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James Neilson is a Director American born on 1 october 1909 at Shreveport (USA)

James Neilson

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Nationality USA
Birth 1 october 1909 at Shreveport (USA)
Death 9 december 1979 (at 70 years) at Flagstaff (USA)

James Neilson est un réalisateur, scénariste et acteur américain né le 1er octobre 1909 à Shreveport, en Louisiane (États-Unis), mort le 9 décembre 1980.

Au cours des années 1950, 1960 et 1970, Neilson a réalisé plus d'une centaine d'émissions de télévision, y compris de multiples épisodes de séries dramatiques comme notamment Auto-patrouille, Ironside, Wonderful World Walt Disney, Bonanza, Batman, Zorro, L'Homme à la carabine et Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Les films réalisés par Neilson comprennent l'excellent Survivant des monts lointains, La Baie aux émeraudes, Le Grand Ours et l'enfant, The First Time, Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows, et Un pilote dans la Lune.

En 1959, James Neilson a été nommé au prix "Primetime Emmy" pour General Electric Theater.

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Filmography of James Neilson (14 films)

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Flareup
Flareup (1969)
, 1h40
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Raquel Welch, James Stacy, Luke Askew, Ron Rifkin, Don Chastain, Jean Byron
Rating50% 2.516322.516322.516322.516322.51632
Michele (Welch) is a Vagas dancer who is, as the saying goes, red hot: maybe too hot, for in this film, she learns that somebody wants her dead. She gets help from the cops, but along the way the killer stays on her trail, and she learns it may be a man she knows. It also features Welch dancing to the song Suzie Q, which became a hit song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows, 1h33
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Dolores Sutton, Milton Berle
Rating62% 3.1488053.1488053.1488053.1488053.148805
The story depicts the rivalry between the conservative Mother Superior (Russell) and the glamorous, progressive young Sister George (Stevens) as they shepherd a busload of Catholic high school girls across America to an interfaith youth rally being held in Santa Barbara, California. As they debate expressions of faith and role of the Church in the tumultuous America of the sixties, they must also contend with the antics of two rebellious, trouble-prone students, Rosabelle (Susan Saint James) and Marvel Anne (Barbara Hunter).
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, 1h45
Directed by James Neilson, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Mike Mazurki
Rating63% 3.197873.197873.197873.197873.19787
Griffin est le majordome très propre sur lui d'un habitant de Boston, Jack Flagg. Mais lorsque Flagg décide de déménager pour la Californie lors de la Ruée vers l'or de 1949, Griffin le suit docilement.
Return of the Gunfighter, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martin, John Davis Chandler, Ana Martín, Michael Pate
Rating63% 3.185383.185383.185383.185383.18538
An old gunslinger Ben Wyatt (Taylor) is released from prison after five years. He meets Lee Sutton (Chad Everett), who is on the run for killing a man in a gunfight. Wyatt finds that his close friends the Domingos have been killed. He takes Sutton, who is weak from being wounded in the gunfight, to find Anisa Domingo (Ana Martin), the daughter of Wyatt's slain friends. Wyatt agrees to let Anisa help him find her parent's killers.
Gentle Giant, 1h33
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Dennis Weaver, Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, Clint Howard, Huntz Hall, Rance Howard
Rating60% 3.049033.049033.049033.049033.04903
Tom (Dennis Weaver) and Ellen Wedloe (Vera Miles) live with their young son Mark (Clint Howard) near a Florida game reserve. Tom is a pilot who works as a spotter to locate schools of fish for the local fishermen to catch, but recently fish have been scarce, causing economic hardship for the local fishermen and Tom. Young Mark loves animals of all kinds.
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin, 2h
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Actors George Cole, Leonard Whiting, Bernard Lee, Richard Pearson, Colin Blakely, Richard Wattis
Rating73% 3.682193.682193.682193.682193.68219
Le jeune fermier Dick Turpin est contraint de devenir un bandit de grand chemin à cause de Lord Calmsden, un suzerain corrompu qui lui a confisqué sa ferme et tous ses biens.
