Search Results For : phil karlson

Walking Tall (1973)

Walking Tall (1973)

IMDb: 6.9
1973

Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life

Tight Spot (1955)

Tight Spot (1955)

IMDb: 6.6
1955

A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial

Hornets Nest (1970)

Hornets Nest (1970)

IMDb: 5.8
1970

In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U S paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing up a vital enemy dam

The Phenix City Stor

The Phenix City Story (1955)

IMDb: 7.2
1955

A crime busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town

Hell to Eternity (19

Hell to Eternity (1960)

IMDb: 7.0
1960

When his adoptive Japanese American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan

Framed (1975)

Framed (1975)

IMDb: 6.4
1975

A gambler kills a sheriff in self defense But as everyone in conspiring against him, he is condemned to a long sentence in prison

The Brothers Rico (1

The Brothers Rico (1957)

IMDb: 6.8
1957

A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities

They Rode West (1954

They Rode West (1954)

IMDb: 5.9
1954

A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war

The Wrecking Crew (1

The Wrecking Crew (1968)

IMDb: 5.6
1968

Gold bullion worth USD 1 billion has been stolen from a hijacked train in Denmark The main suspect is Count Massimo Contini The US government sends Matt Helm, one of its top agents, to investigate and recover the gold

Rampage (1963)

Rampage (1963)

IMDb: 5.5
1963

In colonial Malaysia, British big game hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbots mistress, Anna

Assignment: Paris (1

Assignment: Paris (1952)

IMDb: 6.2
1952

Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary

Ride the Wild Surf (

Ride the Wild Surf (1964)

IMDb: 6.0
1964

Fabian and Shelley Fabares are among the 60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaiis North Shore

5 Against the House

5 Against the House (1955)

IMDb: 5.9
1955

Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime

Lorna Doone (1951)

Lorna Doone (1951)

IMDb: 5.8
1951

Set in 17th century Scotland, a young woman falls in love with a humble villager whose community suffers under the rule of her despotic landowning family

The Scarface Mob (19

The Scarface Mob (1959)

IMDb: 7.2
1959

Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison

5 Against the House

5 Against the House (1955)

IMDb: 5.9
1955

Four college buddies enjoying a night at a Reno casino are told by a cop that robbing the casino "cannot be done." That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. He convinces the others to join in when they hear that it will only be a college hoax, his plan being to let the police know where the money is afterwards. The thing is, one of his friends has a he

The Secret Ways (196

The Secret Ways (1961)

IMDb: 6.1
1961

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet occupied Budapest

Kid Galahad (1962)

Kid Galahad (1962)

IMDb: 6.1
1962

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing

Gunmans Walk (1958)

Gunmans Walk (1958)

IMDb: 7.0
1958

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify

Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

IMDb: 6.1
1948

A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mothers fears about the reaction of his family

Ben (1972)

Ben (1972)

IMDb: 5.3
1972

A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent pack of killer rats

Kansas City Confiden

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

IMDb: 7.4
1952

An ex con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits

99 River Street (195

99 River Street (1953)

IMDb: 7.4
1953

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with

Black Gold (1947)

Black Gold (1947)

IMDb: 6.1
1947

In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born

The Texas Rangers (1

The Texas Rangers (1951)

IMDb: 6.1
1951

In 1874, unable to eliminate a gang of notorious outlaws, the Texas Rangers hire two former convicts to assist with the tracking and the destruction of the Sam Bass gang

The Silencers (1966)

The Silencers (1966)

IMDb: 5.9
1966

Retired agent Matt Helm is re activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII

The Brigand (1952)

The Brigand (1952)

IMDb: 6.0
1952

In the 1800s, after an assassination attempt by Prince Ramon against the king of Mandorra, a brigand resembling the king surreptitiously impersonates the incapacitated monarch in order to throw off the plotters