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Seymour Friedman
Seymour Friedman (August 17, 1917 – April 2, 2003) was an American film director. He later worked as a Unit production manager, production manager in television. Friedman began his career as an assistant director, before enlisting for military service following America's entry into World War II. He directed his first film, ''Trapped by Boston Blackie'', in 1948.Blottner p.66-67 Like many of the other films he directed, it was a low-budget series film. In the early 1950s, Friedman went to Britain to make a couple of films, before returning to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. He directed his last film in 1956, and switched to working entirely in television. Selected filmography * ''Trapped by Boston Blackie'' (1948) * ''Rusty Saves a Life'' (1949) * ''Bodyhold'' (1949) *''Prison Warden (film), Prison Warden'' (1949) * ''Chinatown at Midnight'' (1949) * ''The Crime Doctor's Diary'' (1949) * ''Rusty Saves a Life'' (1949) *''Customs Agent'' (1950) * ''Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Customs Agent
''Customs Agent'' is a 1950 American thriller film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring William Eythe, Marjorie Reynolds and Griff Barnett.Blottner p.263 Synopsis In Shanghai an American customs agent tries to track down a drug-smuggling outfit who killed his predecessor. Cast * William Eythe as Bert Stewart * Marjorie Reynolds as Lucille Gerrard * Griff Barnett as Charles McGraw * Howard St. John as Charles Johnson * Jim Backus as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby * Robert Shayne as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff * Denver Pyle as Al References Bibliography * Blottner, Gene. ''Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1950 films 1950s thriller films 1950s English-language films American thriller films Films directed by Seymour Friedman Columbia Pictures films Films set in Shanghai American black-and-white films 1950s American films {{1950s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Deaths
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1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of Treasure Mountain
''Secret of Treasure Mountain'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Seymour Friedman and written by David Lang. The film stars Valerie French, Raymond Burr, William Prince, Lance Fuller, Susan Cummings and Pat Hogan. The film was released on June 25, 1956, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * Valerie French as Audrey Lancaster *Raymond Burr as Cash Larsen * William Prince as Robert Kendall *Lance Fuller as Juan Alvarado * Susan Cummings as Tawana *Pat Hogan as Vahoe *Reginald Sheffield Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan (18 February 1901 – 8 December 1957) was an English-American actor. Life He was born as Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan on 18 February 1901 in the St. George's, Hanover Square district of London, to Matt ... as Edward Lancaster * Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Francisco Martinez References External links * {{Seymour Friedman 1956 films American Western (genre) films 1956 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Manhunt
''African Manhunt'' is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Seymour Friedman and written by Arthur Hoerl. The film stars Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg, Lawrence Dobkin, Ross Elliott and James Edwards. The film was released on January 5, 1955, by Republic Pictures. African sequences from the French documentary ''Congolaise'' were edited into the film.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141807/ Plot At a military outpost in Africa, Sergeant Drover (John Kellogg) kills his commanding officer, robs the camp safe and runs into the jungle. Months later, U.S. Army Intelligence assigns Captain Kirby (Myron Healey) to investigate a message from a western doctor (Ray Bennett), who runs a medical clinic in a remote area. Believing that the killer is hiding near the clinic, the Kirby arranges to be transported upriver to search for the murderer and return him to stand trial with Rene Carvel (Ross Elliott) of the French African Corps as his guide. Just before they arrive, Drove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyber Patrol
''Khyber Patrol'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Richard Egan, Dawn Addams and Raymond Burr. The plot focuses on British troops on the Afghanistan border. It was distributed by United Artists as a second feature. The film is similar in theme to '' King of the Khyber Rifles'' starring Tyrone Power and ''Bengal Brigade'' starring Rock Hudson.Richards p.158 Synopsis Captain Kyle Cameron, a Canadian serving with the 11th Lancers at Peshawar on the North-West Frontier is reprimanded by his superiors for offending an Afghan leader Ishak Khan and forced to apologize. Cameron still suspects Khan of being in league with the Russians who are attempting to stir up trouble in the Khyber Pass region. Cameron is tricked into sending some men, including his rival for their general daughter Diana Melville, to their deaths. He deliberately gets himself dismissed from the service so that he can infiltrate the Khan's forces and seek revenge. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saint's Return
