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Gerd Oswald is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant Director and Second Unit Allemand born on 9 june 1919 at Berlin (German)
Gerd Oswald, nom d'artiste de Gerd Ornstein, est un réalisateur américain d'origine allemande, né le 9 juin 1919 à Berlin, mort le 22 mai 1989 à Los Angeles (Californie). Il est le fils du cinéaste Richard Oswald.
(1962)
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(1951)
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(1950)
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(1948)
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Birth name Gerd Ornstein
Nationality German
Birth 9 june 1919 at Berlin (German)
Death 22 may 1989 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality German
Birth 9 june 1919 at Berlin (German)
Death 22 may 1989 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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(1962)(Director)
(1951)(Director)
(1950)(Director)
(1948)(Director)
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Filmography of Gerd Oswald (36 films)
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Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Otto Tressler, Ernst Arndt, Frida Richard, S.Z. Sakall, Gerd Oswald, Richard Eybner
Roles Giuseppe, Pferdejunge
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)
, 1h41Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Anton Edthofer, Grete Mosheim, Paul Hörbiger, Paul Morgan, Trude Hesterberg, Senta Söneland
Rating56%
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Bunny O'Hare (1971)
, 1h31Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, John Astin, Jay Robinson, Reva Rose
Rating56%
The title character, a widow whose savings have been depleted by her selfish, middle-aged children, Lulu and Ad, finds herself homeless when the bank forecloses on her mortgage. She becomes friendly with Bill Green, an aging itinerant salvaging the house's plumbing, who she soon discovers is really fugitive bank robber William Gruenwald. Hoping to recoup her losses from the bank that took her home, Bunny blackmails Bill into teaching her how to rob the institution in exchange for keeping his identity a secret. She wears a long blonde wig, over-sized hat, and sunglasses, while he dons a fake beard, leather vest, and bell-bottom pants, and the two pull off the caper and escape on a 250cc Triumph TRW Trophy motorcycle. Buoyed by their success, Bunny convinces Bill to join her in more heists, and the different modus operandi they use - setting free a canary to distract the guard, setting off smoke bombs - make it difficult for police lieutenant Horace Greeley and criminologist R.J. Hart to profile their suspects.
80 Steps to Jonah (1969)
, 1h47Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Wayne Newton, Jo Van Fleet, Keenan Wynn, Mickey Rooney, Sal Mineo, Slim Pickens
Rating56%
Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966)
, 1h24Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Peter Mark Richman, Carl Esmond, Barbara Bouchet, Wendell Corey, Martin Kosleck, Robert Quarry
Rating24%
Adam Chance (Peter Mark Richman), works for an American agency, H.A.R.M. (Human Aetiological Relations Machine). He is assigned to protect Dr. Jan Steffanic (Carl Esmond), a recent Soviet defector who has developed a new weapon which fires spores that upon contact with skin slowly eat the body away.
The Longest Day (1962)
, 2h51Directed by Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Radio, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Lyndon Brook, Robert Mitchum
Rating76%
The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to D-Day, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial bad-weather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be.
Brainwashed (1960)
, 1h44Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about chess, Political films
Actors Curd Jürgens, Hansjörg Felmy, Claire Bloom, Mario Adorf, Hans Söhnker, Albert Bessler
Rating68%
Chess world champion Centowic wants to travel by ship to an important chess tournament. The ship, however, starts behind schedule, because a mysterious and obviously anxious passenger, who is on his way to the port with Bishop Ambrosse, is expected.
Screaming Mimi (1958)
, 1h19Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes, Romney Brent, Vaughn Taylor
Rating57%
In the opening scene set in Southern California, while Virginia Wilson (Anita Ekberg) is taking an outside beach shower, an escaped madman from the sanitarium shows up. He stabs her dog, Rusty [Devil was the name of her second dog], attacks her and is then shot to death by her stepbrother, Charlie, with a rifle.
Paris Holiday (1958)
, 1h43Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, André Morell
Rating57%
Popular American comedian Bob Hunter (Bob Hope), star of stage, movies and television, boards the luxury liner SS Île de France to travel to France, only to find his French counterpart, Fernydel (Fernandel) is on the ship as well. Also on board are elegant blonde diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer), whom Bob would like to get to know better, and stunning Zara Brown (Anita Ekberg), the agent for a French criminal organization which suspects that Bob is carrying an incriminating manuscript. While Bob pursues Ann, with Fernydel's help, Zara repeatedly searches Bob's stateroom, causing problems when Ann sees her leaving after a search.
Valerie (1957)
, 1h24Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Stanley Adams, Malcolm Atterbury, John Dierkes
Rating58%
Rancher John Garth is arrested for critically wounding his wife Valerie and killing her parents. During the trial, we flashback to the lead up to the incident.
Fury at Showdown (1957)
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Derek, Malcolm Atterbury, John Smith, Nick Adams, Carolyn Craig, Robert Adler
Rating62%
Crime of Passion (1956)
, 1h24Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano
Rating63%
Kathy Ferguson (Stanwyck) is a San Francisco newspaper advice columnist. One day, Lieutenant Bill Doyle (Hayden), a Los Angeles police detective, and his partner, Captain Charlie Alidos (Royal Dano), track a fugitive wanted for murder to San Francisco. He meets Kathy and they fall in love. She manages to gain the female fugitive's trust and locate her. Kathy's resulting front page story leads to an offer of a big job in New York City, but she abandons her career, marries Doyle and moves to Los Angeles.
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready
Rating66%
Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is an ambitious student who is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Joanne Woodward) purely for her father's mining fortune. When he discovers that Dorothy is pregnant with his child, he realizes she is quite likely to be disinherited by her wealthy family. He assures Dorothy that he'll take care of her, yet he hesitates when Dorothy insists on marrying. Bud then murders Dorothy and stages it in a way that it appears to be a suicide. He then reaches out to her sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) with the hopes of marrying her in order to ingratiate himself with her father. After a couple of months Ellen finds evidence to question the suicide verdict, and then discovers that Bud knew Dorothy. Ellen struggles to avenge her sister and save her own life.
The Brass Legend (1956)
, 1h19Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr, Russell Simpson, Rebecca Welles, Donald MacDonald
Rating61%
This script must be run from the command line
Untamed (1955)
, 1h51Directed by Henry King, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films set in Africa, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill
Rating60%
Dutchman Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power) a Boer cavalry commander travels to Ireland from his native South Africa in 1847 to buy horses for his commandos back home, who need them to fight Zulu tribal warriors. He meets lovely Katie O'Neill (Susan Hayward), daughter of the man selling the horses. She falls in love, but Paul feels he must return home alone.