Directing

Phil Karlson

Born July 2, 1908 · Chicago, Illinois

Died December 12, 1985 · aged 77

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (195…

Known For

Gunman's Walk

Gunman's Walk · 1958

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.

A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing · 1967

A Time for Killing

MovieWesternWar

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad · 1962

MovieDramaCrime

After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

Walking Tall

Walking Tall · 1973

MovieActionCrime

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

The Silencers

The Silencers · 1966

MovieComedyAction

Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns · 1940

The Invisible Man Returns

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew · 1968

The Wrecking Crew

MovieActionComedy

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.

Hornets' Nest

Hornets' Nest · 1970

An American commando who's the sole survivor of a parachute jump into WWII-era Italy leads a group of children in a campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.

Filmography

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Gunman's Walk

Gunman's Walk · 1958

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.

Director

A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing · 1967

A Time for Killing

MovieWesternWar

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Director

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad · 1962

MovieDramaCrime

After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

Director

Walking Tall

Walking Tall · 1973

MovieActionCrime

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

Director

The Silencers

The Silencers · 1966

MovieComedyAction

Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

Director

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns · 1940

The Invisible Man Returns

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Assistant Director

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew · 1968

The Wrecking Crew

MovieActionComedy

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.

Director

Hornets' Nest

Hornets' Nest · 1970

An American commando who's the sole survivor of a parachute jump into WWII-era Italy leads a group of children in a campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.

Director

Manhattan Moon

Manhattan Moon · 1935

MovieRomanceComedy

Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.

Assistant Director

Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity · 1960

Hell to Eternity

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

Director

Werewolf of London

Werewolf of London · 1935

Werewolf of London

MovieHorrorFantasy

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.

Assistant Director

Ben

MovieHorrorThriller

A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.

Director

Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential · 1952

Kansas City Confidential

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

Director

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners · 1940

MovieAdventureComedy

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.

Assistant Director

5 Against the House

5 Against the House · 1955

5 Against the House

MovieCrimeDrama

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Director

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors · 1961

The Young Doctors

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

Director

Black Gold

Black Gold · 1947

MovieDramaWestern

A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.

Director

99 River Street

99 River Street · 1953

99 River Street

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

Director

The Secret Ways

The Secret Ways · 1961

The Secret Ways

MovieAdventureMystery

Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.

Director

Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus · 1948

Ladies of the Chorus

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.

Director

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood · 1935

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

MovieDramaMystery

A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

Assistant Director

In the Navy

In the Navy · 1941

MovieComedyMusic

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

Assistant Director

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve · 1941

It Started with Eve

MovieComedyRomance

A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.

Assistant Director

The Scarface Mob

The Scarface Mob · 1959

The Scarface Mob

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1929 Chicago, Federal investigator Eliot Ness struggles in the fight against Al Capone. He decides to form a special team of reliable, dedicated, honest law enforcement officers. First broadcast in April 1959 as two episodes of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse anthology series, this set the stage for the popular series The Untouchables (1959-63). The two-parter was released as a theatrical feature film in international territories in late 1959 and in the US and UK in 1962.

Director

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

SeriesWesternDrama

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

Director

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · 1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.

Director

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre · 1950

Lux Video Theatre

SeriesDramaComedy

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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