''The Saint's Return'' (released in the US as ''The Saint's Girl Friday'') is a British crime thriller film from 1953, produced by Hammer Film Productions in London. It premiered in London under the original title on 12 October 1953www.saint.org: ''The Saint in Movies and Films'' Retrieved 2012-07-25 and was distributed in the UK by Hammer Films own distribution company, Exclusive Films. It was released in the US by RKO under the US title on 15 April 1954. ''The Saint's Return'' saw , who had been the first actor to play |
Flame Of Calcutta
''Flame of Calcutta'' is a 1953 American historical film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles and Paul Cavanagh. It was one of a number of historical films made by Sam Katzman's production unit for Columbia Pictures. It is set in India in the 1750s. Unusually for a B Movie of the era, it was shot in Technicolor. Plot In 1765 in India, amidst tensions among the provinces, Calcutta's King Amir Khasid (Gregory Gaye) is overthrown by the wicked Prince Jehan (George Keymas). Exiled to the hills of Sheran, Amir's forces continue the conflict, led by "The Flame" (Denise Darcel), a freedom fighter known for his brilliant red robes. During an attack on a caravan of Jehan's supplies, The Flame is saved by Capt. Keith Lambert ( Patric Knowles), head of the British militia assigned to guard the British East Indian Trading Company. Keith knows The Flame is actually Suzanne Roget, his fiancée and the daughter of a French government representative killed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape Route (film)
''Escape Route'' is a 1952 British black-and-white thriller film, directed by Seymour Friedman and Peter Graham Scott, and starring George Raft, Sally Gray and Clifford Evans. The film was known in the US as ''I'll Get You'' (not to be confused with an earlier Raft film, ''I'll Get You for This''). The film is largely filmed in the streets of London. Plot An American, Steve Rossi, enters Britain by slipping past immigration at Heathrow Airport, leading to a national manhunt by the police led by Scotland Yard. Rossi heads into London where he tracks down Bailey, a barman in a cocktail bar, and asks him about Michael Grand. The barman passes him a note with an address which leads him to a woman, who says she does not know Grand. She agrees to change his US currency and buy him a coat while he waits in her flat. For money, she gives him another address: Kingston House, a swanky block of flats on Kingston Road. He takes a taxi there. Their he meets Joan Miller who says yes it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loan Shark (film)
''Loan Shark'' is a 1952 American crime film noir directed by Seymour Friedman and starring George Raft. Plot An ex-con avenges his brother-in-law's death by infiltrating vicious loan rackets. Cast * George Raft as Joe Gargen * Dorothy Hart as Ann Nelson * Paul Stewart as Lou Donelli * John Hoyt as Vince Phillips * Helen Westcott as Martha Gargen Haines * Henry Slate as Paul Nelson * Russell Johnson as Charlie Thompson * Margia Dean as Ivy * Benny Baker as Tubby * Lawrence Dobkin as Walter Kerr (as Larry Dobkin) Production The film was based on an original script by Martin Rackin. He originally wrote it for producer Louis Edelman at Warner Bros in 1949. It was the first production from a new arrangement between Robert Lippert and Famous Artists Corporation whereby clients of Famous Artists would make a film, and Lippert would distribute it. Lipper said he was willing to give away up to 75% of the profits to make the films more attractive to talent, in view of the dwindling B m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Lawyer (1951 Film)
''Criminal Lawyer'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt.Blottner p.48-49 Plot A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case. Cast * Pat O'Brien as James Edward Reagan * Jane Wyatt as Maggie Powell * Carl Benton Reid as Tucker Bourne * Mary Castle as Gloria Lydendecker * Robert Shayne as Clark P. Sommers * Mike Mazurki as 'Moose' Hendricks * Jerome Cowan as Walter Medford * Marvin Kaplan as Sam Kutler * Douglas Fowley as Harry Cheney * Mickey Knox as Vincent Cheney * Louis Jean Heydt as Frank Burnett See also * List of American films of 1951 A list of American films released in 1951. Danny Kaye hosted the 24th Academy Awards ceremony on held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ''An American in Paris''. ... References Bibliography * Blottner, Gene. ''Columbia Noi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
