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
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast John Payne · Jan Sterling · Coleen Gray · Lyle Bettger
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
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Fernando Lamas · Arlene Dahl · Patricia Medina · Francis L. Sullivan
4.8
29 votes
4.8
29 votes
The gun hawk
1963 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Rory Calhoun · Rod Cameron · Ruta Lee · Rod Lauren
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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