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D. Ross Lederman is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer, Assistant Director and Second Unit American born on 12 december 1894 at Lancaster (USA)

D. Ross Lederman

D. Ross Lederman
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Birth name David Ross Lederman
Nationality USA
Birth 12 december 1894 at Lancaster (USA)
Death 24 august 1972 (at 77 years) at Hollywood (USA)

David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.

Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series, D. Ross Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and first made his mark as a second-unit director. He directed several B western many serials in the early 1930s, for instance on films such as Two-Fisted Law and Texas Cyclone both 1932 in which he worked with actors Tim McCoy and the young John Wayne. Becoming a full feature director in the late 1930s, he specialized in action films and especially westerns, continuing to produce films with Tim McCoy at Columbia Pictures.

Best films

Rebecca
Rebecca
(1940)
(Second Unit)

Usually with

Tim McCoy
Tim McCoy
(12 films)
Benjamin H. Kline
Benjamin H. Kline
(9 films)
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint
(9 films)
Harold Shumate
Harold Shumate
(9 films)
Wallace MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of D. Ross Lederman (70 films)

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Director

The Tanks Are Coming
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
, 1h30
Directed by D. Ross Lederman, Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors Steve Cochran, Philip Carey, Mari Aldon, Paul Picerni, Harry Bellaver, Robert Horton
Rating61% 3.09973.09973.09973.09973.0997
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un sergent se retrouve à la tête d'une escouade de chars et tente d'inculquer à ses hommes l'esprit de groupe.
Red Light
Red Light (1949)
, 1h23
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Roy Del Ruth, D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Burr, Harry Morgan, Barton MacLane
Rating63% 3.1943553.1943553.1943553.1943553.194355
Bookkeeper Nick Cherney is sent to jail for embezzling from Johnny Torno's trucking company. In a California prison, he sees a newsreel showing Johnny welcoming home his brother Jess, a heroic Catholic chaplain just returned from a World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Just before his release four years later (and to give himself a clever alibi), Nick hires Rocky, an inmate who has just finished his sentence, to murder Jess.
The Return of the Whistler
The Return of the Whistler (1948)
, 1h
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane, Ann Shoemaker, Sarah Padden, Ann Doran, Eddy Waller
Rating62% 3.1430153.1430153.1430153.1430153.143015
Ted's (Michael Duane) car breaks down in a small town. He leaves his fiancee Alice (Lenore Aubert) at a hotel while he goes to the next town to get his car fixed. When he returns the next morning, she is missing. He requests to speak with the night clerk who tells him she checked out 30 minutes after he left the night before. He has a slight altercation with the night clerk at which point the police are summoned. The police do not suspect foul play and ask Ted to leave the hotel. When he leaves, a private detective, Gaylord Traynor (Richard Lane) follows him and offers his services to locate Ted's fiancee. On the drive back to the city and Ted's apartment, Ted tells Mr. Taynor the story of how they met and Mr. Traynor implies Ted has been conned. When they arrive at Ted's apartment all of Alice's belongings are still there. Ted gives Mr. Traynor a picture of Alice and finds her marriage certificate. Mr. Taynor knocks out Ted, steals the marriage certificate and leaves. It seems that Mr. Traynor was working for Mr. Barkley to find Alice and retrieve the marriage certificate.
Key Witness
Key Witness (1947)
, 1h7
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Barbara Read, Wilton Graff, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Hayden
Rating58% 2.9389952.9389952.9389952.9389952.938995
A man runs away to avoid suspicion of murder and ends up in more trouble.
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
, 1h9
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Sheila Ryan, Jacqueline deWit, Bernard Nedell, John Gallaudet
Rating62% 3.1329453.1329453.1329453.1329453.132945
Former jewel looter Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf), who has since been working as a private investigator, is accused of murdering Leon, a Mexican casino operative at the El Paseo joint. This incident is succeeded by another murder, this time of Sharon, a jeweller's spouse and gambling addict. The Lone Wolf seeks to clear his name by tracking the mastermind down once and for all. Before he can, he is arrested but manages to escape. The film ends with a largely unresolved mystery.
Boston Blackie and the Law
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
, 1h9
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully
Rating62% 3.1449253.1449253.1449253.1449253.144925
When Boston Blackie performs magic tricks at a Thanksgiving Day party for the inmates of a women's prison, Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) volunteers to enter a booth. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magician's assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Police Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) takes Blackie into custody as an accomplice, but Blackie easily gets away himself.
The Notorious Lone Wolf
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
, 1h4
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Janis Carter, John Abbott, William B. Davidson, Mark Roberts
Rating55% 2.764832.764832.764832.764832.76483
Having left the Army, reformed jewel thief and current detective Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr), or the Lone Wolf, returns to New York to find his lover Carla Winter (Janis Carter). On the way, he is tipped off by Inspector Crane (William Davidson) of the looting of the Shalimar, a diamond co-owned by the Prince of Rapur (Olaf Hytten) and Lal Bara (John Abbott). It is revealed that the jewel thief is Stonely (Don Beddoe), owner of a bar.
Adventure in Iraq
Adventure in Iraq (1943)

Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors John Loder, Ruth Ford, Paul Cavanagh, Warren Douglas, John George, Bill Edwards
Rating51% 2.5825552.5825552.5825552.5825552.582555
Three Americans in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
Bullet Scars
Bullet Scars (1942)
, 59minutes
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Regis Toomey, Howard Da Silva, Ben Welden, John Ridgely, Frank Wilcox, Tod Andrews
Rating58% 2.910322.910322.910322.910322.91032
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