John Alton is a Director, Scriptwriter, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 5 october 1901 at Sopron (Austria)
John Alton
John Alton participated to
80 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
4 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Cameraman
, 2h26
Directed by Richard BrooksOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about religionActors Burt Lancaster,
Jean Simmons,
John Arthur Kennedy,
Shirley Jones,
Dean Jagger,
Edward AndrewsRoles Director of Photography
Rating76%
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking, fast-talking traveling salesman with a charismatic personality who infuses biblical passages and fervor into his pitches as a way to ease and collect money. He is drawn to the road show of Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) and is immediately attracted to the saintly revivalist. As the troupe leaves town for Kansas, Gantry sweettalks her naive assistant, Sister Rachel (Patti Page), into telling him information regarding Falconer's past. He uses that information to con his way into Sister Sharon's good graces and joins the troupe preaching "Christ in commerce" and how he is a saved salesman., 1h53
Directed by Vincente MinnelliOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Jazz films,
Musical filmsActors Gene Kelly,
Leslie Caron,
Oscar Levant,
Georges Guétary,
Nina Foch,
Madge BlakeRoles Additional Photography
Rating70%
American World War II veteran Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is now an exuberant expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend and neighbor, Adam Cook (Oscar Levant), is a struggling concert pianist who is a longtime associate of a French singer, Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary). At the ground-floor bar, Henri tells Adam about his cultured girlfriend. Jerry joins them later, before going out to sell his art., 1h58
Directed by Vincente MinnelliOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Dolores Gray,
Lauren Bacall,
Gregory Peck,
Sam Levene,
Tom Helmore,
Mickey ShaughnessyRoles Director of Photography
Rating66%
While on vacation, sports reporter Mike Hagen (Gregory Peck) meets fashion designer Marilla Brown (Lauren Bacall). The two instantly bond and quickly get married, only to realize they have little in common., 2h23
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about capital punishment,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Burt Lancaster,
Karl Malden,
Thelma Ritter,
Neville Brand,
Telly Savalas,
Edmond O'BrienRoles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Robert Stroud (Lancaster) is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska. He is shown as a rebellious inmate, fighting against a rigid prison system: on his way to jail by train he breaks open the window to allow the suffocating inmates to breathe. His rebellious attitude puts him in conflict with Harvey Shoemaker (Malden), the warden of Leavenworth Prison.