Joseph Pevney — Director (17)
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The Crowded Sky (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Crowded Sky
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Dana Andrews / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: Il cielo è affollato / Céu de Agonia …
When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett, whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't tell which way to turn in order to avoid a catastrophe.
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Destination Space (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Destination Space
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Harry Townes / John Agar …
Two astronauts are in charge of a giant space station. During an attempted rocket launch, a meteor smashes into the station, damaging it. Later it's discovered that an overload within the rocket will cause a nuclear explosion-within minutes.
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It Happens Every Thursday (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
It Happens Every Thursday
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Loretta Young / John Forsythe …
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problems with small town mores and eccentric citizens. But their schemes to increase circulation get them in over their heads.
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Playgirl (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Playgirl
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Shelley Winters / Barry Sullivan …
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career. This film will give you the chance to see her as a sexy nightclub singer teaching her just-in-from-the-sticks friend Colleen Miller the ropes in New York City. When Winters finds out that her married boyfriend Barry Sullivan has fallen for Miller, the recriminations...and bullets...start to fly!
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Six Bridges to Cross (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Six Bridges to Cross
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / George Nader …
other title: La rapina del secolo / Seine letzte Chance …
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.
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Flesh and Fury (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Flesh and Fury
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / Jan Sterling …
other title: Furia e passione / Sein großer Kampf …
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
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Female on the Beach (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Female on the Beach
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Joan Crawford / Jeff Chandler …
other title: Delitto sulla spiaggia / Das Haus am Strand …
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
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Cash McCall (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cash McCall
director: Joseph Pevney actor: James Garner / Natalie Wood …
other title: Eine Frau für zwei Millionen / Cet homme est un requin …
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.
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Shakedown (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Shakedown
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Howard Duff / Brian Donlevy …
other title: Jack il ricattatore / Ohne Skrupel
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
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The Midnight Story (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Midnight Story
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / Gilbert Roland …
other title: Mezzanotte a San Francisco / Os Olhos do Padre Tomasino …
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.