Directing

W. Merle Connell

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Known For

Untamed WomenUntamed Women · 1952
Untamed Women
★ 4.11952
MovieScience FictionAdventure
During World War II, an American bomber pilot is rescued after drifting at sea aboard a raft. After being administered truth serum, he tells the doctor a story of how he and the three survivors of his plane crash washed up on an island that was inhabited by a tribe of beautiful primitive cave-women, dinosaurs and a group of savage cavemen who are bent on abducting the women for breeding purposes.
The Devil's SleepThe Devil's Sleep · 1949
The Devil's Sleep
★ 4.01949
MovieDrama
Innocent youth trapped in a hopped-up hell.
The UnearthlyThe Unearthly · 1957
The Unearthly
★ 4.01957
MovieScience FictionHorror
A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.
The Cape Canaveral MonstersThe Cape Canaveral Monsters · 1960
The Cape Canaveral Monsters
★ 3.51960
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
When a couple are killed in an auto accident their bodies are immediately inhabited by extraterrestrial beings. Taking refuge in an underground cave, the aliens attempt to sabotage the U.S. space program.
Hometown GirlHometown Girl · 1948
Hometown Girl
★ 10.01948
MovieDrama
An unexpected pregnancy throws a young teen girl's life and reputation in throes.
Trouble At Melody MesaTrouble At Melody Mesa · 1949
Trouble At Melody Mesa
★ 5.31949
MovieWestern
Jimmy's father, a rancher, died in suspicious circumstances. To make things worse, Jimmy's disreputable uncle has a plot to take over the ranch. Jimmy turns to his friend Brad, the Marshal, for help.
The Flesh MerchantThe Flesh Merchant · 1956
The Flesh Merchant
★ 4.71956
MovieDrama
A girl visiting her sister in Hollywood hopes for a modeling career, but is tricked by pimps into working at a brothel.
A Night at the FolliesA Night at the Follies · 1947
A Night at the Follies
★ 4.81947
MovieMusic
A burlesque stage show at the Follies Theater in Los Angeles, California, featuring the original Hubba-Hubba Girl, Evelyn West.

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Not Tonite, Henry!Not Tonite, Henry! · 1960
Not Tonite, Henry!
★ 4.31960
MovieComedy
One of the early color near-nudie films and was re-shown often by, mostly, drive-in theatre owners in need of a quick cash fix. They would hang out the "Adults Only" sign, thereby ensuring that every high school and junior high boy (and more than a few dads) within an hour's drive would storm the gate, and turn on the pop corn machine and then hot-foot it to the night-deposit at the bank. "Not Tonight, Henry" (the actual title and not an alternate title as some seem to think) was a large step up in quality for director W. Merle Connell in that it was in color and also not just a static-camera filming of a burlesque show inside of one of L. A.'s smoky, grind house burlesques. The girls were still out of burlesque, as were Hank Henry and Little Jack Little: Hank Henry is more than a little frustrated at the "lack of attention" he is getting at home from his wife and starts dreaming up amorous escapades with sirens from the past...

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