Direction: Lewis D. Collins

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


The Desert Trail

1935 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast John Wayne · Mary Kornman · Paul Fix · Eddy Chandler

Synopsis Just after John Scott gets his rodeo prize money, the Official is robbed and murdered by Pete. Pete then says he just saw John and his friend Kansas Charlie leaving the office. The two fugitives flee to another town where...

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Borrowed Hero

1941 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Alan Baxter · Florence Rice · Constance Worth · John Hamilton

Synopsis Roger Andrews, an assistant district attorney, is the accidental hero of a police capture that results in his appointment by crooked civic leaders as a special prosecutor assigned to smash a crime ring. The crooked politicians, in an effort to...

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Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Tom Brown · Rose Hobart · Edgar Barrier · Marjorie Lord

Synopsis Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.

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The Mysterious Mr. M

1946 · Movie · 227 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Vernon Keays

Cast Richard Martin · Pamela Blake · Dennis Moore · Edmund MacDonald

Synopsis Serial Film. 13 episodes. In this film serial, the latest serial produced by Universal, villain Anthony Waldron intends to steal a submarine from Dr. Kittridge while blaming a fictional mastermind he calls "Mr. M". To carry out this plan, Waldron...

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Passport to Alcatraz

1940 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Jack Holt · Noah Beery Jr. · Cecilia Callejo · Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom

Synopsis George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens who dynamited a Detroit munitions plant. The trail takes him to a customs inspector who is known to have honored fake passports provided by...

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Secret Agent X-9

1945 · Movie · 246 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Lloyd Bridges · Keye Luke · Jan Wiley · Victoria Horne

Synopsis American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.

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Ticket to a Crime

1934 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Ralph Graves · Lois Wilson · Lola Lane · James Burke

Synopsis A Man is found murdered at the Lido Country Club and, although several people are under suspicion, including Elaine and Willis Purdy, the police can not find the murderer; but private detective Clay Holt, and his pretty secretary Peggy Cummings...

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Raiders of San Joaquin

1943 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Tex Ritter · Fuzzy Knight · Jennifer Holt

Synopsis An outlaw gang is stealing land under the pretense that they are getting it for a railway.

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Two Guns and a Badge

1954 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Wayne Morris · Morris Ankrum · Beverly Garland · Roy Barcroft

Synopsis In this film, Wayne Morris is an outlaw mistaken for a hired gunman, who cleans up a nest of bad-guys and saves the day. He eventually becomes a different kind of man due to his duty and the love of...

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Wild Stallion

1952 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Ben Johnson · Edgar Buchanan · Martha Hyer · Hayden Rorke

Synopsis Young Dan Light (Orley Lindgren), an orphan, is taken in hand by Johnny Wintergreen (Edgar Buchanan),hunter of wild horses for selling to the U. S. cavalry. Dan's grief over the death of his parents in an Indian raid is partially...

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Jungle Goddess

1948 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast George Reeves · Wanda McKay · Ralph Byrd · Armida

Synopsis When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce...

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Heading for Heaven

1947 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Stuart Erwin · Glenda Farrell · Russ Vincent · Irene Ryan

Synopsis Stuart Erwin plays a small-town real estate agent who owns much property which, for several generations, has failed to sell even while the town has grown. It becomes known, except to Erwin, that the property is being considered for the...

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Waco

1952 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

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The Leavenworth Case

1936 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Donald Cook · Jean Rouverol · Norman Foster · Erin O'Brien-Moore

Synopsis A remarkable monkey may hold the key to the mysterious murder of a wealthy philanthropist.

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The Great Plane Robbery

1940 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Jack Holt · Stanley Fields · Vickie Lester · Noel Madison

Synopsis When gang leader Joe Colson (Noel Madison) is released from prison, the Consolidated Life Insurance Company fears that he will be murdered before his policy expires in ninety days, and assigns private detective Mike Henderson (Jack Holt) to protect him....

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Fugitive at Large

1939 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Jack Holt · Patricia Ellis · Stanley Fields · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Synopsis George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio holds up the company payroll car. And that is because the daring holdup is successful because the gang leader, Tom Farrow , is an...

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Trapped in the Sky

1939 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Jack Holt · Ralph Morgan · Paul Everton · Katherine DeMille

Synopsis It deals with the building of a secret, noiseless plane that foreign agents want to get their hands on. The inventor wants to sell the plans to other countries, but they can only get the plans if the plane tests...

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Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Jack Holt · Harry Carey · Sig Ruman · Eduardo Ciannelli

Synopsis Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves. Together, Conway...

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Killer Dill

1947 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins

Cast Stuart Erwin · Anne Gwynne · Frank Albertson · Mike Mazurki

Synopsis Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.

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