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Lewis Allen
Director 1905 - 2000

Lewis Allen

Oakengates, Shropshire, England, UK

Lewis Allen (25 December 1905 – 3 May 2000) was an English film and television director. Allen worked mainly in the United States, directing 18 feature films between 1944 and 1959. From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

9 titles
Illegal

Illegal

Lewis Allen 1955 1h 28m 6.0

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

Lewis Allen 1955 1h 25m 6.0

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.

Suddenly

Suddenly

Lewis Allen 1954 1h 17m 6.5

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

Lewis Allen 1951 1h 29m 6.5

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline

Lewis Allen 1949 1h 26m 6.0

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

Lewis Allen 1948 1h 49m 7.0

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

Desert Fury

Desert Fury

Lewis Allen 1947 1h 36m 5.0

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

The Unseen

The Unseen

Lewis Allen 1945 1h 20m

A nanny taking care of two kids discover secrets hidden in an old spooky house in their neighborhood.

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

Lewis Allen 1944 1h 39m 7.6

A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price, and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

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