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Arnold Laven is a Director, Dialogue, Producer and Script Supervisor American born on 23 february 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Arnold Laven (February 3, 1922 – September 13, 2009) was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the long-running western television series The Rifleman and The Big Valley. He also directed motion pictures, including Without Warning!, The Rack, The Monster That Challenged the World, Geronimo, Rough Night in Jericho, and Sam Whiskey. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Laven directed dozens of episodes of television series, including episodes of Mannix, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files and CHiPs.
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 february 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 13 september 2009 (at 87 years) at Tarzana (USA)
Birth 23 february 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 13 september 2009 (at 87 years) at Tarzana (USA)
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Geronimo (1990)
, 1h41Directed by Arnold Laven, Edward T. McDougal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Western
Actors Chuck Connors, Adam West, Denver Pyle, Kamala Devi, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway, Armando Silvestre
Rating58%
En 1883, le chef apache Geronimo et son groupe de guerriers sont victimes des attaques américaines et mexicaines. En échange d'un territoire et de nourriture, les guerriers se rendent alors à contrecœur. Mais bientôt Geronimo va s'évader de la réserve et déclarer la guerre aux Américains.
Sam Whiskey (1969)
, 1h36Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, Angie Dickinson, Ossie Davis, William Schallert, Woodrow Parfrey
Rating58%
Sam Whiskey, un aventurier qui passe son temps à jouer et à enchaîner les conquêtes féminines, est engagé par une veuve pour retrouver le magot dérobé puis caché par le défunt mari de cette dernière...
Sam Whiskey (1969)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Tewksbury, Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Heist films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, William Schallert, Woodrow Parfrey
Rating58%
Sam Whiskey (Reynolds), an adventurer and rogue in the Old West, is seduced by widow Laura Breckenridge (Dickinson) into promising to retrieve $250,000 in gold bars from a riverboat that sank in Colorado's Platte River. The gold had been stolen by Laura's late husband from the Denver Mint and replaced by plated fakes. She offers Sam $20,000 to recover and return it before the theft is discovered and her family name is ruined. Sam enlists the help of Jedidiah Hooker (Davis), a local blacksmith, and O. W. Bandy (Walker), an Army friend turned inventor, offering them shares of the reward.
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Dean Martin, George Peppard, Jean Simmons, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Dean Paul Martin
Rating63%
A stagecoach bound for the town of Jericho is ambushed by Alex Flood, a lawman gone bad. Sharpshooting from a safe distance, Flood wounds the coach's driver, Ben Hickman, who is brought to town by the only passenger, a gambler named Dolan.
Clambake (1967)
, 1h40Directed by Arnold Laven, Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Will Hutchins, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill, James Gregory
Rating56%
Scott Heyward (Presley) rebels against the plans and expectations of his father, extremely rich oil tycoon Duster Heyward (Gregory). Scott abandons his family, driving to Florida in his shiny red 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Racer to find himself. When Scott stops for gas and refreshments, he encounters Tom Wilson(Hutchins), who is on his way to take a job as a waterskiing instructor at a Miami hotel. Scott and Tom make small talk, and a chance remark by Tom gives Scott an idea: He switches identities with Tom so he can find out how people react to him as an ordinary person rather than a millionaire. Tom has fun staying at the same hotel and pretending he is rich.
The Glory Guys (1965)
, 1h52Directed by Sam Peckinpah, Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, Michael Anderson Jr., Andrew Duggan
Rating61%
Les compagnons de la gloire est un film d'United Artists, de 1965, d'après un roman de Hoffman Birney : The Dice of God. Le scénario a été écrit bien avant le tournage par Sam Peckinpah, mais le film a été réalisé par Arnold Laven.
Anna Lucasta (1958)
, 1h37Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal, Rex Ingram, Alvin Childress, James Edwards
Rating67%
At the family home in Los Angeles, patriarch Joe Lucasta learns that his friend Otis has sold a farm, distributing the proceeds to his children. Otis' son Rudolph is bringing his share to California, where Otis hopes that Joe can find a wife for Rudolph. Joe's son Stanley and son-in-law Frank hope to get the money by being the ones to find Rudolph a wife. Though uninterested in the money, Joe's wife Theresa suggests youngest daughter Anna, whom Joe put out of the house some time earlier. Theresa believes Anna is good and sees a chance for her to get a fresh start. Stanley, Frank and Frank's wife Stella regard Anna as a "slut", but will try to make her seem respectable to deceive Rudolph. Joe objects to their designs on Rudolph's money and to Anna returning, as he also holds her in low regard. Eventually, Frank browbeats Joe into going to Anna's last known whereabouts, a dockside cafe in San Diego, to bring her home.
, 1h23Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Harlan Warde, Max Showalter, Mimi Gibson
Rating57%
In the Salton Sea, an underwater earthquake causes a crevice to open, releasing prehistoric giant mollusks. A rescue training parachute jump is conducted, but the patrol boat sent to pick up the jumper finds only a floating parachute. One sailor dives in but disappears. The other sailor screams in terror as something rises from the water.
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw
Rating66%
William Keating, procureur à la cour, est désigné pour enquêter sur la tentative de meurtre du docker Solly Pitts. Très vite, il soupçonne le truand Eddie Cook, auteur de nombreuses violences. Mais la victime ainsi que tous les témoins de la scène refusent de témoigner contre celui-ci...
The Rack (1956)
, 1h40Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Prison films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Anne Francis, Lee Marvin
Rating67%
Having survived two years in Korea in a prisoner-of-war camp, Captain Edward W. Hall, Jr., returns home to San Francisco and reports to an Air Force base there. His father, a retired lieutenant colonel, is glad to have his son back, but still grieving over the death of his other son, Pete, in the war.
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
, 1h25Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter, Gene Reynolds
Rating66%
FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection.
Vice Squad (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Christine White, Paulette Goddard, Porter Hall, K. T. Stevens, Lee Van Cleef
Rating65%
A married undertaker having an affair, Jack Hartrampf, is a reluctant eyewitness to the shooting of a Los Angeles cop. He does not wish to testify, but captain of detectives "Barney" Barnaby is just as determined.
Without Warning! (1952)
, 1h15Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Adam Williams, Ed Binns, Meg Randall, Harlan Warde, Robert Shayne, Angela Stevens
Rating65%
A quiet gardener living in Los Angeles, California picks up blond women and is murdering them with garden shears. The police attempt to track him down but the man continues to kill. The killer lives in a shack on a hill overlooking Los Angeles (Chavez Ravine).
Scriptwriter
He Ran All the Way (1951)
, 1h17Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Selena Royle, Wallace Ford, Gladys George, Norman Lloyd
Roles Dialogue
Rating69%
Petty thief Nick Robey (John Garfield) botches a robbery, leaving his partner Al (Norman Lloyd) severely wounded as Nick escapes with over $10,000. Meeting bakery worker Peg Dobbs (Shelley Winters) in friendly conversation, when Peg takes Nick to her family's apartment, he decides to take the family hostage until he can escape.
Producer
Geronimo (1990)
, 1h41Directed by Arnold Laven, Edward T. McDougal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Western
Actors Chuck Connors, Adam West, Denver Pyle, Kamala Devi, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway, Armando Silvestre
Roles Producer
Rating58%
En 1883, le chef apache Geronimo et son groupe de guerriers sont victimes des attaques américaines et mexicaines. En échange d'un territoire et de nourriture, les guerriers se rendent alors à contrecœur. Mais bientôt Geronimo va s'évader de la réserve et déclarer la guerre aux Américains.