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Joseph H. Lewis is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor American born on 6 april 1907 at New York City (USA)
Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966. In a 30-year directorial career, he helmed numerous low-budget westerns, action pictures and thrillers and is remembered for original mysteries My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) and So Dark the Night (1946) as well as his most-highly regarded feature, 1949's Gun Crazy, which spotlighted a desperate young couple (Peggy Cummins and John Dall) who embark on a deadly crime spree.
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 30 august 2000 (at 93 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Birth 6 april 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 30 august 2000 (at 93 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
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Joseph H. Lewis est né en 1907 ou en 1900, la date de sa naissance n'est pas fermement établie , ses parents étaient des immigrés d'origine russe et de confession juive . Il est considéré comme celui qui a donné les lettres de noblesse aux films de série B . Il a travaillé pour aussi bien pour le cinéma que pour la télévision. Son frère est le monteur Ben Lewis (1894-1970).Usually with
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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
, 1h20Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Nedrick Young, Victor Millan, Hank Patterson, Frank Ferguson
Rating67%
The wealthy McNeil wants to control Prairie City and the land around it. He tries to burn out small ranchers and then hires gunfighter Johnny Crale to run them off.
The Halliday Brand (1957)
, 1h19Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair, Ward Bond, Bill Williams, Jay C. Flippen
Rating62%
Daniel and Martha Halliday, son and daughter of the powerful Big Dan, strenuously object to his bigotry and violence. When he leads the lynching of her half-breed beau, Jivaro Burris, it is the last straw.
7th Cavalry (1956)
, 1h15Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Faylen, Jeanette Nolan, Leo Gordon
Rating58%
Captain Tom Benson (Randolph Scott) has been granted a furlough to bring his bride-to-be Martha back to Fort Abraham Lincoln and his Regiment, the 7th Cavalry. Benson is mystified when he sees the fort apparently deserted with the colors not flying. Exploring the vacant post he is met by the hysterical Charlotte Reynolds (Jeanette Nolan) whose husband replaced Benson as commander of his "C" Company and was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Only a small group of misfits and guardhouse prisoners led by an old sergeant remain who have held a wake by drinking themselves into oblivion.
A Lawless Street (1955)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker, Warner Anderson, Wallace Ford, Michael Pate
Rating63%
The marshal of Medicine Bend, Calem Ware (Randolph Scott), tries to keep peace in a lawless town whilst trying to prevent himself from being killed. The arrival of a show troupe reunites the marshal with someone from his past, leading to a showdown with his would-be killers and his old flame, Tally Dickinson (Angela Lansbury).
The Big Combo (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman
Rating72%
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He's also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past.
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
, 1h20Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, William Conrad, Harry Shannon, Robert Burton
Rating60%
An obsessive lawman (Barry Sullivan) who works for the state chases an escaped fugitive (Vittorio Gassman) through the Louisiana bayou.
Retreat, Hell! (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis
Rating63%
A Marine battalion is assembled from various sources and sent to Korea. The film depicts the formation and training of the battalion, the amphibious landing at the Battle of Inchon, the advance through North Korea, and the Winter Chinese Communist Offensive sends the Marines into a fighting withdrawal to the staging area at Hŭngnam Harbor "...with rifles, grenades, bayonets, our bare fists if we have to" (quoting the battalion commander).
Desperate Search (1952)
, 1h11Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton
Rating57%
After taking off from Vancouver, a Douglas DC-3 airliner catches on fire and crashes in the Canadian north. On board were two young children, Don (Lee Aaker) and Janet Heldon (Linda Lowell), ultimately the only survivors. Their father, pilot Vince (Howard Keel) and his wife Julie (Jane Greer) join forces with the family friend, bush pilot "Brandy" (Keenan Wynn) and Nora Stead (Patricia Medina), the children's mother (from an earlier, but unsuccessful marriage) to mount a desperate aerial search before incoming bad weather arrives.
Gun Crazy (1950)
, 1h26Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Russ Tamblyn, Morris Carnovsky, Mickey Little, Harry Lewis
Rating75%
At the age of 14, Bart Tare robs a hardware store and steals a gun. He is sent to reform school by a sympathetic Judge Willoughby (Morris Carnovsky), despite the testimony of his friends Dave and Clyde, his older sister Ruby and others that he would never kill any living creature, even though he has had a fascination with guns even as a child. Flashbacks provide a portrait of Bart who, after he kills a young chick with a BB gun at age seven, is hesitant to harm anyone with guns even though he is a good shot with a pistol.
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
, 1h14Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready, Bruce Cowling, Steven Hill
Rating60%
After World War II, immigrants in Cuba who are refused visas for various reasons try to sneak into the U.S. illegally with the help of a human smuggling ring run by Palinov (George Macready), a Levantine café owner. Following the death of one immigrant, U.S. Immigration operative Pete Karczag (John Hodiak) is sent to Havana, where he poses as a Hungarian in need of Palinov's services. During his dangerous undercover investigation, Pete meets Marianne Lorress (Hedy Lamarr), a penniless Hungarian refugee of the Buchenwald concentration camp who is waiting to be smuggled into the United States by Palinov. He decides to use her to obtain the place and time of Palinov's next operation.
The Undercover Man (1949)
, 1h25Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore, Leo Penn, Barry Kelley, Kay Medford
Rating65%
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. The agent struggles to put together a case but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers. Although most informants end up dead, Agent Warren gets critical information about the mob from an unlikely source.
The Return of October (1948)
, 1h38Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Albert Sharpe, James Gleason, May Whitty, Henry O'Neill
Rating61%
Terry is a teenaged girl whose Uncle Willy, a horse trainer, dreams of winning the Derby. He bets everything on his horse Sunset, then collapses and dies after it loses.
The Swordsman (1948)
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Genres Adventure
Actors Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Ray Collins, Holmes Herbert
Rating58%
Les amours contrariées de deux personnages en Écosse au XVII siècle. Deux familles, les MacArden et les Glowan, se vouent une haine farouche. Mais Alexander MacArden et Barbara Glowan se découvrent des sentiments l'un pour l'autre.
The Swordsman (1948)
, 1h20Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Larry Parks, Edgar Buchanan, Ellen Drew, Marc Platt, Nedrick Young, Robert Shayne
Rating58%
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So Dark the Night (1946)
, 1h11Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Steven Geray, Eugene Borden, Micheline Cheirel, Egon Brecher, Nanette Bordeaux, Helen Freeman
Rating62%
So Dark the Night is the story of a detective, Henri Cassin (Steven Geray) from Paris, who falls in love with an innkeeper's daughter Nanette (Micheline Cheirel) while on a long overdue vacation. She is a country girl with a jealous boyfriend. Nonetheless, the detective becomes engaged to her. Then the girl vanishes the night of her engagement party and later shows up dead. Cassin believes that the obvious suspect is Leon (Paul Marion), the old boyfriend, but soon he is also found killed. Soon after Mama (Ann Codee) receives a warning that she will be the next to die, she is found strangled.