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

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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Not rated