Direction: Edward Ludwig

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


The Last Gangster

1937 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Edward G. Robinson · James Stewart · Rose Stradner · Lionel Stander

Plot Joe Krozac is a big shot mob kingpin with an ego to match his status in the underworld. Whenever his territory is encroached on, as with the Kile Brothers, he...

6.5

188 votes

6.5

188 votes

Adventure in Manhattan

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Jean Arthur · Joel McCrea · Reginald Owen · Thomas Mitchell

Plot Joel McCrea plays a hotshot reporter who thinks he knows everything and Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. It turns out the financier of her...

5.9

37 votes

5.9

37 votes

Wake of the Red Witch

1948 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast John Wayne · Gail Russell · Gig Young · Adele Mara

Plot Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

5.8

112 votes

5.8

112 votes

Swiss Family Robinson

1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Thomas Mitchell · Edna Best · Freddie Bartholomew · Terry Kilburn

Plot A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create an idyllic home for themselves, only to...

5.6

62 votes

5.6

62 votes

The Black Scorpion

1957 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Richard Denning · Mara Corday · Carlos Rivas · Mario Navarro

Plot Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

5.6

67 votes

5.6

67 votes

Jivaro

1954 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Fernando Lamas · Rhonda Fleming · Brian Keith · Pascual García Peña Rana

Plot At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, including Jerry Russell, ex-engineer who became obsessed with the Jivaro headhunters' treasure, quit his job, and took...

5.3

21 votes

5.3

21 votes

The vanquished

1953 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

5.1

41 votes

5.1

41 votes

The Fighting Seabees

1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast John Wayne · Susan Hayward · Dennis O'Keefe · William Frawley

Plot Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect...

5.1

151 votes

5.1

151 votes

That Certain Age

1938 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Deanna Durbin · Melvyn Douglas · Jackie Cooper · Irene Rich

Plot Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton...

5.0

29 votes

5.0

29 votes

The Big Wheel

1949 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Mickey Rooney · Thomas Mitchell · Mary Hatcher · Michael O'Shea

Plot The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.

5.0

75 votes

5.0

75 votes

Sangaree

1953 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

4.8

29 votes

4.8

29 votes

The gun hawk

1963 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

4.6

72 votes

4.6

72 votes

Big Jim McLain

1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast John Wayne · Nancy Olson · James Arness · Alan Napier

Plot U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers in Hawaii.

4.0

64 votes

4.0

64 votes

Smuggler's Island

1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Jeff Chandler · Evelyn Keyes · Philip Friend · Marvin Miller

Plot Ex-Navy man Steve Kent, struggling to make a living in Macao, is approached by beautiful Vivian Craig. She wants to hire him and his boat to retrieve some medicine from...

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Old Man Rhythm

1935 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · George Barbier · Barbara Kent · Grace Bradley

Plot A businessman enrolls as a college freshman in order to break up his son's relationship with a gold-digger.

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Three Is a Family

1944 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Marjorie Reynolds · Charles Ruggles · Fay Bainter · Helen Broderick

Plot Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, Three Is a Family is a 1940s farce that frequently substitutes noise for humor. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled...

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The Man Who Lost Himself

1941 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Brian Aherne · Kay Francis · Henry Stephenson · S.Z. Sakall

Plot John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.

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Her Husband Lies

1937 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Gail Patrick · Ricardo Cortez · Akim Tamiroff · Tom Brown

Plot Cortez es un gran jugador que quiere ir recto en la vida. Su inteligente hermano menor Alec quiere entrar en el mundo del juego, y Cortez a regañadientes le enseña...

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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Claude Rains · Joan Bennett · Lionel Atwill · Juanita Quigley

Plot A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is...

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Branded (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Cohen · Larry Peerce · Harry Harris · Lee H. Katzin

Cast Chuck Connors · William Bryant · John Pickard · Chuck Hamilton

Plot In the 1880s Jason McCord travels the country trying to prove he's no coward. He needs to do this because the military career of this West point graduate came to...

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Not rated