot their way out of the trouble and reach Nora;s ranch where they learn that Allison's henchmen have murdered her foreman, Tom Dillon, and Allison has sent for a crew of outlaws on the Texas border.