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Lewis R. Foster is a Director, Scriptwriter and Assistant Director American born on 5 august 1898 at Brookfield (USA)
Lewis R. Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960.
(1939)
(Story)
(1944)
(Director)
(1943)
(Auteur)
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Birth name Lewis Ransom Foster
Nationality USA
Birth 5 august 1898 at Brookfield (USA)
Death 10 june 1974 (at 75 years) at Tehachapi (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 5 august 1898 at Brookfield (USA)
Death 10 june 1974 (at 75 years) at Tehachapi (USA)
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(1939)(Story)
(1944)(Director)
(1943)(Auteur)
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Filmography of Lewis R. Foster (60 films)
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Signé Zorro (1958)
, 1h31Directed by Norman Foster, Lewis R. Foster, Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent, Don Diamond, George J. Lewis
Rating68%
Au début du XIX siècle, de retour d'Espagne où il faisait ses études, Don Diego de la Vega découvre que Los Angeles est tyrannisée par le commandant de la garnison de cette petite ville de la Californie espagnole. Le jeune noble décide alors de combattre ces abus de pouvoir et prend les armes sous le nom de Zorro (renard en espagnol).
Tonka (1958)
, 1h37Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, H.M. Wynant, Jerome Courtland, Joy Page, Britt Lomond
Rating62%
White, un jeune indien d'une tribu Sioux, cherche à se faire accepter parmi les adultes. Pour cela, il décide de capturer un cheval sauvage qu'il baptise Tonka, « grand ». Mais son oncle Yellow Bull profite de son âge pour s'approprier l'animal et le torturer. White Bull préfère alors rendre sa liberté au cheval qui rejoint sa horde, mais elle est capturée par l'armée américaine, le 7e de cavalerie dans le bataillon du lieutenant-colonel George Armstrong Custer.
The Bold and the Brave (1956)
, 1h27Directed by Mickey Rooney, Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, Don Taylor, Nicole Maurey, John Smith, Tara Summers
Rating58%
Amour, gloire et Brave trace les destins de trois soldats américains stationnés en Italie pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Dakota Incident (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund, Ward Bond, Regis Toomey, Skip Homeier
Rating60%
Rick Largo and the Banner brothers hold up a bank. Frank is persuaded to shoot brother Johnny by the greedy Largo, so the loot can be split just two ways.
Dakota Incident (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund, Ward Bond, Regis Toomey, Skip Homeier
Rating60%
Crashout (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors William Bendix, John Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman, Gene Evans, Marshall Thompson
Rating69%
Convict Van Duff is the leader of a large-scale prison break. The breakout works as the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison.
Top of the World (1955)
, 1h31Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates, Robert Arthur, Paul Fix
Rating59%
This script must be run from the command line
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
, 1h30Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Barry, Rhonda Fleming, Frank Wilcox, Agnes Moorehead, Jean Parker, Roscoe Ates
Rating57%
After her husband is killed, a woman (Moorehead) takes her four unmarried daughters to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush to help their father, not knowing he was already dead.
Jamaica Run (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Kasey Rogers, Clarence Muse, Murray Matheson
Rating57%
Pat Fairlie is out of the Navy now and travels to Jamaica to renew acquaintance with Ena Dacey, an old flame. Ena lives on a stately sugar plantation with her brother, Todd, and their mother.
Tropic Zone (1953)
, 1h34Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Estelita Rodríguez, Noah Beery, Jr, Grant Withers, Argentina Brunetti
Rating48%
Reagan's character, Dan McCloud, is an American (described as a "soldier of fortune" in the publicity for the picture's release) who becomes the foreman of a Central American banana plantation. Learning that his employer, Lukats, is corrupt and trying to corner the market, McCloud joins with one of the smaller growers (played by Rhonda Fleming) to organize the workers and stop Lukats' scheme.
Hong Kong (1952)
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Lowell Gilmore, Claud Allister, Marvin Miller
Rating53%
Le vol d'un trésor de pierres précieuses est à la portée d'un aventurier; il est retenu par son amour pour une bonne femme.
Hong Kong (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller, Marvin Miller, Lowell Gilmore
Rating53%
Dans la mégalopole de Hong Kong, Jeff Williams, un aventurier sans scrupule tente à tout prix de dérober un bien précieux détenu par un orphelin, mais finit par renoncer pour l'amour d'une belle.
Crosswinds (1951)
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Robert Lowery, Forrest Tucker, Alan Mowbray, John Abbott
Rating60%
One day in New Guinea, two men, "Jumbo" Johnson and seaplane pilot Nick Brandon, are discussing a possible gold heist. They have a drink with Katherine Shelley, an attractive widow who's obviously drinking away her sorrows.
The Last Outpost (1951)
, 1h29Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Noah Beery, Jr, Peter Hansen
Rating59%
In 1862 Confederate Army Captain Vance Britton (Reagan) and his cavalry force are capturing most of the supplies sent East along the Santa Fe Trail before they are able to reach the Union Army outpost at San Gil, Arizona, where trading post owner Sam McQuade (Ridgely) deals with the Apache Indians. Union Colonel Jeb Britton (Bennett), Vance's brother, is sent West to stop the Confederate raids, unaware that his brother is his adversary. When he arrives with only a small detachment of troops, McQuade tries to persuade Jeb to use the Apaches to subdue the Rebels, but Jeb rejects the idea, certain the Indians would kill settlers as well as Confederate soldiers.
Passage West (1951)
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Payne, Dennis O'Keefe, Arleen Whelan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Mary Anderson, Mary Beth Hughes
Rating60%
Six convicts led by Pete Black pull a Utah prison break. They intercept a California-bound wagon train and interrupt a child's funeral. Demanding the wagons leave immediately, they anger Rose Billings, a woman in a black dress mourning her father, but wagon train leader Jacob Karns, a preacher who plans to marry Rose, thinks it best to obey the men.