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

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

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

Not rated

Not rated

Louisiana

1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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".

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated