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Ib Melchior

Ib Melchior
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Birth name Ib Jørgen Melchior
Nationality Danemark
Birth 17 september 1917 at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Death 14 march 2015 (at 97 years)

Ib Jørgen Melchior (born September 17, 1917) is a novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Best films

Death Race 2000
Death Race 2000
(1975)
(Original Story)

Usually with

Samuel Z. Arkoff
Samuel Z. Arkoff
(4 films)
Charles B. Griffith
Charles B. Griffith
(2 films)
Lewis Teague
Lewis Teague
(1 films)
Mario Bava
Mario Bava
(1 films)
Paul W.S. Anderson
Paul W.S. Anderson
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ib Melchior (11 films)

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Director

The Time Travelers
The Time Travelers (1964)
, 1h22
Directed by Ib Melchior
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Films set in the future
Actors Preston Foster, Merry Anders, Philip Carey, John Hoyt, Joan Woodbury, Dennis Patrick
Rating51% 2.5998552.5998552.5998552.5998552.599855
Scientists Dr. Erik von Steiner (Preston Foster), Dr. Steve Connors (Philip Carey) and Carol White (Merry Anders) are testing their time viewing device, drawing enormous amounts of power. Danny McKee (Franken), a technician from the power plant, has been sent to tell them to shut down their experiment. During the test, odd shadows quickly cross the room before the screen shows a stark, barren landscape. Danny discovers the screen has become a portal and steps through.
The Angry Red Planet
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
, 1h23
Directed by Ib Melchior
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Naura Hayden, Les Tremayne, Tom Daly, Ted Cassidy
Rating52% 2.604612.604612.604612.604612.60461
The rocketship MR-1 (for "Mars Rocket 1"), returns to Earth after the first manned flight to Mars. At first thought to have been lost in space, the rocket reappears but mission control cannot raise the crew by radio. The ground crew land the rocket successfully by remote control. Two survivors are found aboard: Dr. Iris Ryan (Naura Hayden) and Col. Tom O'Bannion (Gerald Mohr), the latter's arm covered by a strange alien growth. The mission report is recounted by Dr. Ryan as she attempts to find a cure for Col. O'Bannion's arm.

