List of the best Joseph H. Lewis movies: Gun Crazy(1950), The Big Combo(1955), Terror in a Texas Town(1958), The Falcon in San Francisco(1945), Retreat, Hell!(1952), A Lawless Street(1955), So Dark the Night(1946), Cry of the Hunted(1953), Boss of Hangtown Mesa(1942), That Gang of Mine(1940), The Silver Bullet(1942), Arizona Cyclone(1941) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Director
Peggy Cummins John Dall Berry Kroeger Morris Carnovsky Anabel Shaw Harry Lewis Nedrick Young Trevor Bardette
sharpshooter pacifist newlywed reporter sheriff sister cool thrilling emotional small town carnival car office building southern california doomed romance armed robbery troubled youth crime spree accidental murder on the run
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Richard Conte Brian Donlevy Jean Wallace Robert Middleton Lee Van Cleef Earl Holliman Helen Walker Jay Adler John Hoyt Ted de Corsia
A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
Western
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Director
Sterling Hayden Sebastian Cabot Carol Kelly Eugene Martin Ned Young Victor Millan Frank Ferguson Marilee Earle Tyler McVey
whaler land baron sheriff gunslinger father gutsy raw prairie city, tex. saloon american west oil speculation intimidation murder police corruption immigrants revenge 1880s
A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Director
Tom Conway Paula Corday Sharyn Moffet Edward Brophy Fay Helm Robert Armstrong
detective partner young girl butler wealthy woman bootlegger dark suspenseful train san francisco household jail hotel room ship murder racketeering smuggling impersonation father/daughter relationship investigation
The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
War
USA
1952
95 Minutes
Director
Frank Lovejoy Richard Carlson Russ Tamblyn Anita Louise Ned Young Lamont Johnson Bobby Ellis Paul Smith Dorothy Patrick Mort Thompson Joseph Keane
marine army commander soldier intense brooding gory brutal profound korea war zone battlefield korean war battle marines military adventure discovery pursuit revenge rescue
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Western
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Angela Lansbury Warner Anderson Jean Parker Wallace Ford John Emery James Bell Ruth Donnelly Michael Pate Don Megowan Jeanette Nolan
marshal showgirl assassin businessman criminal melodramatic gripping wild west small town street violence murder lost loves law and order quest transformation 19th century
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
71 Minutes
Director
Steven Geray Micheline Cheirel Eugene Borden Ann Codee Egon Brecher Helen Freeman Brother Theodore Gregory Gaye Jean Del Val Paul Marion Emil Rameau
police detective innkeeper daughter wife fiancé doctor tense chilling paris french countryside inn vacation romance murder mental illness investigation love mystery 1940s
Paris police detective Cassin has a well needed vacation at a rural inn, where the owners' adult daughter shows interest in him but she has a jealous boyfriend. Will Cassin need his skills?
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Director
Vittorio Gassman Barry Sullivan Polly Bergen William Conrad Mary Zavian Robert Burton Harry Shannon Jonathan Colt
A fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.
Western
USA
1942
59 Minutes
Director
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight William Farnum Rex Lease Helen Deverell Hugh Prosser Robert Barron Michael Vallon Henry Hall Fred Kohler Jr.
Judge Ezra Barnes, crooked-lawyer Clint Ranier and saloon-owner Flash Hollister control the town of Hangtown Mesa. The completion of the Rocky Mountain Telegraph Company will loosen and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1940
62 Minutes
Director
Bobby Jordan Leo Gorcey Clarence Muse Dave O'Brien Joyce Bryant Sammy Morrison Milton Kibbee David Gorcey Hazel Keener
A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse. The man agrees to let the boy ride his horse... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
56 Minutes
Director
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum Roy Mason Rex Lease Grace Lenard Claire Whitney Charles Whitaker Michael Vallon Merrill McCormick
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.
Western
USA
1941
57 Minutes
Director
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Nell O'Day Kathryn Adams Herbert Rawlinson Dick Curtis Robert Strange Glenn Strange Carl Sepulveda Chuck Morrison Buck Moulton
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him an advantage. A big hauling contract is coming up that requires a large deposit. ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
67 Minutes
Director
A free-spirited college girl insists on carrying on her romance with a young mobster, scandalizing the town and going against the wishes of her father, the town's most prominent attorney--... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Director
Eric Linden Ann Doran Constance Worth Donald Curtis Weldon Heyburn Ben Alexander Dudley Dickerson Bernie Pilot Ray Erlenborn I. Stanford Jolley Emmett Vogan
A scientist is murdered by foreign agents after having developed a powerful new explosive. The scientist's brother, an army corporal, goes AWOL to discover the identities of the killers. ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Director
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a ... See full summary »
Western
1956
75 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Barbara Hale Jay C. Flippen Frank Faylen Jeanette Nolan Leo Gordon Denver Pyle Harry Carey Jr. Michael Pate Donald Curtis
officer soldier colonel father suspenseful intense gory melodramatic brooding war zone battlefield cowardice battle survival adventure discovery quest escape rescue revenge
Absent from Custer's Last Stand, an Army captain (Randolph Scott) volunteers for the Little Bighorn burial detail.
Horror
1941
64 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Polly Ann Young John McGuire Clarence Muse Terry Walker Betty Compson Ernie S. Adams George Pembroke Fred Kelsey Jack Mulhall
physician wife daughter boyfriend police detective butler suspenseful frightful thrilling brooding basement mansion shed garage kitchen mysterious deaths murder investigation false accusations insanity hypnosis
When unexplained murders occur around town, eventually claiming members of Dr. Kessler's house staff, authorities suspect the doctor may somehow be involved.
Western
1957
77 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Viveca Lindfors Ward Bond Betsy Blair Bill Williams Jay C. Flippen Christopher Dark Jeanette Nolan Peter Ortiz
son father brother sister ranch hand emotional melodramatic ranch family home wild west jail small town retribution family racism lynching forbidden love quest revenge 19th century
A rancher becomes the mortal enemy of his son when he allows a vengeful mob to hang the half-caste his daughter loves.