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Lew Landers
Director 1901 - 1962

Lew Landers

New York City, New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lew Landers (January 2, 1901 - December 16, 1962) was a prolific American film and television director. Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor. In 1914 he appeared in two features, D. W.... Read full bio →

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Terrified

Terrified

Lew Landers 1963 1h 25m 3.0

A masked lunatic kills off people in a haunted house.

Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark

Lew Landers 1953 1h 10m

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Lew Landers 1953 1h 15m 7.0

With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

Lew Landers 1952 1h 5m 4.0

Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.

When the Redskins Rode

When the Redskins Rode

Lew Landers 1951 1h 18m

A French spy flirts with an Indian chief's son amid war in 1753 Williamsburg, Va.

Jungle Manhunt

Jungle Manhunt

Lew Landers 1951 1h 6m 5.0

Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.

Inner Sanctum

Inner Sanctum

Lew Landers 1948 1h 2m 7.0

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.

Under the Tonto Rim

Under the Tonto Rim

Lew Landers 1947 1h 1m

A stagecoach owner (Tim Holt) goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.

Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain

Lew Landers 1947 1h

Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and tries to kill Hayden. When he fails he kills Chick Jorth with a rock. As Hayden does not carry a gun and the two had argued earlier, Hayden is arrested for the murder.

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Lew Landers 1947 1h 4m

Writer Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed for the winter. The owner has given him the "only" key to the front door. But there are six other keys, and peculiar characters, some of them up to no good, keep turning up as the mystery deepens.

The Mask of Diijon

The Mask of Diijon

Lew Landers 1946 1h 13m

A stage illusionist plots revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Lew Landers 1946 1h

Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.

The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler

Lew Landers 1945 1h 6m 5.5

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

The Return of the Vampire

The Return of the Vampire

Lew Landers 1943 1h 9m 6.0

In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster.

Power of the Press

Power of the Press

Lew Landers 1943 1h 4m

During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Lew Landers 1943 1h 5m

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You

Lew Landers 1942 1h 7m 6.0

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

Alias Boston Blackie

Alias Boston Blackie

Lew Landers 1942 1h 7m 5.0

Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.

Back in the Saddle

Back in the Saddle

Lew Landers 1941 1h 13m

Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a man is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.

The Raven

The Raven

Lew Landers 1935 1h 1m 7.0

The Raven (1935) is a horror film directed by Lew Landers. It revolves around Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, featuring Béla Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Boris Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police.

The Vanishing Shadow

The Vanishing Shadow

Lew Landers 1934 4h 2m

A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'

Tailspin Tommy

Tailspin Tommy

Lew Landers 1934 4h 8m

A young mechanic gets a job with a small airline, which he helps win a mail contract. A rival airline plots to destroy it in order to get the contracts for itself.

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