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Writing
Richard H. Landau
Born February 21, 1914 · New York City, New York, USA
Died September 18, 1993 · aged 79
No biography available.
Known For
The Black Hole · 1979The Black Hole
★ 5.81979
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Back to Bataan · 1945Back to Bataan
★ 6.11945
MovieWarDrama
A U.S. Army colonel leads local fighters in a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
The Quatermass Xperiment · 1955The Quatermass Xperiment
★ 6.51955
MovieScience FictionHorror
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
The Crooked Way · 1949The Crooked Way
★ 6.21949
MovieCrimeDrama
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
Up Periscope · 1959Up Periscope
★ 6.21959
MovieWarAdventure
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.
The Girl in Black Stockings · 1957The Girl in Black Stockings
★ 6.11957
MovieCrimeDrama
Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.
Lost Continent · 1951Lost Continent
★ 3.61951
MovieScience FictionAdventure
When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down to a small Pacific island, where it apparently has landed on the plateau of the island's steep-walled, taboo mountain.
Frankenstein 1970 · 1958Frankenstein 1970
★ 5.41958
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The baron's grandson rents the family castle to a TV crew to fund his atomic revival of the family monster.





























