Arnold Laven

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Arnold Laven

Born February 23, 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died September 13, 2009 · aged 87

Arnold Laven was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the long-running western television series The Rifleman and The Big Valley. He also directed motion pictures, including Without Warning!, The Rack, The Monster That C…

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White LightningWhite Lightning · 1973
White Lightning
6.11973
MovieDramaAction
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
ClambakeClambake · 1967
Clambake
5.81967
MovieComedyMusic
The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money.
The ScalphuntersThe Scalphunters · 1968
The Scalphunters
6.41968
MovieComedyWestern
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
The Glory GuysThe Glory Guys · 1965
The Glory Guys
6.51965
MovieDramaAction
Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
The Hunting PartyThe Hunting Party · 1971
The Hunting Party
6.21971
MovieWestern
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
GeronimoGeronimo · 1962
Geronimo
5.51962
MovieWesternHistory
In 1883, the Apache Indians lead by Geronimo reluctantly surrender to the attacks of American and Mexican troops, in exchange for a territory and food for their warriors. Soon though, Geronimo escapes the camps and declares war against the Americans.
Sam WhiskeySam Whiskey · 1969
Sam Whiskey
5.81969
MovieComedyWestern
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.
Hollow TriumphHollow Triumph · 1948
Hollow Triumph
6.61948
MovieThrillerCrime
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

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HunterHunter · 1984
Hunter
7.11984
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

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