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Arnold Laven
Director 1922 - 2009

Arnold Laven

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Arnold Laven was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the long-running western television series... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

7 titles
The Glory Guys

The Glory Guys

Arnold Laven 1965 1h 52m

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.

The Monster That Challenged the World

The Monster That Challenged the World

Arnold Laven 1957 1h 24m 6.3

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Arnold Laven 1957 1h 43m

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.

The Rack

The Rack

Arnold Laven 1956 1h 40m

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy.

Down Three Dark Streets

Down Three Dark Streets

Arnold Laven 1954 1h 25m 9.0

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

Arnold Laven 1953 1h 27m 6.5

A tough captain investigates a cop shooting and stumbles upon a bank robbery plot. He's not afraid to bend rules to get results, using questionable tactics on witnesses and informants while balancing routine police work with major cases.

Without Warning!

Without Warning!

Arnold Laven 1952 1h 15m

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

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