13 Movies Directed by Anthony Mann

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-05-10

Languages:

English, Spanish, Chinese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

79 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2948 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Crane Wilbur (story)

Crane Wilbur (screenplay)

John C. Higgins (screenplay)

Harry Essex (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

In the Post-World War II, in Los Angeles, a criminal shots and kills a police officer in the middle of the night. Without any leads, the chief of the LAPD assigns Sgt. Chuck Jones and Sgt. Marty Brennan to investigate the murder and apprehend the culprits. When the dealer of electronics devices, Paul Reeves, is caught selling a stolen projector, the police identifies the criminal, and connects him to other unsolved robberies. Using the witnesses of his heists, they draw their face, but the true identity of the smart and intelligent criminal is not disclosed. The perseverance of Sgt. Marty Brennan in his investigation gives a clue where he might live.

Devil's Doorway

Devil's Doorway

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-09-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (822 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Genres:

Western

Fullplot:

Lance Poole, an Indian who won a Medal of Honor fighting at Gettysburg, returns to his tribal lands intent on peaceful cattle ranching. But white sheep farmers want his fertile grass range and manage to turn the ostensibly civilized white population against the tribes, with tragic results.

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-07-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (11705 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Genres:

Western

Cast:

Writer:

Robert L. Richards (screenplay)

Borden Chase (screenplay)

Stuart N. Lake (story)

Fullplot:

In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown. This "story of a rifle" then follows McAdams' pursuit, and the rifle as it changes hands, until a final showdown and shoot-out on a rocky mountain precipice.

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Italy

Runtime:

171 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (8989 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

John Lee Mahin (screen play)

S.N. Behrman (screen play)

Sonya Levien (screen play)

Henryk Sienkiewicz (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7133 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Sam Rolfe

Harold Jack Bloom

Fullplot:

Howard Kemp is a bounty hunter who's been after killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. Along the way, Kemp is forced to take on a couple of partners, an old prospector named Jesse Tate and a dishonorably discharged Union soldier, Roy Anderson. When they learn that Vandergroat has a $5000 reward on his head, greed starts to take the better of them. Vandergroat takes every advantage of the situation sowing doubt between the two men at every opportunity finally convincing one of them to help him escape.

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-01-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5802 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Valentine Davies

Oscar Brodney

Fullplot:

The biography of the Bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944, with a lot of his arangements, partly in an authentic cast.

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-07-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2136 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Valentine Davies (screenplay)

Beirne Lay Jr. (screenplay)

Beirne Lay Jr. (story)

Fullplot:

Lt. Col. Robert (Dutch) Holland was a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, not a pitcher. While at spring training a B-36 flew over the field and Dutch was standing on third base. Brewster was his third base replacement when he, Dutch was re-called to duty. The movie clearly depicts this.

Men in War

Men in War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-03-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1421 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Philip Yordan (screenplay)

Ben Maddow (screenplay)

Van Van Praag (novel)

Fullplot:

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon. Who will survive?

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-01-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3260 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Genres:

Western

Cast:

Writer:

Joel Kane (story)

Dudley Nichols

Barney Slater (story)

Fullplot:

Veteran bounty-hunter Morg Hickman rides into a town in danger. The sheriff has been killed, and young inexperienced Ben Owens named a temporary replacement until a permanent can be found. Ben wants to be that permanent replacement, so needs to impress the townspeople with his skill. When he finds that Morg was a sheriff for a long time before he became a bounty-hunter, he asks the older man to teach him. Morg thinks that being a sheriff is a foolish goal, but agrees to instruct Ben in handling people, more important to a sheriff than handling a gun.

God's Little Acre

God's Little Acre

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-09-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1130 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Erskine Caldwell (novel)

Philip Yordan (front for Ben Maddow)

Fullplot:

A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. To find it he conveniently moves a marker out of his way that designates the land on which it rests as as God's Little Acre, where anything that comes from the ground will go to God's work. Eventually he abducts an albino to help him find the gold. Meanwhile, his daughter-in-law is suspected of fooling around with a labor activist out of work since the mill closed, and a local political hopeful actively seeks his daughter's hand in marriage.

Cimarron

Cimarron

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-03-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

147 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1773 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWestern

Cast:

Writer:

Arnold Schulman (screenplay)

Edna Ferber (novel)

Fullplot:

The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife's anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the native Americans of their land and resources.

El Cid

El Cid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-12-14

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

Italy, USA

Runtime:

182 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (9049 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Fredric M. Frank (story)

Philip Yordan (screenplay)

Fredric M. Frank (screenplay)

Ben Barzman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-03-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

188 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (5689 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Ben Barzman (screenplay)

Basilio Franchina (screenplay)

Philip Yordan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is the story of personal lust for power, and the shattering effects of that power's loss. Here is the tale of the plight of a people living on the brink of a political abyss.

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