List of the best Luis Van Rooten movies: City Across the River(1949), Curse of the Faceless Man(1958), Lydia Bailey(1952), Fraulein(1958), The Unholy Wife(1957), Two Years Before the Mast(1946), My Favorite Spy(1951), Night Has a Thousand Eyes(1948), The Sea Chase(1955), The Big Clock(1948), Detective Story(1951) ... ...
Drama
USA
1949
90 Minutes
Joe Cusack
Stephen McNally Thelma Ritter Luis Van Rooten Jeff Corey Sharon McManus Sue England Barbara Whiting Richard Benedict Peter Fernandez Al Ramsen Joshua Shelley
The macho head of an urban community center tries to reform juvenile delinquents.
Horror
USA
1958
66 Minutes
Dr. Carlo Fiorillo
Richard Anderson Elaine Edwards Adele Mara Luis Van Rooten Gar Moore Felix Locher Jan Arvan Bob Bryant
A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...
Adventure
USA
1952
89 Minutes
General Charles LeClerc
Dale Robertson Anne Francis Charles Korvin William Marshall Luis Van Rooten Adeline de Walt Reynolds
In 1802, during Haiti's struggle for independence from Napoleonic France, an American lawyer seeks a client's daughter living on the revolution-torn island.
Drama
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Fritz Graubach
Dana Wynter Mel Ferrer Dolores Michaels Margaret Hayes Theodore Bikel Luis Van Rooten Helmut Dantine Herbert Berghof James Edwards Ivan Triesault Blandine Ebinger
prisoner of war lonely woman pimp nazi cousin father suspenseful melodramatic emotional uneasy berlin brothel attic house world war ii women during wartime sex trade desperation gratitude unusual romance
A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
Mystery & Thriller
1957
94 Minutes
Ezra Benton
Diana Dors Rod Steiger Tom Tryon Marie Windsor Beulah Bondi Arthur Franz Luis Van Rooten Joe De Santis
wife winemaker partner mother lover brother dark melodramatic napa valley, calif. jail winery estate cellar household murder frame-up wine infidelity false accusations deception
The wife (Diana Dors) of a California vintner (Rod Steiger) botches his murder with her lover (Tom Tryon), a rodeo rider.
Adventure
USA
1946
98 Minutes
2nd Mate Foster
Alan Ladd Brian Donlevy William Bendix Barry Fitzgerald Howard da Silva Esther Fernández Albert Van Dekker Luis Van Rooten Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ray Collins
The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged aboard.
Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Rudolf Hoenig
Bob Hope Hedy Lamarr Francis L. Sullivan Mike Mazurki John Archer Iris Adrian Arnold Moss Luis Van Rooten Morris Ankrum Angela Clarke Frank Faylen
international spy comedian girlfriend fbi agent witty amusing playful quirky tangiers, morocco airport africa impersonation espionage romantic dilemma dangerous assignment adventure pursuit quest love 1950s
A burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Gail Russell John Lund Virginia Bruce William Demarest Richard Webb Jerome Cowan Onslow Stevenson Jon Alexander Roman Bohnen Luis Van Rooten
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
1955
117 Minutes
John Wayne Lana Turner David Farrar Lyle Bettger Tab Hunter James Arness Wilton Graff Richard Davalos John Qualen Paul Fix Luis Van Rooten
sea captain german spy nazi british officer commander suspenseful rousing australia ship south pacific port dangerous assignment world war ii espionage military nazism moral dilemma pursuit escape
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan George Macready Rita Johnson Elsa Lanchester Harold Vermilyea Dan Tobin Harry Morgan Richard Webb Tad Van Brunt
editor boss wife mistress henchman reporter spirited gripping cheeky new york city apartment bar office elevator antique shop disillusionment corporate culture journalism honeymoon cover-up
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Eleanor Parker William Bendix Horace MacMahon Lee Grant Craig Hill Cathy O'Donnell Bert Freed George Macready Joseph Wiseman Gladys George
police detective abortionist wife burglar shoplifter colleague tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic police station household hospital new york city street obsession abortion investigation dark secrets death
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.