Phil Karlson — Director (16)
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Dark Alibi (1946) IMDb TMDB
Dark Alibi
director: Phil Karlson actor: Sidney Toler / Mantan Moreland …
other title: Charlie Chan e l'alibi oscuro / Charlie Chan: Ein fast perfektes Alibi
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.
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The Secret Ways (1961) IMDb TMDB
The Secret Ways
director: Phil Karlson actor: Richard Widmark / Sonja Ziemann …
other title: Le vie segrete / Farlig flugt …
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
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Ladies of the Chorus (1948) IMDb TMDB
Ladies of the Chorus
director: Phil Karlson actor: Adele Jergens / Marilyn Monroe …
other title: Orchidea bionda / Ich tanze in dein Herz …
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
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Key Witness (1960) IMDb TMDB
Key Witness
director: Phil Karlson actor: Jeffrey Hunter / Pat Crowley …
other title: Il cerchio della violenza / Die Wölfe von Los Angeles …
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify the culprits, he opens himself up to a campaign of intimidation from the gang involved.
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Hell's Island (1955) IMDb TMDB
Hell's Island
director: Phil Karlson actor: John Payne / Mary Murphy …
other title: Il demone dell'isola / Dem Teufel auf der Spur …
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
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Tight Spot (1955) IMDb TMDB
Tight Spot
director: Phil Karlson actor: Ginger Rogers / Edward G. Robinson …
other title: Quarto grado / Ratos Humanos …
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.
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Bowery Bombshell (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bowery Bombshell
director: Phil Karlson actor: Leo Gorcey / Huntz Hall …
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.
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The Brothers Rico (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
The Brothers Rico
director: Phil Karlson actor: Richard Conte / Dianne Foster …
other title: I fratelli Rico / Hyänen der Straße …
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.
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Framed (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Framed
director: Phil Karlson actor: Joe Don Baker / Conny Van Dyke …
other title: Senza capo d'accusa / Ein Mann nimmt Rache …
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
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The Wrecking Crew (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Wrecking Crew
director: Phil Karlson actor: Dean Martin / Elke Sommer …
other title: Missione compiuta stop - Bacioni Matt Helm / Matt Helm og de hårde drenge …
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.