Harry Spalding

Nascimento : 1913-06-19, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Morte : 2008-07-08

História

Harry Spalding (1913-2008) was an American writer best known for the films he wrote for Robert L. Lippert and director Maury Dexter. He later worked for the Walt Disney Company. He sometimes wrote under the name "Henry Cross". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmes

Witchery
Writer
The deserted island hotel hides a dark and sinister secret. Hundreds of years ago a witch held sway there, dominating her coven and spreading an evil that has seeped deep into the earth. Two centuries later, a photographer and his virginal fiance sneak onto the island to research its gruesome history. Soon all will find themselves falling victim to a horror that has survived the ages....
Mistério no Bosque
Screenplay
O espírito de uma criança, assombra os filhos de um casal americano em sua nova residência, uma bela casa cercada por uma floresta na Inglaterra. Na trama, a família aluga uma casa afastada da cidade e próxima a um bosque. As duas meninas da família passam a ver coisas e ouvir vozes. A mais velha das meninas procura desvendar o desaparecimento de uma garota ocorrido há trinta anos.
Donovan's Kid
Writer
Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with a fellow con-man to free them.
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
Writer
A lost teenager and solitary murderer form an unusual friendship.
The Sky's the Limit
Writer
A family is thrown into turmoil when a grandson convinces his grandfather to teach him to fly.
Chosen Survivors
Screenstory
A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two miles below the surface of the Earth. There they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to allow the people to exist underground comfortably for years, but they are faced with a threat nobody could have predicted: a colony of thousands of bloodthirsty vampire bats finds a way into the shelter and launches a series of vicious attacks where they claim the humans one by one.
Chosen Survivors
Screenplay
A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two miles below the surface of the Earth. There they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to allow the people to exist underground comfortably for years, but they are faced with a threat nobody could have predicted: a colony of thousands of bloodthirsty vampire bats finds a way into the shelter and launches a series of vicious attacks where they claim the humans one by one.
O Pequeno Índio
Writer
No velho Oeste, um soldado desertor cruza seu caminho com um indiozinho, que não quer ser levado para uma reserva. Parecem dois fugitivos; um fugindo do Exército e outro da sua tribo.
Run Like a Thief
Executive Producer
The theft of a fortune in diamonds and the attempt by soldier of fortune Johnny Dent to outwit his pursuers who would stop at nothing to get their hands on the treasure forms the story-line. The chase reaches across the continent as Dent eludes the diamond syndicate police, a ruthless gangster, and a scheming girl in his attempt to escape.
The Murder Game
Writer
A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.
Wild on the Beach
Screenplay
3 boys, 3 girls, one beachhouse. The cast of this 1965 comedy includes Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, The Astronauts and Sonny & Cher.
Spaceflight IC-1
Writer
In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command over to him.
A Maldição da Mosca
Writer
A Maldição da Mosca é a terceira parte da série de ficção científica que começou com o clássico "A Mosca". A história gira em torno da família Delambre, mas desta vez com o filho do primeiro cientista, Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy), que fica obcecado com as experiências de teletransporte e causa receio em seus dois filhos, que querem viver uma vida normal e esquecer a invenção do avô. Martin (George Baker), filho mais velho de Henri, casa-se com uma jovem que acabou de sair de uma clínica para doentes mentais e Henri é contra esses casamento. Ele sabe que interesses externos podem prejudicar sua pesquisa científica. Quando a nova esposa de Martin descobre seres humanos mutilados em suas experiências de teletransporte, a polícia é chamada e Henri tenta escapar usando a própria invenção. Infelizmente, para o cientista louco, o teletransporte ainda tem defeitos não corrigidos.
Raiders from Beneath the Sea
Screenplay
A down-on-his-luck apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.
The Earth Dies Screaming
Writer
A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
Trem Noturno Para Paris
Writer
Former OSS officer Alan Holiday, now living in London, is visited on New Year's Eve by Catherine Carrel who says she is a close friend of Jules Lemoine who served with Holiday during the war. Lemoine urgently requests that Holiday go to Paris on a secret mission. Lemoine visits and wants Alan to deliver a reel of tape which he gives him, and keeps a fake reel himself to deceive enemy agents. Lemoine is killed and the fake tape stolen. Holiday, poses as an assistant to photographer Louis Vernay, and they take three models along to further the ruse.
Pacto com o Diabo
Writer
Um homem encontra um cemitério onde bruxas foram enterradas - as mesmas que foram queimadas na fogueira 300 anos atrás. Quando os túmulos são revirados, elas voltam à vida e a família do homem é assombrada.
Surf Party
Writer
Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.
The Young Swingers
Writer
Singing teenagers rally to keep open their local nightclub.
Harbor Lights
Writer
Professional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To Captain Acosta's questioning, Dan answers that he had no knowledge of his brother's affairs. Dan then finds Gina Rosario searching his hotel room, and together they begin to investigate Alex's death.
Police Nurse
Writer
While investigating his wife's sudden death, a policeman becomes involved with shady doctors and black-market racketeers.
House of the Damned
Writer
An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start getting strange when they spot a half man/half beast prowling around the house and keep seeing a headless woman wandering the grounds.
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
Writer
Martians replace scientist & his family to pave way for invasion.
Young Guns of Texas
Writer
A man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money. One of the pursuers, after killing a ranch foreman, elopes with the ranchers' daughter. Enraged at the shooting of his foreman and convinced that his daughter was kidnapped, the rancher leads a posse after his daughter. When Apaches attack the thieves and their pursuers, the rancher's posse is forced to side with his daughter's new husband and his friends.
The Firebrand
Writer
A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.
Air Patrol
Writer
L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
Womanhunt
Story
After being accused of killing his friend, a man finds that he is being pursued by the real murderer.
Teenage Millionaire
Writer
A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.
Freckles
Producer
A young man with only one hand gets a job at a timber camp and falls for his boss's daughter.
Freckles
Writer
A young man with only one hand gets a job at a timber camp and falls for his boss's daughter.
Country Music Holiday
Writer
A small-town singer is persuaded by his Army buddies to try and crash big-time TV.