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Writer 1918 - 2007

Bernard Gordon

New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

14 titles
Krakatoa: East of Java

Krakatoa: East of Java

Bernard L. Kowalski 1968 2h 11m 6.0

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.

Custer of the West

Custer of the West

Robert Siodmak 1967 2h 23m 5.0

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

Andrew Marton 1964 1h 39m

Set during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir Dullea is Private Doll, who dreads the invasion and steals a pistol to help him protect himself.

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

Steve Sekely 1963 1h 33m 6.0

BBC mini-series remake of the 1962 original. When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

Nicholas Ray 1963 2h 34m 7.3

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn

Paul Wendkos 1958 1h 22m 5.0

Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.

Zombies of Mora Tau

Zombies of Mora Tau

Edward L. Cahn 1957 1h 9m 5.0

A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.

The Man Who Turned to Stone

The Man Who Turned to Stone

László Kardos 1957 1h 11m 7.0

A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.

Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy

Nathan Juran 1957 1h 22m 6.0

Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend.

Escape from San Quentin

Escape from San Quentin

Fred F. Sears 1957 1h 21m 5.0

An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.

Chicago Confidential

Chicago Confidential

Sidney Salkow 1957 1h 15m 6.0

In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Fred F. Sears 1956 1h 23m 7.2

Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.

The Lawless Breed

The Lawless Breed

Raoul Walsh 1953 1h 23m 7.0

After being released from prison, ex-gunfighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.

Flesh and Fury

Flesh and Fury

Joseph Pevney 1952 1h 23m 6.0

A gold digger (Jan Sterling) and a newswoman (Mona Freeman) follow a deaf boxer's (Tony Curtis) fight to regain his hearing and win the title.

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