Richard H. Landau — Playwright (17)
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Johnny One-Eye (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Johnny One-Eye
director: Robert Florey actor: Pat O'Brien / Wayne Morris …
other title: Ladrón con alma
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
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Violent Road (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Violent Road
director: Howard W. Koch actor: Brian Keith / Efrem Zimbalist Jr. …
other title: Il grande rischio / Carretera infernal
Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear.
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The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Girl in Black Stockings
director: Howard W. Koch actor: Lex Barker / Anne Bancroft …
other title: F.B.I. Squadra Omicidi / Das Mädchen mit den schwarzen Strümpfen …
Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.
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The Man Is Armed (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Man Is Armed
director: Franklin Adreon actor: Dane Clark / May Wynn …
Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result, things don't go as smoothly as planned.
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Mask of Dust (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mask of Dust
director: Terence Fisher actor: Richard Conte / Mari Aldon …
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
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Spaceways (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Spaceways
director: Terence Fisher actor: Howard Duff / Eva Bartok …
other title: Viaggio nell'interspazio / Enquête dans l'espace
A rocket engineer, responsible for sending a satellite into space, is accused of committing the most extraordinary crime.
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Blackout (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Murder by Proxy
director: Terence Fisher actor: Dane Clark / Belinda Lee …
other title: Delitto per procura / Murder by Proxy …
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name.
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Frankenstein 1970 (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Frankenstein 1970
director: Howard W. Koch actor: Boris Karloff / Jana Lund …
other title: Die Hexenküche des Dr. Rambow / Frankenstein contre l'homme invisible …
The baron's grandson rents the family castle to a TV crew to fund his atomic revival of the family monster.
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Stolen Face (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Stolen Face
director: Terence Fisher actor: Paul Henreid / Lizabeth Scott …
other title: Volto rubato / Le Visage volé …
A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.
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The Flanagan Boy (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Flanagan Boy
director: Reginald Le Borg actor: Barbara Payton / Frederick Valk …
other title: Pantera bionda
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan to murder her husband.
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The Crooked Way (1949) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Crooked Way
director: Robert Florey actor: John Payne / Sonny Tufts …
other title: Incrocio pericoloso / Le passé se venge …
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.