Joseph E. Kenney
Known for Directing
Filmography
50 films, 2 shows
Known for Directing
Filmography
50 films, 2 shows

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969 · 1h 38m
country: United States
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.

Rosie!
1967 · 1h 38m
country: United States
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.

The Perils of Pauline
1967 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.

Rough Night in Jericho
1967 · 1h 44m
country: United States
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.

The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.

Gambit
1966 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

Inside Daisy Clover
1966 · 2h 8m
country: United States
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

That Funny Feeling
1965 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she cleans on a daily basis not knowing that it's his place. Tom plays along with the charade despite not knowing who Joan really is, while she tries to tidy up Tom's place not knowing who he really is.

Strange Bedfellows
1965 · 1h 38m
country: United States
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.

Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his dependence on alcohol threaten to ruin his future.

The Brass Bottle
1964 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.

For Love or Money
1963 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Come September
1961 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.

The Great Impostor
1960 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.

Solomon and Sheba
1959 · 2h 19m
country: United States
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · 2h 12m
country: United States
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

High School Confidential!
1958 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

Damn Citizen
1958 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg to lead the state police against corruption.

Day of the Badman
1958 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.

The Monolith Monsters
1957 · 1h 17m
country: United States
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

The Land Unknown
1957 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. His helicopter and its small party, including reporter Maggie Hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. They find themselves trapped in a lush tropical environment that has survived from prehistoric times.

Tammy and the Bachelor
1957 · 1h 29m
country: United States
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

The Midnight Story
1957 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.

Istanbul
1957 · 1h 24m
country: Turkey
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?

The Unguarded Moment
1956 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.

A Day of Fury
1956 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade, a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been settled between "his" people (i.e. the saloon-keepers, gamblers, etc.) and the righteous, "respectable" folk.

Raw Edge
1956 · 1h 16m
country: United States
A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother.

World in My Corner
1956 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.

All That Heaven Allows
1955 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

The Looters
1955 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A rescue team is dispatched to look for the survivors of a plane crash in the Colorado Rockies. They find the survivors--and also find $250,000 in cash among the debris.

Smoke Signal
1955 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett Halliday, who deserted to the Utes in a previous war; but Brett has a different story. With capture imminent, the only chance for the surviving men (and one woman) is to boat down a wild, uncharted river, where Harper and Halliday must pull together, like it or not.

The Glass Web
1953 · 1h 21m
country: United States
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.

All I Desire
1953 · 1h 20m
country: United States
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.

Take Me to Town
1953 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberline. Meanwhile, the three sons of widower Will Hall come to town in search of a wife for their dad. Vermilion needs to lay low to escape the marshal, so she accepts the boys' offer to visit pioneer community Pine Grove. Once there, she annoys local Mrs. Grundys but eventually starts to fit in.

It Came from Outer Space
1953 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

City Beneath the Sea
1953 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

Horizons West
1952 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Flesh and Fury
1952 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.

Shakedown
1950 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · 1h 23m
country: United States
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

The Mummy's Curse
1944 · 1h
country: United States
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.

One Night in the Tropics
1940 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.