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Maury Gertsman is a Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 17 april 1907
Maury Gertsman (membre de l'ASC), né le 17 avril 1907 en Pennsylvanie, mort le 13 décembre 1999 à Los Angeles — Quartier d'Encino (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain.
Mentionnons Rachel and the Stranger de Norman Foster (1948, avec Loretta Young et William Holden), La Femme sans loi de Louis King (1950, avec Joel McCrea et Shelley Winters), ou encore le film de guerre L'Enfer des hommes de Jesse Hibbs (1955, avec Audie Murphy dans son propre rôle).
À la télévision, Maury Gertsman est directeur de la photographie sur dix séries, de 1957 à 1972 (année où il se retire), dont vingt-six épisodes — diffusés en 1961 — de Monsieur Ed, le cheval qui parle, ainsi que sur un téléfilm (1966).
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Au cinéma, Maury Gertsman débute comme cadreur en 1934 et comme chef opérateur en 1942 (sur deux courts métrages). À ce second poste, principalement au sein d'Universal Pictures, il exerce sur plus de cent films américains (dont des westerns), le dernier sorti en 1967.Mentionnons Rachel and the Stranger de Norman Foster (1948, avec Loretta Young et William Holden), La Femme sans loi de Louis King (1950, avec Joel McCrea et Shelley Winters), ou encore le film de guerre L'Enfer des hommes de Jesse Hibbs (1955, avec Audie Murphy dans son propre rôle).
À la télévision, Maury Gertsman est directeur de la photographie sur dix séries, de 1957 à 1972 (année où il se retire), dont vingt-six épisodes — diffusés en 1961 — de Monsieur Ed, le cheval qui parle, ainsi que sur un téléfilm (1966).
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Add to a movie listTo Hell and Back (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Maury Gertsman, Aaron Rosenberg, Henry Mancini, William "Bill" Lava, Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer, Paul Picerni
Rating70%
Young Murphy (Gordon Gebert) grows up in a large, poor sharecropper family in Texas. His father deserts them around 1939–40, leaving his mother (Mary Field) barely able to feed her nine children. As the eldest son, Murphy works from an early age to help support his siblings, and when his mother dies in 1941 he becomes head of the family. His brothers and sisters are sent to an elder sister, Corrine, to whom Murphy sends his GI pay allotment.
Cameraman
, 1hDirected by Jack Donohue
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lucille Ball, Art Carney, Nanette Fabray, Peter Marshall, Don Porter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Norma and Malcolm Michaels are a middle-aged married couple who are in the midst of a midlife crisis. Both decide to separate and begin their lives anew away from each other. However, problems ensue once they discover that they are no longer as young as they used to be.
Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
, 1h26Directed by William Hale
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bobby Darin, Leslie Nielsen, Don Galloway, Donnelly Rhodes, Frank McGrath, Michael Sarrazin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Cal Wayne accidentally kills a fellow Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He returns to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas after the war and ends up replacing the corrupt Joe Slade as the town's sheriff.
Six Black Horses (1962)
, 1h20Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Joan O'Brien, Roy Barcroft, Bob Steele, Phil Chambers
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
Ben Lane (Audie Murphy) is breaking a horse in the desert that he believes to be stray. He is caught by some farmers who believe he is a horse thief when he is saved by Frank Jesse (Dan Duryea). Lane and Jesse are hired by Kelly (Joan O'Brien) who pays them to take her to a town to be with her husband. In reality, Kelly is setting up Jesse because he killed her husband in a shootout.
Five Guns to Tombstone (1961)
, 1h11Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Brown, James Brown, Walter Coy, Robert Karnes, Quintin Sondergaard, Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49%
Billy Wade (James Brown) est un ex-pistolero qui est approché par son frère Outlaw Matt (Robert Karnes), peu de temps hors de la prison, pour l'aider avec un vol de grand-temps. Matt force la participation de Billy avec une offre qu'il ne peut refuser, sans savoir que Billy travaille actuellement sur le côté de la loi.
