Phil Karlson

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Attore, Produttore

2 luglio 1908 — 12 dicembre 1985 (77 anni)
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Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961).

Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien.

He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California.

Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie.

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Film e Serie su Plex

  • Il quarto uomo
    Il quarto uomo1952
  • L'ultima carica di Ben
    L'ultima carica di Ben1972
  • I lupi attaccano in branco
    I lupi attaccano in branco1970
  • Live Wires
    Live Wires1946
  • Bowery Bombshell
    Bowery Bombshell1946

Famoso per

  • Il quarto uomo
    Il quarto uomo1952
  • Un duro per la legge
    Un duro per la legge1973
  • Missione compiuta stop - Bacioni Matt Helm
    Missione compiuta stop - Bacioni Matt Helm1968
  • Ultime della notte
    Ultime della notte1952
  • Matt Helm il silenziatore
    Matt Helm il silenziatore1966
  • Non cercate l'assassino
    Non cercate l'assassino1953
  • L'ultima carica di Ben
    L'ultima carica di Ben1972
  • Il segreto del Tibet
    Il segreto del Tibet1935
  • La città del vizio
    La città del vizio1955
  • Pugno proibito
    Pugno proibito1962
  • Il ritorno dell'uomo invisibile
    Il ritorno dell'uomo invisibile1940
  • Quarto grado
    Quarto grado1955
  • Il sentiero della violenza
    Il sentiero della violenza1958
  • 5 contro il casinò
    5 contro il casinò1955
  • I fratelli Rico
    I fratelli Rico1957
  • Orchidea bionda
    Orchidea bionda1948
  • All'inferno per l'eternità
    All'inferno per l'eternità1960
  • Allegri naviganti
    Allegri naviganti1941
  • Charlie Chan e l'alibi oscuro
    Charlie Chan e l'alibi oscuro1946
  • The Shanghai Cobra
    The Shanghai Cobra1945

Filmografia

1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Intermission Guest

1942
Between Us Girls · as Associate Producer

1941
It Started with Eve · as Assistant Director
1941
In the Navy · as Assistant Director
1941
The Flame of New Orleans · as Assistant Director
1940
Seven Sinners · as Assistant Director
1940
The Invisible Man Returns · as Assistant Director
1935
Werewolf of London · as Assistant Director
1935
Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Assistant Director
1934
Great Expectations · as Assistant Director