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Howard W. Koch is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director American born on 11 april 1916 at New York City (USA)

Howard W. Koch

Howard W. Koch
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Birth name Howard Winchel Koch
Nationality USA
Birth 11 april 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 february 2001 (at 84 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Howard Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 - February 16, 2001) was an American director and producer of film and television.

Best films

Ghost (1990)
(Executive Producer)
Airplane! (1980)
(Producer)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
(Producer)
Sergeants 3 (1962)
(Executive Producer)
Julius Caesar (1953)
(Assistant Director)

Usually with

Aubrey Schenck
Aubrey Schenck
(20 films)
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
(7 films)
Gordon Avil
Gordon Avil
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Howard W. Koch (69 films)

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Director

Badge 373
Badge 373 (1973)
, 1h55
Directed by Howard W. Koch, Howard Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Luis Ávalos, Tracey Walter, Orestes Matacena
Rating57% 2.851592.851592.851592.851592.85159
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense, abrasive and racist Irish NYPD cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a Puerto Rican suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop, but that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to find out who killed his partner of three years, Gigi Caputo (Louis Cosentino), all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryan's search leads him to Puerto Rican drug kingpin Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and a shipment of guns for Puerto Rican independenistas.
The Last Mile, 1h21
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Overton, Michael Constantine, Clifford David, Ford Rainey, Johnny Seven
Rating65% 3.2855053.2855053.2855053.2855053.285505
In a death row cell block nine inmates are scheduled for execution. Then "Killer" John Mears (Rooney) comes along. His viciousness infects the environment and his plans to break out of prison are the catalyst for tragedy.
Frankenstein 1970, 1h23
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Boris Karloff, Don "Red" Barry, Mike Lane
Rating49% 2.4604852.4604852.4604852.4604852.460485
Boris Karloff plays the role of Baron Victor von Frankenstein, who suffered torture and disfigurement at the hands of the Nazis as punishment for not cooperating with them during World War II. Horribly disfigured, he nevertheless continues his work as a scientist. Needing funds to support his experiments, the Baron allows a television crew to shoot a made-for-television horror film about his monster-making family at his castle in Germany.
Born Reckless, 1h20
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, Don "Red" Barry, Jeanne Carmen
Rating47% 2.3710052.3710052.3710052.3710052.371005
Kelly Cobb travels and performs in various country rodeos in order to get enough money to buy a patch of land to call his own. One day he picks up Jackie Adams, a saloon singer and trick rider whom he saves from a clutching admirer. The two travel together and Jackie begins to fall in love with Kelly. Kelly however doesn't notice because of his drive to risk his life for the dream of the land he pursues. Jackie sums up that Kelly was just born reckless and she strives to change his free roaming lifestyle.
Andy Hardy Comes Home, 1h20
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Joey Forman
Rating58% 2.943782.943782.943782.943782.94378
Returning to his home town of Carvel after several years absence - and twelve years since the last Andy Hardy movie - Andrew Hardy (Mickey Rooney), now a high-flying west coast lawyer, reminiscences about his past (with flashbacks to his earlier filmed exploits alongside Judy Garland and Esther Williams et al.) and reconnects with his mother, aunt, sister (returning co-stars Fay Holden, Sara Haden and Cecilia Parker respectively) and nephew Jimmy (Johnny Weissmuller, Jr.) as he attempts to convince the skeptical small-townsfolk to let his company build a factory there.
Fort Bowie
Fort Bowie (1958)
, 1h20
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Ben Johnson, Kent Taylor, Maureen Hingert, Peter Mamakos
Rating57% 2.8555952.8555952.8555952.8555952.855595
This script must be run from the command line
The Girl in Black Stockings, 1h13
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, John Dehner
Rating55% 2.76072.76072.76072.76072.7607
A lodge in Kanab, Utah is where Los Angeles lawyer David Hewson goes for a peaceful vacation. He quickly is attracted to Beth Dixon, a switchboard operator and a former personal assistant to lodge owner Edmund Parry.
Untamed Youth, 1h20
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell, Wally Brown, Lurene Tuttle, Yvonne Fedderson
Rating42% 2.111322.111322.111322.111322.11132
Sisters Penny and Jane Lowe are arrested for hitchhiking and skinny dipping and are sentenced to work on a rural Texas farm for a corrupt agricultural magnate named Russ Tropp. The judge who sentenced the sisters to the farm is dating Tropp and is unaware of the treatment of the prisoners, until her son is hired to work at the farm and uncovers that a scam had been going on. Through dating the judge, Tropp ensures that all delinquents and rule breakers are ordered to work off their sentence at his farm therefore giving him a stable amount of cheap labor, allowing him to undercut all competition he faces. The judge's son also falls in love with Jane, while Penny, who performs four songs in the film, dreams of making it big in show business.
Jungle Heat, 1h15
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Lex Barker, Mari Blanchard, James Westerfield, Glenn Langan, Rhodes Reason
Rating53% 2.673622.673622.673622.673622.67362
This script must be run from the command line
Big House, U.S.A, 1h22
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bronson
Rating65% 3.296793.296793.296793.296793.29679
In a Colorado national park, a boy having an asthma attack is approached by a nurse, Emily Evans, with a syringe. Frightened of needles, the boy flees into the woods, where Jerry Barker finds him.
Shield for Murder, 1h22
Directed by Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Marla English, Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, Emile Meyer, Carolyn Jones, Claude Akins
Rating67% 3.395043.395043.395043.395043.39504
Lieutenant Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien), a 16-year veteran of the police force, has had enough. In a secluded alley late one night, he fatally shoots a bookmaker in the back and steals the $25,000 he was carrying. He then claims the man was killed trying to escape custody. Sergeant Mark Brewster (John Agar), his friend and partner, believes him, as does the Captain of Detectives, Captain Gunnarson (Emile Meyer). However, newspaper reporter Cabot (Herbert Butterfield) suspects otherwise.

Scriptwriter

Shining Victory, 1h20
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays
Actors James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil, Montagu Love, Sig Ruman
Rating64% 3.245073.245073.245073.245073.24507
A brilliant research psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Venner, is driven out of Budapest by another researcher who has taken false credit for Venner's work. After going to London, Dr. Venner is offered a job in a Scottish sanitarium where he can continue his research on dementia precox, a disease from which his father had suffered.
The Sea Hawk, 2h7
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Flora Robson, Henry Daniell
Rating75% 3.796433.796433.796433.796433.79643
The film begins with King Philip II of Spain (Montagu Love) declaring his intention to destroy England and after this "puny rockbound island as barren and treacherous as her Queen" is out of the way, he believes that world conquest will follow: he says his great wall map, one day, "will have ceased to be a map of the world; it will be Spain." He sends one of his courtiers, Don Alvarez (Claude Rains), as his ambassador to allay the suspicions of Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson) about the great armada he is building to invade England. In England, some of the Queen's ministers plead with her to build a fleet, which she hesitates to do in order to spare the purses of her subjects.