Direction: Howard W. Koch

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Howard W. Koch. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Untouchables (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Stuart Rosenberg · Paul Wendkos · John Peyser

Cast Robert Stack · Nicholas Georgiade · Abel Fernandez · Paul Picerni

Synopsis TV Series (1959-1963). 4 Seasons. 119 Episodes. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

7.0

615 votes

7.0

615 votes

Shield for Murder

1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch · Edmond O'Brien

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Marla English · John Agar · Emile Meyer

Synopsis A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in sight in order to keep to the money to buy a model home for his would-be lounge singer girlfriend.

6.5

73 votes

6.5

73 votes

Big House U.S.A

1955 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Broderick Crawford · Ralph Meeker · Reed Hadley · William Talman

Synopsis When young Danny Lambert runs away from camp in south-central Colorado, he becomes the object of a park-wide-search by his wealthy father Robertson Lambert. He is found by Jerry Barker and told to wait at an abandoned look-out tower while...

6.4

115 votes

6.4

115 votes

Hawaiian Eye (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dein · Alvin Ganzer · Paul Landres · André De Toth

Cast Connie Stevens · Robert Conrad · Poncie Ponce · Anthony Eisley

Synopsis TV Series (1959-1963) 134 episodes. Set against the beautiful tropical landscape of Honolulu, Hawaii, this series centered around the cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm - Thomas Jefferson Lopaka,...

5.8

21 votes

5.8

21 votes

Badge 373

1973 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

5.4

71 votes

5.4

71 votes

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Lex Barker · Anne Bancroft · Mamie Van Doren · Ron Randell

Synopsis Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman...

4.9

29 votes

4.9

29 votes

Frankenstein 1970

1958 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Boris Karloff · Tom Duggan · Jana Lund · Don 'Red' Barry

Synopsis Baron Victor Von Frankenstein has fallen on hard times; he was tortured at the hands of the Nazis for not cooperating with them during World War II and he is now badly disfigured. As his family's wealth begins to run...

4.8

47 votes

4.8

47 votes

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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Johnny Ringo (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Aaron Spelling · Dick Moder · Howard W. Koch · Laurence Stewart

Cast Don Durant · Mark Goddard · Karen Sharpe · Terence de Marney

Synopsis Ex-gunfighter Johnny Ringo is now the sheriff of a small Western town, and attempts to keep the peace with the aid of his deputy, Cully, and his girl, Laura Thomas.

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Not rated

Violent Road

1958 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Brian Keith · Dick Foran · Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · Merry Anders

Synopsis Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.

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Fort Bowie

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Ben Johnson · Jan Harrison · Kent Taylor · Maureen Hingert

Synopsis Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with good-looking Captain Thompson, sends him on a dangerous mission to try to persuade renegade Indian leader Victorio to cease his attacks against white settlers and...

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Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Mickey Rooney · Patricia Breslin · Fay Holden · Cecilia Parker

Synopsis Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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Jungle Heat

1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Lex Barker · Mari Blanchard · James Westerfield · Glenn Langan

Synopsis Japanese fifth columnists create havoc in the industries and plantations of Pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii, until an American doctor helps defeat them.

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Born Reckless

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Mamie Van Doren · Jeff Richards · Arthur Hunnicutt · Carol Ohmart

Synopsis Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. He rescues trick rider Jackie Adams from the clutches of an amorous sports writer after her...

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Untamed Youth

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Mamie Van Doren · Lori Nelson · John Russell · Don Burnett

Synopsis Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny dip in a rural town. Local agricultural magnate Trump is a sponsor for a local prison work program and...

Not rated

Not rated