Police Dog Story (1961)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Brown, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Milton Frome, James Brown, Vinton Hayworth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
Cage of Evil (1960)
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
Actors Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, Hugh Sanders, Helen Kleeb, Preston Hanson, Robert Shayne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Scott (Ron Foster) is a frustrated police detective constantly being passed over for promotion. When he's assigned to gain the confidence of Holly (Patricia Blair), the girlfriend of a suspect in a robbery, the couple fall in love, plot to murder Holly's boyfriend, and run off to Mexico with the loot.
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
, 1h6Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames, Arthur Space, Russell Thorson, Richard Devon
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
A cowboy avenges his brother's death.
The Music Box Kid (1960)
, 1h14Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Ron Foster, Luana Patten, Dayton Lummis, Sr., Johnny Seven, Grant Richards, Carleton Young
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
The "music box" is a submachine gun owned by ruthless gangster Larry Shaw (Ronald Foster) in 1920s New York. Larry is working his way up a bootlegging syndicate, but reckons without his decent wife Margaret (Luana Patten), who one day has enough of her husband's activities.
The Walking Target (1960)
, 1h14Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Joan Evans, Merry Anders, Ron Foster, Berry Kroeger, Norman Alden, James T. Callahan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Three Came to Kill (1960)
, 1h11Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Cameron Mitchell, John Rollin Lupton, Lyn Thomas, Steve Brodie, Paul Langton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Marty Brill's (Cameron Mitchell) Los Angeles gang plot to assassinate visiting Asian Prime Minister Gourem-Nara (Frank Lackteen). They break into the home of airport flight controller Hal Parker (John Lupton) and hold his family hostage. Brill threatens to kill Parker's wife June (Lyn Thomas), unless he broadcasts a coded message to identify which plane taking off from the airport is the premier's. They then plot to shoot the plane down. Meanwhile, special agents Ben Scanlon (Paul Langton) and Ray Maguire (Logan Field) close in on the gang.
Timbuktu (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about terrorism
Actors Victor Mature, Yvonne De Carlo, George Dolenz, John Dehner, Robert Clarke, Paul Wexler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
In 1940, France is at war with Germany. The French have removed large numbers of troops from their African possessions, leaving the way open for revolt. American soldier of fortune Mike Conway (Victor Mature) sees a chance to pay his way back to the United States by gunrunning to hostile Tuaregs.
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Grant Richards
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz), a university professor specializing in the occult, is summoned to the home of his brother, Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh), when a family curse threatens Kenneth's life. Jonathan Drake arrives too late to save his brother from a violent death and subsequent decapitation before his burial. The curse is the work of Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell), a Swiss agent who was a member of Jonathan Drake's ancestor's exploration party two hundred years previously. Zurich was captured, thus forcing Captain Drake to lead a rescue party into the jungle. Drake's party massacres the tribe (save for the tribal witch doctor Zutai (Paul Wexler), only to find that Zurich has been beheaded. Zutai is assisting the miraculously resurrected Zurich in his pursuit for revenge and supernatural destiny against Captain Drake's male descendants. Zurich and Zutai lay their plans to murder and behead Jonathan Drake, which will end the curse on the Drake family.
Pier 5, Havana (1959)
, 1h7Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes, Eduardo Noriega, Nestor Paiva, Otto Waldis, Ken Terrell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
Steve Daggett (Cameron Mitchell) fights to protect Castro from dangerous pro-Batista counterrevolutionaries. Steve comes to Cuba to find his friend Hank Miller (Logan Field) who has been missing for a while. It turns out that he has been captured by Fernando (Eduardo Noriega), the leader of the pro-Batista forces, who needs Hank to convert their airplanes into bombers. Steve's former girlfriend Monica (Allison Hayes) is now Mrs. Hank Miller.
Inside the Mafia (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Ted de Corsia, Grant Richards, James Brown, James Brown
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%