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Phil Karlson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961). Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien. He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California. Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Karlson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 1st, 1975 | Framed | Director | 6.6 | |
February 22nd, 1973 | Walking Tall | Director | 6.6 | |
June 23rd, 1972 | Ben | Director | 6 | |
September 8th, 1970 | Hornets' Nest | Director | 5.6 | |
December 30th, 1968 | The Wrecking Crew | Director | 5.7 | |
January 26th, 1968 | Alexander The Great | Director | 5.8 | |
August 1st, 1967 | A Time for Killing | Director | 4.6 | |
February 18th, 1966 | The Silencers | Director | 6 | |
August 5th, 1964 | Ride the Wild Surf | Director | 5.2 | |
October 9th, 1963 | Rampage | Director | 5.3 | |
November 29th, 1962 | Kid Galahad | Director | 6.1 | |
August 23rd, 1961 | The Young Doctors | Director | 5.8 | |
April 1st, 1961 | The Secret Ways | Director | 5.5 | |
October 6th, 1960 | Key Witness | Director | 6.9 | |
August 1st, 1960 | Hell to Eternity | Director | 6.4 | |
April 19th, 1959 | The Scarface Mob | Director | 7.3 | |
April 16th, 1959 | The Sunrise Gun | Director | TBD | |
July 15th, 1958 | Gunman's Walk | Director | 6.7 | |
August 23rd, 1957 | The Brothers Rico | Director | 6.3 | |
July 19th, 1955 | The Phenix City Story | Director | 6.6 | |
June 10th, 1955 | 5 Against the House | Director | 5.9 | |
May 6th, 1955 | Hell's Island | Director | 5.5 | |
March 19th, 1955 | Tight Spot | Director | 6.5 | |
December 4th, 1954 | They Rode West | Director | 6.5 | |
August 21st, 1953 | 99 River Street | Director | 6.8 | |
November 11th, 1952 | Kansas City Confidential | Director | 7.1 | |
June 24th, 1952 | The Brigand | Director | 5.9 | |
January 16th, 1952 | Scandal Sheet | Director | 7 | |
June 27th, 1951 | Mask of the Avenger | Director | 5.8 | |
June 3rd, 1951 | The Texas Rangers | Director | 6.1 | |
May 31st, 1951 | Lorna Doone | Director | 4.7 | |
June 15th, 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Director | 6.6 | |
August 1st, 1949 | Down Memory Lane | Director | 7 | |
April 1st, 1949 | The Big Cat | Director | 4 | |
December 30th, 1948 | Ladies of the Chorus | Director | 6.7 | |
July 8th, 1948 | Thunderhoof | Director | 9 | |
March 25th, 1948 | Adventures in Silverado | Director | 7 | |
January 17th, 1948 | Rocky | Director | 8 | |
November 15th, 1947 | Louisiana | Director | 9 | |
September 16th, 1947 | Black Gold | Director | 7 | |
July 19th, 1947 | Kilroy Was Here | Director | 5.7 | |
November 2nd, 1946 | Wife Wanted | Director | 7.8 | |
August 17th, 1946 | The Missing Lady | Director | 4.8 | |
July 20th, 1946 | Bowery Bombshell | Director | 6.5 | |
May 25th, 1946 | Dark Alibi | Director | 6.3 | |
May 25th, 1946 | Behind the Mask | Director | 5.5 | |
March 19th, 1946 | Swing Parade of 1946 | Director | 4.6 | |
January 12th, 1946 | Live Wires | Director | 5.6 | |
September 29th, 1945 | The Shanghai Cobra | Director | 6 | |
April 6th, 1945 | G.I. Honeymoon | Director | 8 | |
February 16th, 1945 | There Goes Kelly | Director | 6 | |
October 7th, 1944 | A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Director | 7.3 | |
September 26th, 1941 | It Started with Eve | Assistant Director | 7.2 | |
July 7th, 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Assistant Director | 6.6 | |
May 30th, 1941 | In the Navy | Assistant Director | 6.4 | |
October 25th, 1940 | Seven Sinners | Assistant Director | 5.8 | |
January 12th, 1940 | The Invisible Man Returns | Assistant Director | 6.3 | |
July 1st, 1935 | Manhattan Moon | Assistant Director | 9 | |
May 13th, 1935 | Werewolf of London | Assistant Director | 6.1 | |
February 4th, 1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Assistant Director | 5.9 | |
October 22nd, 1934 | Great Expectations | Assistant Director | 7 | |
August 13th, 1934 | Romance in the Rain | Assistant Director | 9 |