Directing

Richard E. Cunha

Born March 4, 1922 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Died September 18, 2005 · aged 83

Richard Earl Cunha (March 4, 1922, Honolulu, Hawaii - September 18, 2005, Oceanside, California) was a Hawaiian born cinematographer and film director. Cunha's father was Albert "Sonny" Cunha, a Hawaiian songwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard E. Cunha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Dog Eat Dog!

Dog Eat Dog! · 1964

MovieActionThriller

Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. As they are escaping the robbery (after having taken a hostage), they wind up on an island in a hotel with an apparently crazed manager and a building full of demented residents.

Frankenstein's Daughter

Frankenstein's Daughter · 1958

Frankenstein's Daughter

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.

Missile to the Moon

Missile to the Moon · 1958

Missile to the Moon

MovieScience FictionHorror

Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the inventor is actually a Lunarian explorer sent to Earth by the dying Lunar civilization and the only remaining male member of that civilization.

Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown · 1958

Giant from the Unknown

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

She Demons

She Demons · 1958

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A couple wash up on an uncharted island where Nazi experiments are going on.

Bloodlust!

Bloodlust! · 1961

MovieDramaHorror

Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau, whose hobby is hunting both animals and humans… The group tries to escape only to be thwarted by Dr. Balleau and his henchmen.

Girl In Room 13

Girl In Room 13 · 1960

Girl In Room 13

MovieDramaCrime

When American private eye Steve Marshall receives a mysterious summons to the sweltering streets of São Paulo, the mission seems clear-cut: find Louise Dunning, a woman on the run for the murder of her husband. But in the shadows of Brazil, nothing is as it seems. As Marshall closes in on his target, he begins to realize he isn't the one leading the hunt.. he's being steered.

Filmography

Sort

Dog Eat Dog!

Dog Eat Dog! · 1964

MovieActionThriller

Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. As they are escaping the robbery (after having taken a hostage), they wind up on an island in a hotel with an apparently crazed manager and a building full of demented residents.

Director

Frankenstein's Daughter

Frankenstein's Daughter · 1958

Frankenstein's Daughter

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.

Director

Missile to the Moon

Missile to the Moon · 1958

Missile to the Moon

MovieScience FictionHorror

Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the inventor is actually a Lunarian explorer sent to Earth by the dying Lunar civilization and the only remaining male member of that civilization.

Director

Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown · 1958

Giant from the Unknown

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

Director of Photography

She Demons

She Demons · 1958

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A couple wash up on an uncharted island where Nazi experiments are going on.

Story

Bloodlust!

Bloodlust! · 1961

MovieDramaHorror

Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau, whose hobby is hunting both animals and humans… The group tries to escape only to be thwarted by Dr. Balleau and his henchmen.

Director of Photography

Girl In Room 13

Girl In Room 13 · 1960

Girl In Room 13

MovieDramaCrime

When American private eye Steve Marshall receives a mysterious summons to the sweltering streets of São Paulo, the mission seems clear-cut: find Louise Dunning, a woman on the run for the murder of her husband. But in the shadows of Brazil, nothing is as it seems. As Marshall closes in on his target, he begins to realize he isn't the one leading the hunt.. he's being steered.

Director