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Director 1905 - 1983

Maxwell Shane

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maxwell Shane (August 26, 1905 - October 25, 1983) was an American movie and television director, screenwriter, and producer Description above from the Wikipedia article Maxwell Shane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Nightmare

Nightmare

Maxwell Shane 1956 1h 29m 5.5

Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.

The Naked Street

The Naked Street

Maxwell Shane 1955 1h 24m

A reporter follows the story of a gangster (Anthony Quinn), his sister (Anne Bancroft) and her small-time hoodlum husband (Farley Granger).

The Glass Wall

The Glass Wall

Maxwell Shane 1953 1h 22m

Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.

City Across the River

City Across the River

Maxwell Shane 1949 1h 31m

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite the efforts of Franks's parents, he and pal Benny get involved in a serious crime.

Fear in the Night

Fear in the Night

Maxwell Shane 1947 1h 12m 7.0

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives.

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