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Tag Archives: Joseph H. Lewis
The Spy Ring (1938) Joseph H. Lewis, William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. Read More »
Silver Bullet (1942) Joseph H. Lewis, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum
Wild Bill Jones is saved from three toughs by “Silver Jim” Donovan, a newcomer to Winchester. Read More »
Retreat, Hell! (1952) Joseph H. Lewis, Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise
During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies Read More »
Boys of the City (1940) Joseph H. Lewis, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester
It’s been two weeks of unrelenting New York City summer heat. Read More »
Cry of the Hunted (1953) Joseph H. Lewis, Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen
Lt. Tunner is in charge of the maximum security section of Bradville State Penitentiary in the Los Angeles area. Read More »
7th Cavalry (1956) Joseph H. Lewis, Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen
Returning to Fort Lincoln, Captain Benson learns of Custer’s defeat at the Little Big Horn. Read More »
Desperate Search (1952) Joseph H. Lewis, Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina
The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them. Read More »
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) Joseph H. Lewis, Nina Foch, May Whitty, George Macready
Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency Read More »
The Big Combo (1955) Joseph H. Lewis, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Cornel Wilde
Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown Read More »
A Lawless Street (1955) Joseph H. Lewis, Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson
Up until its surisingly mundane finale, A Lawless Street is one of the best of the Randolph Scott westerns of the 1950s. Read More »
So Dark the Night (1946) Joseph H. Lewis, Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden
A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. Read More »
Gun Crazy (1950) Joseph H. Lewis, John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger
Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. Read More »
A Lady Without Passport (1950) Joseph H. Lewis, Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig
There is a problem with foreign nationals using Cuba as a convenient jumping off point for illegal entry into the United States. Read More »
The Undercover Man (1949) Joseph H. Lewis, Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Read More »