Phil Karlson
2 credits on HibingeTV
American film director known for tough, hard-edged noirs and crime films including Kansas City Confidential (1952) and later The Phenix City Story.
Directed
Noir, Crime
A former convict is framed for a bank robbery he had nothing to do with and, to clear his name, infiltrates the gang of masked thieves on their way to a heist in Mexico. Phil Karlson's taut, hard-edged noir was a touchstone for later heist films. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Noir · Crime
Kansas City Confidential
1952 - Noir
Adventure, Drama
The Big Cat is a 1949 outdoor adventure directed by Phil Karlson and set in the Utah canyon country during the Great Depression. A young man (Lon McCallister) returns to his mother's birthplace in the high country and finds the community terrorized by a marauding mountain lion and by a bitter feud between two families. Preston Foster and Forrest Tucker play the older men at odds, and Peggy Ann Garner is the girl between them. Karlson, later known for his tough 1950s noir, brings real tension to the wilderness scenes and the climactic hunt. The film was released by United Artists and is in the public domain.
Adventure · Drama
The Big Cat
1949 - Adventure