Skip to main content
Allan Dwan
Director 1885 - 1981

Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Joseph Aloysius Dwan. He was a director and writer, known for A Perfect Crime (1921), Bound in Morocco (1918) and A Broken Doll (1921). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

29 titles
Most Dangerous Man Alive

Most Dangerous Man Alive

Allan Dwan 1961 1h 22m 10.0

An escaped, but framed, prisoner escapes prison during a cobalt explosion and soon discovers he has grown a special power that makes his body impervious to everything. Learning this, he seeks vengeance on the bad guys who framed him for jail.

The River's Edge

The River's Edge

Allan Dwan 1957 1h 27m 7.5

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.

The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed

Allan Dwan 1957 1h 26m 5.0

Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son (Scott Brady) comes looking for revenge.

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet

Allan Dwan 1956 1h 39m 6.7

An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.

Tennessee's Partner

Tennessee's Partner

Allan Dwan 1955 1h 27m 5.0

In a California mining town, a gold miner, a saloon gambler and a cat house madam strike an odd alliance revolving around a gold mine claim.

Pearl of the South Pacific

Pearl of the South Pacific

Allan Dwan 1955 1h 26m 8.0

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary!

Escape to Burma

Escape to Burma

Allan Dwan 1955 1h 27m 5.0

A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.

Silver Lode

Silver Lode

Allan Dwan 1954 1h 21m 8.5

Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarthy, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarthy while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.

Passion

Passion

Allan Dwan 1954 1h 24m

In Mexican California, a land feud erupts and murder is committed when rich landowner Don Domingo reneges on an earlier verbal promise made by his father to grant to the tenant Melo family a piece of land.

Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana

Allan Dwan 1954 1h 28m

Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

Allan Dwan 1953 1h 30m 9.0

Civil War period film about refined young woman Leslie who comes to Western town and learns to tote gun; title tells the rest.

Montana Belle

Montana Belle

Allan Dwan 1952 1h 22m 7.0

Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons.

Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

Allan Dwan 1949 1h 40m 6.0

The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant's tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker in action, and begin to appreciate him.

The Inside Story

The Inside Story

Allan Dwan 1948 1h 27m 6.0

A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.

Angel in Exile

Angel in Exile

Allan Dwan, Philip Ford 1948 1h 30m

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl

Allan Dwan 1947 1h 28m 5.0

A songwriter finds out that his beautiful girlfriend is going to be an artist's model.

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

Allan Dwan 1945 1h 19m 6.0

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.

The Gorilla

The Gorilla

Allan Dwan 1939 1h 8m 5.0

When a wealthy man (Atwill) is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal

Allan Dwan 1939 1h 11m 7.0

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (e.g., Doc is killed by Curley before the actual battle and Earp must do the job alone).

Suez

Suez

Allan Dwan 1938 1h 44m 7.0

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Allan Dwan 1938 1h 20m 6.0

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.

Heidi

Heidi

Allan Dwan 1937 1h 28m 7.0

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love.

I Spy

I Spy

Allan Dwan 1934 1h 2m 5.0

Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies.

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party

Charles Reisner, George Stevens 1934 1h 8m

Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party with so that he might use the lions in his next movie. His film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.

While Paris Sleeps

While Paris Sleeps

Allan Dwan 1932 1h 7m

To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.

The Iron Mask

The Iron Mask

Allan Dwan 1929 1h 43m 7.0

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France.

Stage Struck

Stage Struck

Allan Dwan 1925 1h 24m

Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons.

Zaza

Zaza

Allan Dwan 1923 1h 24m

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Allan Dwan 1922 2h 13m 9.0

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…