3 Movies Directed by Phil Karlson

Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-08-01

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (650 Reviews)

Director:

Phil Karlson

Cast:

Writer:

Ted Sherdeman (screenplay)

Walter Roeber Schmidt (screenplay)

Gil Doud (story)

Fullplot:

True life story of Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. Later, during the war, as his foster parents are interned at a camp for Japanese Americans, Gabaldon's ability to speak Japanese helps him become a lone-operating Marine hero. During the bloody capture of the island of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

The Silencers

The Silencers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-02-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1755 Reviews)

Director:

Phil Karlson

Cast:

Writer:

Donald Hamilton (novels)

Oscar Saul (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In this, the first Matt Helm movie, we see Matt Helm coaxed out of semi-retirement by an attractive ex-partner. It seems that the evil Big O organization has a nefarious plan called "Operation: Fallout." If this plan comes to fruition, Big O will explode an atomic bomb over Alamogordo, NM, and start WWIII. Only Matt Helm can stop them.

Ben

Ben

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-06-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (1431 Reviews)

Director:

Phil Karlson

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Gilbert (characters)

Gilbert Ralston

Fullplot:

A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.

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