Known for Art
Born
December 25, 1917
Died
March 17, 1985 (age 67)
Birthplace
Rawlins, Wyoming, USA
Filmography
33 films


The Sheriff
1971 · 1h 13m · US
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.


In Name Only
1969 · 1h 13m · US
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.


Gunmen from Laredo
1959 · 1h 7m · US
A framed Texas rancher escapes from prison for a showdown with a saloonkeeper.


The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · 1h 22m · US
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.


Return to Warbow
1958 · 1h 7m · US
Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.


Jeanne Eagels
1957 · 1h 49m · US
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.


The Phantom Stagecoach
1957 · 1h 9m · US
A stagecoach is plagued by robberies, but it takes an undercover Wells Fargo agent to discover that a rival company is responsible.


The White Squaw
1956 · 1h 13m · US
A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.


The Harder They Fall
1956 · 1h 49m · US
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.


Slightly Scarlet
1956 · 1h 39m · US
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.


Tennessee's Partner
1955 · 1h 27m · US
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...


Bengazi
1955 · 1h 19m · US
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.


The Night of the Hunter
1955 · 1h 33m · US
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.


Black Tuesday
1954 · 1h 20m · US
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.


Shield for Murder
1954 · 1h 22m · US
A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.


Take the High Ground!
1953 · 1h 41m · US
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?


Appointment in Honduras
1953 · 1h 19m · US
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards


Battle Circus
1953 · 1h 30m · US
A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.


Skirts Ahoy!
1952 · 1h 49m · US
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.


The Wild North
1952 · 1h 37m · US
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.


Bannerline
1951 · 1h 27m · US
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.


The Strip
1951 · 1h 25m · US
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.


Cause for Alarm!
1951 · 1h 14m · US
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.


Key to the City
1950 · 1h 41m · US
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan


Battleground
1949 · 1h 58m · US
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.


In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · 1h 42m · US
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.


Scene of the Crime
1949 · 1h 34m · US
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.


Jungle Goddess
1948 · 1h 2m · US
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.


Big City
1948 · 1h 43m · US
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.