Direction: Phil Karlson
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Phil Karlson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Lorna Doone
1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Barbara Hale · Richard Greene · Carl Benton Reid · William Bishop
5.4
29 votes
5.4
29 votes
They Rode West
1954 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Robert Francis · Donna Reed · May Wynn · Phil Carey
Plot Dr. Allen Seward is assigned to a western cavalry post where his predecessors had been drunks and slackers. The post doesn't take kindly to him either, especially after he disregards...
5.3
87 votes
5.3
87 votes
Assignment: Paris
1952 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Robert Parrish · Phil Karlson
Cast Dana Andrews · Märta Torén · George Sanders · Audrey Totter
5.2
74 votes
5.2
74 votes
Rampage
1963 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Robert Mitchum · Elsa Martinelli · Jack Hawkins · Sabu
Plot A German zoo hires two hunters, an american (Robert Mitchum) and a german (Jack Hawkins) to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The beautiful girlfriend (Elsa Martinelli) of...
5.2
163 votes
5.2
163 votes
Five Against the House
1955 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Guy Madison · Kim Novak · Brian Keith · Alvy Moore
Plot Four college buddies plot to rob a Reno casino.
5.2
125 votes
5.2
125 votes
Hornets' Nest
1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson · Franco Cirino
Cast Rock Hudson · Sylva Koscina · Sergio Fantoni · Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Plot A commando unit is dropped behind the German lines in Italy and its mission is to blow up a strategic dam. However, the unit is ambushed and only its leader...
5.2
369 votes
5.2
369 votes
A Time for Killing
1967 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson · Roger Corman
Cast Glenn Ford · Inger Stevens · Paul Petersen · Timothy Carey
Plot During the Civil War Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way they kill a Union courier who has a message that...
5.1
194 votes
5.1
194 votes
Kid Galahad
1962 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Elvis Presley · Charles Bronson · Gig Young · Lola Albright
Plot When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. He was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to...
5.0
137 votes
5.0
137 votes
The Silencers
1966 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Dean Martin · Stella Stevens · Cyd Charisse · Victor Buono
Plot 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...
4.9
84 votes
4.9
84 votes
Mask of the Avenger
1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast John Derek · Anthony Quinn · Jody Lawrance · Arnold Moss
Plot France is ruled by Napoleon, but he has become a puppet of his bastard brother La Roche. Lady Cristina leads a group of patriots who want to restore the freedom.
4.6
31 votes
4.6
31 votes
The Wrecking Crew
1969 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Dean Martin · Elke Sommer · Sharon Tate · Nancy Kwan
Plot The count has stolen enough gold to cause a financial crisis in the world markets so I.C.E. sends in ace spy Matt Helm to stop him. As Matt works alone,...
4.2
204 votes
4.2
204 votes
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1944 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Elyse Knox · Anne Gillis · Sally Eilers · Richard Lane
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Louisiana
1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Jimmie Davis · Margaret Lindsay · John Gallaudet · Freddie Stewart
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The Shanghai Cobra
1945 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Sidney Toler · Mantan Moreland · Benson Fong · James Cardwell
Plot When three employees of a bank are found murdered with cobra venom, Charlie Chan connects the homicides to a case he had worked in Shanghai in 1937. Even though he...
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Rocky
1948 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Roddy McDowall · Edgar Barrier · Nita Hunter · Gale Sherwood
Plot Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a...
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The Texas Rangers
1951 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast George Montgomery · Gale Storm · Jerome Courtland · Noah Beery Jr.
Plot It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So...
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Ride the Wild Surf
1964 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Don Taylor · Phil Karlson
Cast Fabian · Shelley Fabares · Peter Brown · Barbara Eden
Plot A group of friends go to Hawaii in order to practice surfing, their favorite sport. But this is not all they do there - they also find love...
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Dark Alibi
1946 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Sidney Toler · Mantan Moreland · Ben Carter · Benson Fong
Plot Three men are convicted of bank robberies, the main evidence against them being that their fingerprints were found at the scenes. However, Charlie Chan believes them to be innocent, and...
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G.I. Honeymoon
1945 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Gale Storm · Peter Cookson · Arline Judge · Frank Jenks
Plot The efforts of a young soldier and his new bride to make their marriage "official" are continually thwarted by a string of army "emergencies".
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The Brigand
1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Anthony Dexter · Jody Lawrance · Gale Robbins · Anthony Quinn
Plot Carlos Delargo, son of a royal princess of Mandorra who has been banished, is returned to the kingdom to face a murder charge, but is freed by King Lorenzo, to...
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