Directing

Fred Fleck

Born June 4, 1892 · New York City, New York, USA

Died November 9, 1961 · aged 69

Fred Fleck was born on June 4, 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Jet Pilot (1957), The Littlest Rebel (1914) and The Window (1949).

Known For

The Magnificent AmbersonsThe Magnificent Ambersons · 1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
7.31942
MovieDramaRomance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Hell's AngelsHell's Angels · 1930
Hell's Angels
6.61930
MovieDramaWar
When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
The Spiral StaircaseThe Spiral Staircase · 1946
The Spiral Staircase
7.01946
MovieHorrorMystery
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
The Enchanted CottageThe Enchanted Cottage · 1945
The Enchanted Cottage
7.41945
MovieDramaFantasy
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
Jet PilotJet Pilot · 1957
Jet Pilot
5.51957
MovieActionAdventure
John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan in this 1957 drama.
The WindowThe Window · 1949
The Window
7.01949
MovieThrillerCrime
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
Angel FaceAngel Face · 1953
Angel Face
7.11953
MovieDramaCrime
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
The Animal KingdomThe Animal Kingdom · 1932
The Animal Kingdom
5.61932
MovieComedyDrama
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.

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That's Right – You're WrongThat's Right – You're Wrong · 1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
6.31939
MovieMusicComedy
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.

Assistant Director