Joseph Pevney

Joseph Pevney

Nascimento : 1911-09-15, New York City, New York, United States

Morte : 2008-05-18

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Pevney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Joseph Pevney
Joseph Pevney

Filmes

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
Director
The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all men.
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Director
In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short.
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Director
In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
Satã, O Urso Cinzento
Director
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.
Portrait of a Mobster
Director
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
The Plunderers
Producer
Four young toughs have ridden into Trail City and claimed it as easy pickings for their bullying and gunplay. The whole town will be overrun by lawlessness if decent folks like rancher and Civil War veteran Sam Christy don’t take a stand.
The Plunderers
Director
Four young toughs have ridden into Trail City and claimed it as easy pickings for their bullying and gunplay. The whole town will be overrun by lawlessness if decent folks like rancher and Civil War veteran Sam Christy don’t take a stand.
Céu de Agonia
Director
When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett, whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't tell which way to turn in order to avoid a catastrophe.
Cash McCall
Director
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.
Destination Space
Director
1959 television science fiction
Torpedo!
Director
Em 1942, o comandante do submarino USS Grayfish, Barney Doyle, é um capitão capaz, respeitado por seus homens e eficaz no mar. Seu alvo principal é o porta aviões japonês Akagi, que liderou o ataque a Pearl Harbor. Doyle é atormentado pelo fato de que sua esposa e filha foram presos quando os japoneses invadiram as Filipinas e ele não tem noticias deles por quase 10 meses. Ele fica aliviado quando fontes confiáveis ​​confirmam que eles estão vivos. Mas havia uma boa razão para os japoneses permitirem que ele soubesse que sua família estava a salvo. Todos os civis estão sendo transportados para o Japão no Akagi e portanto usados como um escudo humano, forçando Doyle a tomar uma decisão terrível.
Turbilhão de Paixões
Director
An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.
O Homem das Mil Caras
Director
A turbulenta vida e carreira profissional do ator de vaudeville e estrela do cinema mudo de horror Lon Chaney (1883-1930), o homem das mil caras; homem de muitos infortúnios pessoais que nem mesmo seu grande sucesso conseguiu mitigar. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Os Olhos do Padre Tomasino
Director
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
A Flor do Pântano
Director
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Istambul
Director
As inovações da tecnologia e da cor, juntamente com o grande astro Errol Flynn, fazem desta refilmagem do clássico Singapore (1947) uma nova e mais estonteante aventura. Jim Brennan (Flynn) acaba acidentalmente se tornando o portador de uma enorme herança em diamantes, e passa a ser procurado por diversos trapaceiros. Sua noiva Stephanie (Cornnel Borchers), suspeita de estar escondendo as pedras, acaba sendo atacada e queimada até a morte. Cinco anos depois, ainda cheio de dor e arrependimento, Jim retorna a Istambul para recuperar os diamantes que havia escondido, e acaba por encontrar Stephanie viva e casada com outro homem (Torin Tatcher). Mas seu grande amor está sofrendo de amnésia e o rosto de Jim parece ter desaparecido completamente de sua memória... Nat King Cole, uma das maiores vozes que o mundo já conheceu faz uma aparição muito especial cantando o inesquecível sucesso When I Fall In Love.
Barcos ao Mar
Director
A história do USS "Belinda", Transporte de Ataque PA22, lançado no final de 1943 com o comando do Cap. Hawks e do ex-capitão da marinha mercante MacDougall. Apesar de atrito pessoal, os dois têm muito com o que lidar já que são os únicos oficiais experientes a bordo. A incompetência risível melhora gradualmente, mas a tripulação está longe de estar perfeita quando o navio entra em ação desembarcando tropas nas cabeças de praia inimigas.
Congotanga, Refúgio de Proscritos
Director
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.
Frenesi de Paixões
Director
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
Sangue de Mestiço
Director
A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
Dominado Pelo Crime
Director
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.
O Rei do Circo
Director
Os amigos Pete (Dean Martin) e Jerry (Jerry Lewis) são dois pobretões em busca de trabalho. Jerry logo consegue um emprego de domador de leões no circo de Jill Brent (Joanne Dru). Mas o circo passa por dificuldades financeiras. Pete o acompanha. Pouco tempo depois, Jerry se torna a grande atração do circo como palhaço.
Playgirl
Director
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career. This film will give you the chance to see her as a sexy nightclub singer teaching her just-in-from-the-sticks friend Colleen Miller the ropes in New York City. When Winters finds out that her married boyfriend Barry Sullivan has fallen for Miller, the recriminations...and bullets...start to fly!
Escravas do Harem
Director
Salem, Massachusetts, 1800. Jason Starbuck (Jeff Chandlerna) chega a cidade para negociar peles e realizar sonhos, mas acaba se apaixonando por Roxana (Rhonda Fleming), que acaba rompendo seu noivado e parte para França para aguardar Jason. O navio que transporta Roxana é atacado por piratas e ela é vendida como escrava no Marrocos. Jason segue para o Marrocos e deve ganhar o apoio do sultão, a fim de localizar e salvar Roxana.
Choque de Paixões
Director
In a small village in the icy wilderness of Alaska Captain Peter Keith has to defend himself against two especially mean villains, who are after his wife Dolores and a boatload of precious hides.
Desert Legion
Director
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
It Happens Every Thursday
Director
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problems with small town mores and eccentric citizens. But their schemes to increase circulation get them in over their heads.
Because of You
Director
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
Tormento da Carne
Director
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
Just Across the Street
Director
A plumber's secretary poses as the daughter of a prominent society couple.
Meet Danny Wilson
Director
A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.
O Demolidor
Director
In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke can be more successful as a boxer, knowing that when he fights he's consumed with a murderous rage that makes him an "iron man." Seeing dollar signs in Rose's eyes, Coke reluctantly agrees, though he's fearful of the "killer instinct" that makes him a knockout success in the ring...and brings him the booing hatred of the fans. Will Coke throw off his personal demon before he kills someone?
The Lady from Texas
Director
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.
O Tirano
Director
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
Escola de Bravos
Director
A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
Undercover Girl
Director
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.
Extorsão
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Extorsão
Director
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Outside the Wall
Gus Wormser
Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
Mercado de Ladrões
Pete
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
A Rua Sem Nome
Matty
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
Corpo e Alma
Shorty Polaski
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Noturno
Ned "Fingers" Ford
O detetive Joe Warner investiga o assassinato do compositor mulherengo Keith Vincent. Evidências apontam para suicídio e este acaba sendo o veredito oficial, mas Joe não acredita e obsessivamene continua a investigar.