Direction: Lewis R. Foster

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lewis R. Foster. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Crashout

1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast William Bendix · Arthur Kennedy · Luther Adler · William Talman

Synopsis The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.

6.8

58 votes

6.8

58 votes

Unaccustomed As We Are (S)

1929 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster · Hal Roach

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Edgar Kennedy · Mae Busch

Synopsis Oliver surprises his wife by bringing his pal, Stanley, home for dinner. After exploding at both men, Mrs. Hardy leaves them to fend for themselves. Mrs. Kennedy from across the hall tries to help them, which ends up being misunderstood...

6.7

72 votes

6.7

72 votes

Zorro (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hollingsworth Morse · Charles Barton · Norman Foster · John Meredyth Lucas

Cast Guy Williams · Gene Sheldon · Henry Calvin · Don Diamond

Synopsis TV Series (1957-1959). 3 Seasons. 82 Episodes. The only son of Don Alejandro returns to 1820s California to fight the corrupt local military. He plays the foppish dandy by day and the masked swordsman Zorro who slashes "Z"s everywhere by...

6.5

934 votes

6.5

934 votes

6.3

31 votes

Manhandled

1949 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Dan Duryea · Dorothy Lamour · Sterling Hayden · Irene Hervey

Synopsis Merl Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merl mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his...

6.3

39 votes

6.3

39 votes

Berth Marks (S)

1929 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Harry Bernard · Sammy Brooks

Synopsis Big-time (so they think) vaudeville stars Stanley and Oliver take the train to Pottsville, their next booking. On board, they bumble into the wrong sleeping compartment, startling a semi-dressed woman. Her irate husband mistakes another passenger for the intruder and...

6.2

28 votes

6.2

28 votes

Men O'War (S)

1929 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James Finlayson · Anne Cornwall

Synopsis Two sailors on leave, Stanley and Oliver meet two girls at a park and invite them to have a soda. Unfortunately, the boys have only enough money to split theirs, a point which Oliver can't seem to get across to...

6.2

64 votes

6.2

64 votes

Bacon Grabbers (S)

1929 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Edgar Kennedy · Jean Harlow

Synopsis Stan & Ollie find work as debt collectors. Their first assignment is to collect a late payment on a radio set. The owner refuses to pay the debt, so Stan & Ollie decide to reclaim the set. The owner will...

6.1

27 votes

6.1

27 votes

Angora Love (S)

1929 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Harry Bernard · Charlie Hall

Synopsis Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord. Attempts to bathe the smelly animal result in a waterlogged free-for-all.

6.1

30 votes

6.1

30 votes

Tonka

1958 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Sal Mineo · Phil Carey · Jerome Courtland · Rafael Campos

Synopsis In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka. When a cruel cousin claims the horse as the privilege of rank, White Bull lets Tonka...

5.6

22 votes

5.6

22 votes

Passage West

1951 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Dennis O'Keefe · Arleen Whelan · Frank Faylen

Synopsis In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek...

5.3

85 votes

5.3

85 votes

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Rhonda Fleming · Dennis O'Keefe · Thomas Gomez

Synopsis Year 1863. Texas Ranger Todd Croyden and Union spy Whitney Randolph cross into Mexico to investigate a growing struggle for power between the French-supported Maximilian and the native-born Benito Juarez. In Mexico they meet General Liguras, who is loyal to...

5.0

93 votes

5.0

93 votes

The Last Outpost

1951 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Bruce Bennett · Bill Williams

Synopsis Two brothers who are not the best friends because they were fighting on different sides during the Civil War have to cooperate in order to defend themselves against an attack of indians.

5.0

92 votes

5.0

92 votes

Hong Kong

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Nigel Bruce · Marvin Miller

Synopsis Trailed by a game little cast, the stars meander around against some faked, pleasantly hued Chinese backgrounds, in a story by Winston Miller involving a war orphan and a valuable statuette. Had Mr. Miller's idea been tightened and enacted like...

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Tropic Zone

1953 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Estelita Rodríguez · Noah Beery Jr.

Synopsis Soldier-of-fortune Dan McCloud is hired by a crooked exporter to disrupt the banana-plantation activities of the beautiful Flanders White, on the island of Puerto Barrancas. But McCloud falls in love with her and this leads to may complications for all...

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Not rated

Armored Car

1937 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Robert Wilcox · Judith Barrett · Cesar Romero · Irving Pichel

Synopsis An undercover man helps break a gang planning to rob armoured cars carrying bullion.

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The Sign of Zorro

1958 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster · Norman Foster

Cast Guy Williams · Henry Calvin · Gene Sheldon · Romney Brent

Synopsis In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's...

Not rated

Not rated

El Paso

1949 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Gail Russell · Sterling Hayden · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on...

Not rated

Not rated

Dakota Incident

1956 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Linda Darnell · Dale Robertson · John Lund · Ward Bond

Synopsis A number of people are waiting for the stage to Laramie. Some are anxious to get there and are willing to bribe the stationmaster for tickets on the sold-out run. When the stage arrives bristling with Cheyenne arrows in it...

Not rated

Not rated

She's Dangerous

1937 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster · Milton Carruth

Cast Tala Birell · Walter Pidgeon · Cesar Romero · Walter Brennan

Synopsis A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.

Not rated

Not rated