Direction: Charles Barton
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Charles Barton. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Munsters (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Ezra Stone · Norman Abbott · Joseph Pevney · Earl Bellamy
Cast Fred Gwynne · Yvonne De Carlo · Al Lewis · Beverley Owen
Plot TV Series (1964-1966). 2 Seasons. 70 Episodes. At 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights, stood a cobweb-covered, musty gothic mansion. The residents considered themselves just a normal, everyday American family,...
6.7
10K votes
6.7
10K 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
Plot 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...
6.5
934 votes
6.5
934 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Bela Lugosi · Lon Chaney Jr.
Plot The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey (Costello) and Chick Young (Abbott) is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Family Affair (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Don Fedderson · Edmund L. Hartmann · James Sheldon · Charles Barton
Cast Brian Keith · Kathy Garver · Anissa Jones · Johnny Whitaker
Plot Bill Davis is a single bachelor living in Manhattan with his butler Giles French. He is enjoying his life of freedom until his late brother's three children show up (twins...
5.7
36 votes
5.7
36 votes
The Last Outpost
1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton · Louis J. Gasnier
Cast Cary Grant · Claude Rains · Gertrude Michael · Kathleen Burke
Plot In World War I, British-officer Michael Andrews is captured by a band of Kurdish raiders on the Eastern Front, and is rescued by a man calling himself John Stevenson, although...
5.7
90 votes
5.7
90 votes
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marjorie Reynolds · Binnie Barnes
Plot Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
5.6
28 votes
5.6
28 votes
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Fred MacMurray · Jean Hagen · Tommy Kirk · Annette Funicello
Plot After years of on-the-job clashes with cranky canines, mail carrier Wilson Daniels sees man's best friend as his worst enemy. This makes for one hairy situation when a magical ring...
5.5
66 votes
5.5
66 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Boris Karloff · Lenore Aubert
Plot Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman...
5.4
69 votes
5.4
69 votes
Double Crossbones
1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Donald O´Connor · Helena Carter · Will Geer · John Emery
Plot Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty...
5.2
38 votes
5.2
38 votes
Dennis the Menace (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton · William D. Russell · Don Taylor · Jeffrey Hayden
Cast Jay North · Herbert Anderson · Gloria Henry · Bill Booth
Plot TV Series (1959-1963) 146 episodes. The live-action adaptation of the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. Dennis Mitchell was a loveable young boy, dressed in overalls and carrying...
4.9
55 votes
4.9
55 votes
Africa Screams
1949 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Clyde Beatty · Frank Buck
4.7
393 votes
4.7
393 votes
Born to the West
1937 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast John Wayne · Marsha Hunt · Johnny Mack Brown · John Patterson
Plot Dare Rudd (John Wayne) takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend, Judy (Marsha Hunt) who asks Tom (Johnny Mack Brown) to hire Dare to head the big cattle...
4.7
29 votes
4.7
29 votes
And Sudden Death
1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Randolph Scott · Frances Drake · Tom Brown · Billy Lee
Plot An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing...
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Smooth as Silk
1946 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Kent Taylor · Virginia Grey · Milburn Stone · John Litel
Plot An attorney, engaged to an actress, gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter. The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the uncle of...
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The Phantom Submarine
1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Anita Louise · Bruce Bennett · Oscar O’Shea · John Tyrrell
Plot On the night before he sails in search of the steamship Arcadia's sunken gold, Paul Sinclair (Bruce Bennett)meets Madeliene Nielson (Anita Louise) in a San Francisco nightclub. On the second...
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Petticoat Junction (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Levy · Charles Barton · Richard L. Bare · Guy Scarpitta
Cast Edgar Buchanan · Linda Henning · Bea Benaderet · Frank Cady
Plot The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.
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The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Lee Karson · William A. Seiter · Charles Barton · James V. Kern
Cast Gale Storm · ZaSu Pitts · Roy Roberts · James Fairfax
Plot TV Series (1956-1960). 4 seasons. 126 episodes. The series was based on a cruise director, Susanna Pomeroy (Gale Storm), on a ship travelling around the world.
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Nevada
1935 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Buster Crabbe · Kathleen Burke · Syd Saylor · Monte Blue
Plot A gambler (Larry “Buster” Crabbe) wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.
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The Big Boss
1941 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Otto Kruger · Gloria Dickson · John Litel · Don Beddoe
Plot The Big Boss is Jim Maloney (Otto Kruger), who pulls all the political strings in an unnamed major metropolis. Maloney’s chief antagonist is scrupulously honest “reform” governor Bob Dugan (John...
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The Baileys of Balboa (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton · Bob Sweeney · Bruce Bilson · Gary Nelson
Cast Paul Ford · John Dehner · Sterling Holloway · Les Brown Jr.
Plot Episodes in the life of a beachcombing family.
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