Production

Charles H. Schneer

Born May 5, 1920 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Died January 21, 2009 · aged 88

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Columbia University in 1940. Serving in the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Unit during the war, and moved to Hollywood following demobilisation. After joining Columbia Pictures, he was introduced to Harryhausen by a mutual friend from Schneer's time in the Army.[1] Together they made It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955), about a giant octopus that …

Known For

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts · 1963

Jason and the Argonauts

MovieAdventureFamily

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans · 1981

Clash of the Titans

MovieAdventureFantasy

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · 1958

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

MovieActionAdventure

When the lovely Princess Parisa is shrunken by wicked Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must embark on a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad · 1973

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

MovieActionAdventure

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island · 1961

Mysterious Island

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

20 Million Miles to Earth

20 Million Miles to Earth · 1957

20 Million Miles to Earth

MovieScience FictionHorror

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea · 1955

It Came from Beneath the Sea

MovieScience FictionAdventure

A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger · 1977

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

MovieActionAdventure

Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own son crowned as caliph. Sinbad, his crew, the Princess and the transformed Prince travel to a distant land, fighting every obstacle Zenobia places in their path, to seek the advice of a legendary wise man who can possibly tell how to end the spell.

Filmography

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Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts · 1963

Jason and the Argonauts

MovieAdventureFamily

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

Producer

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans · 1981

Clash of the Titans

MovieAdventureFantasy

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Producer

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · 1958

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

MovieActionAdventure

When the lovely Princess Parisa is shrunken by wicked Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must embark on a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

Producer

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad · 1973

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

MovieActionAdventure

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

Producer

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island · 1961

Mysterious Island

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

Producer

20 Million Miles to Earth

20 Million Miles to Earth · 1957

20 Million Miles to Earth

MovieScience FictionHorror

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

Producer

It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea · 1955

It Came from Beneath the Sea

MovieScience FictionAdventure

A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.

Producer

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger · 1977

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

MovieActionAdventure

Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own son crowned as caliph. Sinbad, his crew, the Princess and the transformed Prince travel to a distant land, fighting every obstacle Zenobia places in their path, to seek the advice of a legendary wise man who can possibly tell how to end the spell.

Producer

Good Day for a Hanging

Good Day for a Hanging · 1959

Good Day for a Hanging

MovieWesternAction

When the local sheriff is killed after a bank robbery, ex-lawman Ben Cutler collars the apparent killer, Eddie Campbell. Because of his background as a local youth who spent time living with the Cutlers, Eddie gets the benefit of the doubt from Ben's daughter and his wife-to-be. Ben is firm that Eddie is guilty, and as the matter is debated in a divisive court battle, it will soon become clear whether he's right.

Producer

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers · 1956

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

MovieActionScience Fiction

Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.

Producer

The Valley of Gwangi

The Valley of Gwangi · 1969

The Valley of Gwangi

MovieScience FictionWestern

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.

Producer

Face of a Fugitive

Face of a Fugitive · 1959

Face of a Fugitive

MovieDramaWestern

A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him.

Executive Producer

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver · 1960

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

MovieMusicAdventure

Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.

Producer

First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon · 1964

First Men in the Moon

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew comprised of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria, proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

Producer

Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy · 1957

Hellcats of the Navy

Captain Casey Abbott commands an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. When a perilous mission to retrieve a new Japanese mine for study goes awry, he's forced to abandon a likable combat diver. Abbott's orders to leave a man behind appear to be justified, but his second-in-command believes he had ulterior motives:

Producer

The Executioner

The Executioner · 1970

The Executioner

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

Producer

The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn · 1958

The Case Against Brooklyn

MovieCrimeDrama

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

Producer

The Prince of Thieves

The Prince of Thieves · 1948

The Prince of Thieves

MovieActionAdventure

After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England, Sir Allan Claire returns home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognizing a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is to be wed to another against her will in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.

Adaptation

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence · 1967

Half a Sixpence

MovieMusicDrama

"If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness?

Producer