Direction: Ted Tetzlaff

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


The Window

1949 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Barbara Hale · Bobby Driscoll · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart

Synopsis Young Tommy Woodry gets used to telling fantastic but harmless lies to his family and friends because he's bored. They get used to it. That's unfortunate for Tommy, because almost no one will believe him when he says his neighbours...

6.9

658 votes

6.9

658 votes

Riffraff

1947 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Pat O'Brien · Anne Jeffreys · Walter Slezak · Percy Kilbride

Synopsis A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. The missing man had valuable oil-location maps; everyone who is after them must deal with Dan Hammer,...

6.3

31 votes

6.3

31 votes

Johnny Allegro

1949 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast George Raft · Nina Foch · George Macready · Will Geer

Synopsis A reformed hoodlum gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt.

6.1

53 votes

6.1

53 votes

Time Bomb

1953 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Glenn Ford · Anne Vernon · Maurice Denham · Harcourt Williams

Synopsis A terrorist has placed a bomb on board a train transporting sea mines to Portsmouth. The train is stopped but near a small town, which actually exacerbates the problem. In desperation, the local authorities contact Peter Lyncort, a former Canadian...

5.9

40 votes

5.9

40 votes

A Dangerous Profession

1949 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast George Raft · Ella Raines · Pat O'Brien · Bill Williams

Synopsis Ex-policeman Vince Kane is a partner with Joe Farley as bail bond brokers, but retains his ties and friendship with the police and Detective Nick Ferrone. Ferrone picks up Claude Brackette, a brokerage clerk, as a suspect in the securities...

5.9

80 votes

5.9

80 votes

Gambling House

1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Victor Mature · Terry Moore · William Bendix · Zachary Charles

Synopsis Small time racketeer Marc Fury agrees to plead self-defense for a murder committed by gang boss Joe Farrow in exchange for Farrow's I.O.U. for $50,000. He is acquitted but is ordered deported by immigration authorities unless he can convince the...

5.8

71 votes

5.8

71 votes

The White Tower

1950 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Glenn Ford · Alida Valli · Claude Rains · Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis The White Tower, a Matterhorn-like mountain in the Swiss Alps, has never been climbed. Carla Alten's father, a famous mountaineer, died in a long-ago attempt. Now, Carla, determined to fulfill her father's dream, has assembled an unusual climbing party to...

5.6

185 votes

5.6

185 votes

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast William Powell · Julie Adams · Charles Drake · Rosemary DeCamp

Synopsis Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Years later, now a trained thief, he's adopted by eccentric 'Doc' Brown, retired miner and pharmacist. Doc and David become fast friends in their...

5.5

65 votes

5.5

65 votes

World Premiere

1941 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast John Barrymore · Frances Farmer · Eugene Pallette · Virginia Dale

Synopsis A producer devises an elaborate gala premiere for his latest anti-Nazi propaganda epic.

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Son of Sinbad

1955 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Dale Robertson · Sally Forrest · Lili St. Cyr · Vincent Price

Synopsis Sinbad was pursuing a secret weapon: Greek Fire. Attributed to the ancient Greeks, it was composed of pitch or bitumen, sulfur, and other ingredients. It was used in naval warfare and the Romans also made use of it but with...

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The Young Land

1959 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Patrick Wayne · Yvonne Craig · Dennis Hopper · Dan O'Herlihy

Synopsis An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.

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Seven Wonders of the World

1956 · Documentary · 106 min. · United States

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Fighting Father Dunne

1948 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Pat O'Brien · Darryl Hickman · Charles Kemper · Una O'Connor

Synopsis St. Louis, 1905: Parish priest Father Dunne becomes aware of the plight of the city's newsboys, living on pennies and often homeless, and resolves to help them. Through inspired finagling and the gift of the blarney, he organizes a sort...

Not rated

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Best of Cinerama

1963 · Documentary · 142 min. · United States

Direction Basil Wrangell · Ted Tetzlaff · Francis D. Lyon · Andrew Marton

Synopsis Collection of the best segments from Cinerama movies, including locations of Rome, Paris, Vienna, Athens, Brazil, Japan, Africa, Israel and New Orleans.

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Under the Gun

1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Richard Conte · Audrey Totter · Sam Jaffe · John McIntire

Synopsis Story of a prison farm that gave a convict a gun... and gave him a pardon if he used it!

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Not rated