Known for Directing
Born
May 6, 1901
Died
August 5, 1981 (age 80)
Birthplace
Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
Filmography
43 films


Lost in the Stars
1974 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.


The Andromeda Strain
1971 · 2h 11m
country: United States
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form, unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.


The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · 1h 57m
country: United States
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.


The Sand Pebbles
1966 · 3h 16m
country: United States
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.


The Sound of Music
1965 · 2h 54m
country: United States
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.


Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · 3h 5m
country: United States
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.


Cimarron
1960 · 2h 27m
country: United States
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.


Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.


The Badlanders
1958 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once The Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story is given an 1898 setting. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's noir classic The Asphalt Jungle.


Raintree County
1957 · 3h 8m
country: United States
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.


Until They Sail
1957 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.


This Could Be the Night
1957 · 1h 43m
country: United States
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.


Diane
1956 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.


Love Me or Leave Me
1955 · 2h 2m
country: United States
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.


Interrupted Melody
1955 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.


Many Rivers to Cross
1955 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.


Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · 1h 43m
country: United States
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.


Easy to Love
1953 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.


The Story of Three Loves
1953 · 2h 2m
country: United States
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.


Plymouth Adventure
1952 · 1h 45m
country: United States
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.


The Merry Widow
1952 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.


The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · 1h 9m
country: United States
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.


Pagan Love Song
1950 · 1h 16m
country: United States
Island girl Mimi plans to leave Tahiti, but maybe she'll have a reason to stay when Mr. Endicott arrives.


Devil's Doorway
1950 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.


Port of New York
1949 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.


The Big Cat
1949 · 1h 18m
country: United States
A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.


Walk a Crooked Mile
1948 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?


The Amazing Mr. X
1948 · 1h 18m
country: United States
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...


Northwest Stampede
1948 · 1h 19m
country: United States
In this romantic western, the real stars are a mustang and a police dog. The human aspect of the story centers on a rodeo rider whose late father bequeathed him a ranch in Calgary, Canada. The rider really tries to settle down to ranching, but finds himself pining for the rodeo. His forewoman, also a former rodeo performer, thinks her employer is shirking his duties and needs to forget about broncos, and bull-riding and settle down. Meanwhile, the fellow also longs to catch the white stallion running wild. The dog helps out.


Canon City
1948 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.


Raw Deal
1948 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...


Railroaded!
1947 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.


Stepchild
1947 · 1h 10m
country: Unknown
Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge of a break-up, because Dale refuses to give up her well-paying job in order to devote more time to Ken and their two children Jimmy, age 9, and Tommy, age 6. They sue for divorce and the Judge rules that the children be placed in the custody of their father. Dale realizes what she has lost but she is too proud to say anything to Ken, whom she still loves. Ken, shopping for the perfect stay-at-home wife to take care of his children, falls for the charms of his secretary, Millie Lynch. Not quite.


Cheyenne
1947 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence if he poses as a bandit. His mission is to uncover the identity of the Poet, a notorious outlaw who has been holding up bank-owned stagecoaches and leaving verses at the crime scenes to taunt the authorities. James finds time to woo the Poet's lovely wife, Ann, who initially cold-shoulders him. But, as a romance develops, they partner up to find the robber.


The Man I Love
1946 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, a formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls hard for him.


Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.


Too Young to Know
1945 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.


The Conspirators
1944 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.


Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 · 1h 6m
country: United States
Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.


Our Wife
1941 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.