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Fred F. Sears is a Actor and Director American
Fred F. Sears (né Frederick Francis Sears à Boston, Massachusetts, le 7 juillet 1913 – mort à Hollywood le 20 novembre 1957) est un acteur et un réalisateur américain.
Sears s'intègre à l'équipe de Starrett et on lui permet de commencer la réalisation en 1949 (crédité sous le nom de Fred F. Sears). L'équipe bénéficie de peu de moyen et la réputation de Sears de faire avec peu attire l'attention du producteur Sam Katzman . Il recrute Sears pour la série Blackhawk (1952). Après la fin de la collaboration de Sears avec Starrett, Katzman l'engage à plein temps. Il travaillera les cinq années suivantes sur divers films, dont les plus populaires sont les comédies musicales Rock Around the Clock et Don't Knock the Rock de Bill Haley, ainsi que les films de science-fiction Les soucoupes volantes attaquent et The Giant Claw.
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Directeur dramatique et enseignant à Boston, Sears est engagé comme directeur de dialogues chez Columbia Pictures en 1946. Il tient d'abord des rôles mineurs dans les productions de la compagnie, jouant dans une palette diversifiée de films, puis obtient des rôles de plus en plus importants et est crédité sous le nom de Fred Sears. Il joue ainsi notamment dans la série Blondie et dans les westerns de Charles Starrett.Sears s'intègre à l'équipe de Starrett et on lui permet de commencer la réalisation en 1949 (crédité sous le nom de Fred F. Sears). L'équipe bénéficie de peu de moyen et la réputation de Sears de faire avec peu attire l'attention du producteur Sam Katzman . Il recrute Sears pour la série Blackhawk (1952). Après la fin de la collaboration de Sears avec Starrett, Katzman l'engage à plein temps. Il travaillera les cinq années suivantes sur divers films, dont les plus populaires sont les comédies musicales Rock Around the Clock et Don't Knock the Rock de Bill Haley, ainsi que les films de science-fiction Les soucoupes volantes attaquent et The Giant Claw.
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The Giant Claw (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Natural horror films, Films about birds, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Morris Ankrum, Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Edgar Barrier, Morgan Jones, Robert Shayne
Roles Le narrateur (voix)
Rating46%
Mitch MacAfee (Jeff Morrow), a civil aeronautical engineer, while engaged in a radar test flight near the North Pole, spots an unidentified flying object. Three jet fighter aircraft are scrambled to pursue and identify the object but one aircraft goes missing. Officials are initially angry at MacAfee over the loss of a pilot and jet over what they believe to be a hoax.
Johnny Allegro (1949)
, 1h20Directed by Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready, Will Geer, Gloria Henry, Ivan Triesault
Rating63%
Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro is asked to help get the goods on Morgan Vallin (George MacReady), a polished counterfeiter who is involved in a right-wing plot to bring down the American government by flooding the U.S. economy with bogus currency.
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The Giant Claw (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Natural horror films, Films about birds, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Morris Ankrum, Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Edgar Barrier, Morgan Jones, Robert Shayne
Rating46%
Mitch MacAfee (Jeff Morrow), a civil aeronautical engineer, while engaged in a radar test flight near the North Pole, spots an unidentified flying object. Three jet fighter aircraft are scrambled to pursue and identify the object but one aircraft goes missing. Officials are initially angry at MacAfee over the loss of a pilot and jet over what they believe to be a hoax.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
, 1h23Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Paul Frees
Rating62%
Scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new bride Carol (Joan Taylor) are driving to work when a flying saucer appears overhead. Without proof of the encounter, other than a tape recording of the ship's sound, Dr. Marvin is hesitant to notify his superiors. He is in charge of Project Skyhook, an American space program that has already launched 10 research satellites into orbit. General Hanley (Morris Ankrum), Carol's father, informs Marvin that many of the satellites have since fallen back to Earth. Marvin admits that he has lost contact with all of them and privately suspects alien involvement. The Marvins then witness the 11th falling from the sky shortly after launch.
Miami Exposé (1956)
, 1h13Directed by Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold, Harry Lauter, Alan Napier, Hugh Sanders
Rating59%
Miami police lieutenant Bart Scott informs his captain of his plans to retire. His fiancee, Ann Easton, a widow whose husband was killed in the line of duty, refuses to marry Bart until he quits the force.
Blackhawk (1952)
, 4h2Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Kirk Alyn, John Crawford, Michael Fox, Carol Forman, Don C. Harvey, Rick Vallin
Rating61%
A flying squadron of World War II veterans, The International Brotherhood, is a private flying investigative force led by Blackhawk. They uncover a gang of underworld henchmen, led by the notorious foreign spy Laska, who reports to The Leader, a mystery man. During the a serial's 15 chapters, Blackhawk and his flying squadron set about bringing these criminals to justice.