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Norman Foster
Director 1903 - 1976

Norman Foster

Richmond, Indiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 - July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor. Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

17 titles
The Deathhead Virgin

The Deathhead Virgin

Norman Foster 1974 1h 30m 3.0

A treasure hunter finds a sunken Spanish galleon off the coast of a Philippine island. What he doesn't know is that the ship is guarded by the spirit of an ancient Moro princess

The Sign of Zorro

The Sign of Zorro

Norman Foster, Lewis R. Foster 1958 1h 31m

In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's tyranny, and, with the help of his mute servant Bernardo, free the pueblo from his oppression.

Navajo

Navajo

Norman Foster 1952 1h 10m

A young Navajo Indian boy is caught up in the conflict of cultures when he rejects the white man's school. Told in semi-documentary style.

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

Norman Foster 1950 1h 17m 8.0

A woman tries to track down her missing husband through the dark streets of San Francisco.

Rachel and the Stranger

Rachel and the Stranger

Norman Foster 1948 1h 33m 7.0

A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Norman Foster 1948 1h 19m 7.0

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.

Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear

Norman Foster 1943 1h 8m 7.3

Naive American engineer Howard Graham (Joseph Cotton) is taken by a fellow employee to an Istanbul nightclub, where he becomes attracted to dancer Josette Martel (Dolores del Rio). An attempt to murder him results in the death of an unfortunate magician instead.

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama

Norman Foster 1940 1h 6m 5.0

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Norman Foster 1939 1h 11m

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Norman Foster 1939 1h 5m 7.0

Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.

Charlie Chan in Reno

Charlie Chan in Reno

Norman Foster 1939 1h 10m 5.5

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Norman Foster 1939 1h 12m 5.5

Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder.

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

Norman Foster 1938 1h 15m

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1938 1h 2m 8.0

The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Norman Foster 1938 1h 3m 8.0

In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1937 1h 7m 8.0

On a freighter going from San Francisco to Shanghai Mr. Moto solves mysteries caused by a gang of smugglers.

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1937 1h 7m 8.0

Seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.

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