Direction: Lew Landers

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lew Landers. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Raven

1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Boris Karloff · Bela Lugosi · Lester Matthews · Irene Ware

Synopsis A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in...

6.5

837 votes

6.5

837 votes

Man in the Dark

1953 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Audrey Totter · Ted de Corsia · Horace McMahon

Synopsis A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he stashed the loot. He is abducted by his gang and...

5.7

39 votes

5.7

39 votes

The Return Of The Vampire

1943 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Bela Lugosi · Frieda Inescort · Nina Foch · Miles Mander

Synopsis When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart

5.6

82 votes

5.6

82 votes

The Man Who Found Himself

1937 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast John Beal · Joan Fontaine · Phillip Huston · Jane Walsh

Synopsis Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married...

5.6

21 votes

5.6

21 votes

Inner Sanctum

1948 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Charles Russell · Mary Beth Hughes · Dale Belding · Billy House

Synopsis A man accidentally kills his fiancée as he exits a train. Just as the train pulls out, he drops her body on the rear platform. No one saw him do it, but someone does see him at the otherwise deserted...

5.4

27 votes

5.4

27 votes

California Conquest

1952 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Cornel Wilde · Teresa Wright · Alfonso Bedoya · Lisa Ferraday

Synopsis The period is the 1840's and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the...

5.2

32 votes

5.2

32 votes

Adventures of Superman (TV Series)

1952 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction George Blair · Thomas Carr · Philip Ford · Harry W. Gerstad

Cast George Reeves · Noel Neill · Phyllis Coates · Jack Larson

Synopsis TV Series (1952-1958). 6 Seasons. 104 Episodes. Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a...

5.2

522 votes

5.2

522 votes

Direction William Beaudine · Robert G. Walker · Earl Bellamy · Douglas Heyes

Cast Lee Aaker · James Brown · Joe Sawyer · William Forrest

Synopsis TV Series (1954-1959). 5 Seasons. 164 Episodes. Rust was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache AZ and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa...

5.1

876 votes

5.1

876 votes

When the Redskins Rode

1951 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Jon Hall · Mary Castle · James Seay · John Ridgely

Synopsis In 1753, Colonel George Washington and frontiersman Christopher Gist are proudly introducing their protégé, Delaware Indian Prince Hannoc to Williamsburg, Virginia society. French spy Elizabeth Leeds romances Hannoc, hoping to swing the Delawares to the French side in the impending...

4.3

30 votes

4.3

30 votes

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast George Montgomery · Ellen Drew · Phillip Reed · Noah Beery Jr.

Synopsis It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian...

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Torpedo Alley

1952 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Mark Stevens · Dorothy Malone · Charles Winninger · Bill Williams

Synopsis Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but soon afterwards, looking for redemption, applies for submarine...

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The Magic Carpet

1951 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Lucille Ball · John Agar · Patricia Medina · George Tobias

Synopsis Arabian Nights-type of tale stars Agar as a deposed prince trying to free his people from the evil rule of the caliph and his vizier, played by Burr. Agar enlists the aid of harem girl Lucille Ball and together they...

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Bad Lands

1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Robert Barrat · Noah Beery Jr. · Andy Clyde · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Synopsis A posse of nine and Sheriff Bill Cummings set out after a renegade named Apache Jack, who has murdered the wife of Lopez, one of the posse members. The others are Rayburn, Chic Lyman, Billy Sweet, Bob Mulford, Curley Tom,...

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Girl from Havana

1940 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Claire Carleton · Victor Jory · Steffi Duna

Synopsis Woody Davis and are Tex Moore ambitious and enterprising friends who decide to become South American oil drillers in hope of becoming wealthy. Woody and Tex set up a site, but unfortunately, must spend their time fending off attacks from...

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Pacific Liner

1939 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Victor McLaglen · Chester Morris · Wendy Barrie · Alan Hale

Synopsis The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse. Chief Engineer 'Crusher" McKay also has his eyes on Ann,...

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Lucky Devils

1941 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Richard Arlen · Andy Devine · Dorothy Lovett · Janet Shaw

Synopsis Another of Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine actioners, Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not risking their lives coverning the Hot Spots of the world, Dick (Arlen) and Andy (Devine) busy themselves...

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