The Moon-Spinners, 1h58
Directed by Costas Ferris, James Neilson, Arthur J. Vitarelli, John Peverall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Irène Papas, Joan Greenwood, Pola Negri
Rating64% 3.2432553.2432553.2432553.2432553.243255
A young English woman named Nikky Ferris (Hayley Mills) takes a trip with her folk musicologist aunt, Frances (Joan Greenwood), to a small coastal inn on the Greek island of Crete.
Summer Magic, 1h40
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire, Deborah Walley, Eddie Hodges, Michael J. Pollard
Rating68% 3.445473.445473.445473.445473.44547
Financial problems force young Boston widow Margaret Carey (Dorothy McGuire) and her 3 children to move out of their home. Nancy (Hayley Mills), the dramatic and kind-hearted eldest, remembers a large yellow house that the Careys had admired when they visited the small town of Beulah, Maine, and makes an inquiry about it. Upon the sale of the family's treasured piano ("Flitterin'"), Nancy reveals that the house is vacant and the family decides to relocate to the country ("Beautiful Beulah").
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Keen, Kay Walsh
Rating72% 3.6338153.6338153.6338153.6338153.633815
En 1775, dans la région de Romney Marsh (située dans le comté de Kent, dans le sud-est de l'Angleterre), le pasteur Christopher Syn, paisible vicaire de la paroisse de Dymchurch, devient à la nuit tombée l'Épouvantail (surnom dû à son déguisement), justicier masqué à la tête d'une bande de contrebandiers qui lutte contre les collecteurs de taxes du roi George III.
Johnny Shiloh, 2h
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Kevin Corcoran, Brian Keith, Darryl Hickman, Skip Homeier, Edward Platt, Regis Toomey
Rating72% 3.603793.603793.603793.603793.60379
When the Blue Raiders are called into Union service at the start of the American Civil War, their mascot drummer boy, John Clem defies his father’s wishes and smuggles himself on the train carrying the troops to camp. In spite of efforts by the troops to force him to give up and go home, Johnny refuses and tries to tough it out. He gets photographed by Matthew Brady. His father comes to get him, but Johnny runs away and returns to the regiment. He finally wears down Capt. McPherson, who agrees to let him join the regiment officially. At the Battle of Shiloh, Johnny and General George Henry Thomas rally the retreating Federal forces, but his friend Jeremiah Sullivan is killed. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Johnny wounds a Confederate Colonel who was attacking his friend Gabe Trotter. After the battle, General Ulysses S. Grant promotes Gabe to a lieutenant and Johnny is promoted to sergeant. Johnny and Gabe deliver an important message to General James B. Steedman, but on the way back to Thomas’s headquarters, Gabe is wounded and Johnny is captured. Even though questioned by General Joseph Wheeler he refuses to talk. He makes a daring escape and returns to the union lines.
Bon Voyage!, 2h10
Directed by James Neilson, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Georgette Anys
Rating56% 2.802452.802452.802452.802452.80245
Le film met en scène la famille Willard dans un voyage en Europe. La famille traverse l'océan Atlantique à bord du SS United States.
Moon Pilot
Moon Pilot (1962)
, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Space opera, Children's films
Actors Tom Tryon, Edmond O'Brien, Brian Keith, Dany Saval, Tommy Kirk, Bob Sweeney
Rating54% 2.7097752.7097752.7097752.7097752.709775
Astronaut Capt. Richmond Talbot inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He is ordered to keep the upcoming moon flight a secret, even from his family. Due to the classified nature of the mission, he is placed under the watchful eye of several national security agencies.
Night Passage, 1h30
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart, Brandon deWilde
Rating65% 3.2972253.2972253.2972253.2972253.297225
On the way to meet his former boss, railroad tycoon Ben Kimball (Jay C. Flippen), Grant McLaine (Stewart) rescues a young boy, Joey Adams (Brandon deWilde), from Concho (Robert J. Wilke). Ben informs Grant that his payroll has been robbed several times already by a gang led by Whitey Harbin (Dan Duryea) and the Utica Kid (Murphy). If Ben's workers don't get paid soon, they will all leave. Grant accepts the job of taking $10,000 to them by train.