Scriptwriter

Death Race
Death Race (2008)
, 1h45
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan
Rating63% 3.199183.199183.199183.199183.19918
In 2012, the economy of the US completely collapses, causing unemployment and crime rates to skyrocket, and a sharp increase of convicted criminals, which leads to privatized prisons for profit. Hennessey (Joan Allen) is the warden of Terminal Island Penitentiary, as which she earns her profits from the pay-per-view broadcast of a modern gladiator game called "Death Race," with the prisoners as the players.
Death Race 2000
Death Race 2000 (1975)
, 1h24
Directed by Charles B. Griffith, Paul Bartel, Lewis Teague
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Films about television, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, La téléréalité, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films
Actors David Carradine, Simone Griffeth McDonald, Sylvester Stallone, Louisa Moritz, Martin Kove, John Landis
Roles Original Story
Rating61% 3.099263.099263.099263.099263.09926
In 2000, during the 20th annual race, a resistance group led by Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin), a descendant of 1770s American Revolutionary Thomas Paine, plans to rebel against Mr. President's regime by sabotaging the race, killing most of the drivers, and taking Frankenstein hostage as leverage against the President. The group is assisted by Paine's great granddaughter Annie (Simone Griffeth), Frankenstein's latest navigator. She plans to lure him into an ambush to be replaced by a double. Despite a pirated national broadcast made by Ms. Paine herself, the resistance's disruption of the race is covered up by the government and instead blamed on the French, who are also blamed for ruining the country's economy and telephone system. The game has sadistic rules, where killing a baby and physically challenged people will give the player extra points. Machine Gun Joe (Sylvester Stallone) is the main opposition to Frankenstein.
Ambush Bay
Ambush Bay (1966)
, 1h49
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum, Peter Masterson, Harry Lauter
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.7051652.7051652.7051652.7051652.705165
Prior to the 1944 American invasion of the Philippines a hand-picked team of U.S. Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance scouts is landed by a PBY Catalina with the mission of contacting an intelligence agent who has crucial information. Each Marine is not only experienced but has a special skill with the exception of the radio operator, PFC Grenier (James Mitchum).
Planet of the Vampires
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
, 1h28
Directed by Mario Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi, Federico Boido, Ivan Rassimov
Roles Scénariste à l'image
Rating62% 3.1043053.1043053.1043053.1043053.104305
Two huge interplanetary ships on an expedition into deep uncharted space receive a distress signal emanating from Aura, an unexplored planet. Both ships, the Galliott and the Argos, attempt to land on the surface of the fog-encased world. While entering the planet's atmosphere, the crew of the Argos becomes possessed by an unknown force and try to violently kill each other. Only Captain Markary (Sullivan) has the will to resist, and is able to force all of the others aboard his ship out of their hypnotic, murderous state.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
, 1h50
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Space opera
Actors Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West
Rating63% 3.197943.197943.197943.197943.19794
Commander Christopher "Kit" Draper (Paul Mantee) and Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West) reach the Red Planet in their spaceship, Mars Gravity Probe 1. They are forced to use up their remaining fuel in order to avoid an imminent collision with a large orbiting meteoroid; they descend in their one-man lifeboat pods, becoming the first humans on Mars.
The Time Travelers
The Time Travelers (1964)
, 1h22
Directed by Ib Melchior
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Films set in the future
Actors Preston Foster, Merry Anders, Philip Carey, John Hoyt, Joan Woodbury, Dennis Patrick
Roles Story
Rating51% 2.5998552.5998552.5998552.5998552.599855
Scientists Dr. Erik von Steiner (Preston Foster), Dr. Steve Connors (Philip Carey) and Carol White (Merry Anders) are testing their time viewing device, drawing enormous amounts of power. Danny McKee (Franken), a technician from the power plant, has been sent to tell them to shut down their experiment. During the test, odd shadows quickly cross the room before the screen shows a stark, barren landscape. Danny discovers the screen has become a portal and steps through.
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
, 1h17
Origin Danemark
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Actors John Agar, Greta Thyssen, Troy Garity, Carl Ottosen, Ove Sprogøe, Louis Miehe-Renard
Rating47% 2.358732.358732.358732.358732.35873
During their journey to Uranus, an alien presence briefly assumes control of the crew's minds. They awaken safely but notice that a long - and unexplained - period of time has passed by. Upon landing, the crew finds a forested land oddly like Earth's, rather than the cold, bleak world they were expecting. This forest is surrounded by a mysterious barrier. One of the crew pushes his arm through the barrier, only to have it frozen.
Reptilicus
Reptilicus (1961)
, 1h21
Directed by Poul Bang
Origin Danemark
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Carl Ottosen, Ann Smyrner, Kjeld Petersen, Mimi Heinrich, Asbjørn Andersen, Bent Meiding
Rating36% 1.8053251.8053251.8053251.8053251.805325
Danish miners Svend Viltorft dig up a section of a giant reptile's tail from the frozen grounds in Lapland, where they are drilling. The section is flown to the Danish Aquarium in Copenhagen, where it is preserved in a cold room for scientific study. But due to careless mishandling, the room is left open and the section begins to thaw, only for scientists to find that it is starting to regenerate.
The Angry Red Planet
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
, 1h23
Directed by Ib Melchior
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Naura Hayden, Les Tremayne, Tom Daly, Ted Cassidy
Rating52% 2.604612.604612.604612.604612.60461
The rocketship MR-1 (for "Mars Rocket 1"), returns to Earth after the first manned flight to Mars. At first thought to have been lost in space, the rocket reappears but mission control cannot raise the crew by radio. The ground crew land the rocket successfully by remote control. Two survivors are found aboard: Dr. Iris Ryan (Naura Hayden) and Col. Tom O'Bannion (Gerald Mohr), the latter's arm covered by a strange alien growth. The mission report is recounted by Dr. Ryan as she attempts to find a cure for Col. O'Bannion's arm.
When Hell Broke Loose
When Hell Broke Loose (1958)
, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Bronson, Robert Easton, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Stevenson, Russell Thorson, Joe Conley
Roles Other
Rating56% 2.81182.81182.81182.81182.8118
Steve Boland (Charles Bronson) is a cynical minor criminal drafted into the US Army during World War II. He has an unspectacular military career with his criminal past getting him into trouble but he comes into his own when his criminal expertise gives him unparalleled opportunities during the American occupation of Germany.
Live Fast, Die Young
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)

Directed by Paul Henreid
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Mary Murphy, Mike Connors, Norma Eberhardt, Peggy Maley, Troy Donahue, Joan Marshall
Roles Story
Rating64% 3.2273053.2273053.2273053.2273053.227305
Two sisters, Kim Winters (Murphy) and Jill Winters (Eberhardt) run away from their home and school. They escape to the city, where they become criminals and jewelry thieves.