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1. Desperate Search (1952)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton
Desperate Search is a lower-echelon MGM programmer, elevated by the crisp direction of cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis. Jane Greer plays the mother of ... More
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2. A Lady without Passport (1950)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready, Steven Geray
A Lady Without Passport stars Hedy Lamarr in the title role. Lamarr plays Marianne Lorress, a concentration-camp refugee who takes up residence in ... More
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3. Bombs Over Burma (1942)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Noel Madison, Leslie Denison, Ned Young, Dan Seymour
Of the two PRC Anna May Wong vehicles filmed during the 1942-43 season, Bombs Over Burma is marginally the best, thanks to the cinematic savvy of ... More
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4. Gun Crazy (1949)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky, Anabel Shaw
The definitive Joseph H. Lewis-directed melodrama, Gun Crazy is the "Bonnie and Clyde" story retooled for the disillusioned postwar generation. John ... More
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5. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugenio Martín, Ned Young
This near-legendary western stars Sterling Hayden as George Hanson, the son of a Swedish seaman-turned-farmer (Ted Stanhope). When he runs afoul of ... More
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6. Seventh Cavalry (1956)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Faylen
Though the film's title may suggest otherwise, Seventh Cavalry takes place after Custer's Last Stand. Randolph Scott stars as Cavalry officer Tom ... More
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7. The Invisible Ghost (1941)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire, Clarence Muse, Terry Walker
Invisible Ghost is far from the best of Bela Lugosi's Monogram vehicles (if indeed there is such a thing), but with Joseph H. Lewis at the controls ... More
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8. The Big Combo (1955)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is criticized by his superior Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton) for his obsessive but fruitless ... More
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9. That Gang of Mine (1940)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse, Dave "Tex" O'Brien, Joyce Bryant
Despite the ridicule of the rest of the East Side Kids, Mugs Maloney (Leo Gorcey) aspires to be a jockey. He gets his chance with the help of elderly ... More
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10. The Halliday Brand (1957)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair, Ward Bond, Bill Williams
It's "Freud on the Frontier" time in the tension-filled western The Halliday Brand. Ward Bond plays Big Dan, the despotic head of the Halliday clan, ... More
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11. Boys of the City (1940)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Dave "Tex" O'Brien, George Humbert, Hally Chester, Frankie Burke
In their second Monogram caper, Knuckles (Dave O'Brien) and the East Side Kids (Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Sunshine Sammy Morrison, et al.) are on ... More
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12. Criminals Within (1941)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Constance Worth, Donald Curtis, Weldon Heyburn
Talented B-picture director Joseph H. Lewis wasn't yet in the "auteur" class when he helmed the PRC quickie Criminals Within. Eternal juvenile Eric ... More
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13. The Swordsman (1947)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Ray Collins
Capitalizing on Larry Parks' "overnight" success in The Jolson Story, Columbia Pictures rushed their hottest new star from one picture to another, ... More
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14. Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Tina Thayer, Rick Vallin, Russell Hoyt, Marcia Mae Jones
College co-ed Brenta (Tina Thayer) is the daughter of district attorney Reynolds (Otto Kruger). In defiance of her dad's wishes, Brenta begins dating ... More
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15. A Lawless Street (1955)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford
Up until its surisingly mundane finale, A Lawless Street is one of the best of the Randolph Scott westerns of the 1950s. Scott plays famed marshal ... More
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16. Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum, Rex Lease, Helen Deverell
It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns were directed by the talented Joseph H. Lewis. Boss of Hangtown ... More
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17. Minstrel Man (1944)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Benny Fields, Gladys George, Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is ... More
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18. Pride of the Bowery (1941)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Carleton Young, Ken Howell
Muggs Maloney (Leo Gorcey) is supposed to be preparing for the Golden Gloves competition but he doesn't want to train anymore in a stuffy slum ... More
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19. The Silver Bullet (1942)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum, Jennifer Holt, LeRoy Mason
Despite its title and the fact that it was made by Universal Studios, 1942's The Silver Bullet has nothing to do with werewolves. This is a western, ... More
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20. Navy Spy (1937)
directed by Crane Wilbur, Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Judith Allen, Phil Dunham
This B-budget outing from co-directors Crane Wilbur and Joseph H. Lewis served as a vehicle for now-forgotten 1930s star Conrad Nagel. At the outset ... More
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21. Arizona Cyclone (1941)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis, Ray Taylor
featuring Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Kathryn Adams, Herbert Rawlinson
Arizona Cyclone is usually cited as the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series, if only because of the inventive direction of Joseph H. ... More
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