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Crane Wilbur
Writer 1886 - 1973

Crane Wilbur

Athens, New York, USA

From Wikipedia Crane Wilbur (November 17, 1886 – October 18, 1973) was an American writer, actor and director for stage, radio and screen. He was born in Athens, New York and died in Toluca Lake, California.

Filmography

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23 titles
Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

Cy Endfield 1961 1h 41m 5.8

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

The Bat

The Bat

Crane Wilbur 1959 1h 20m 8.5

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat".

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

King Vidor 1959 2h 19m 6.0

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms.

Monkey on My Back

Monkey on My Back

André de Toth 1957 1h 34m 8.0

The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given morphine to assuage the pain.

Women's Prison

Women's Prison

Lewis Seiler 1955 1h 19m 6.0

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story

Phil Karlson 1955 1h 40m 7.5

Phil Karlson's docudrama based on the notorious Phenix City -- a city known for it's gambling, crime and prostitution rackets.

The Mad Magician

The Mad Magician

John Brahm 1954 1h 12m 6.7

Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star.

Crime Wave

Crime Wave

André de Toth 1954 1h 13m 8.0

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

House of Wax

House of Wax

André de Toth 1953 1h 28m 6.8

A horribly disfigured sculptor opens up the House of Wax in New York, using the wax-covered bodies of his victims as his displays.

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

John Brahm 1952 1h 42m

In 1917, three shepherd children living just outside Fatima, Portugal have visions of a lovely lady in a cloud. The anticlerical government wishes to squelch the Church; reports of religious experiences are cause for serious concern. Yet the children stand by their story, and the message of peace and hope the Lady brings.

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Crane Wilbur 1951 1h 27m 6.0

A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.

I Was a Communist for the FBI

I Was a Communist for the FBI

Gordon Douglas 1951 1h 23m

A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall

Crane Wilbur 1950 1h 20m

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium.

The Story of Molly X

The Story of Molly X

Crane Wilbur 1949 1h 22m

Molly's husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he's shot, the tough woman moves to S.F. with a couple of the gang to start anew. Disguised as a noble woman, she and her gang rob security transports. But when one day Rob confesses to her that he killed Rick out of jealousy, she shoots him down immediately.

The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X

Bernard Vorhaus 1948 1h 18m 6.7

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

Alfred L. Werker 1948 1h 19m 7.4

After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.

Canon City

Canon City

Crane Wilbur 1948 1h 22m

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

The Devil on Wheels

The Devil on Wheels

Crane Wilbur 1947 1h 7m

A teenager involved in running from the police in his hot rod hits a car in a hit-and-run case where the victims turn out to be his mother and his best friend in another hot rod.

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

E.A. Dupont, Lewis Seiler 1939 1h 21m

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.

The Invisible Menace

The Invisible Menace

John Farrow 1938 55m

Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.

West of Shanghai

West of Shanghai

John Farrow 1937 1h 4m

American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.

Navy Spy

Navy Spy

Crane Wilbur, Joseph H. Lewis 1937 1h 12m

A federal agent and a female reporter team up to catch a criminal gang that has kidnapped a scientist in order to get his formula for a new type of poison gas.

Yellow Cargo

Yellow Cargo

Crane Wilbur 1936 1h 3m

An investigator looks into the activities of a movie producer he believes is involved in smuggling Asians into the U.S.

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