Sidney Salkow Filmography

The Great Sioux Massacre

Crew: Director

Actors: Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars, Nancy Kovack

Synopsis: The Great Sioux Massacre is an entertaining pack of lies about Custer's Last Stand. General Custer (Philip Carey) is herein depicted as a bastion of tolerance, whose efforts to secure fair treatment for the Indians lead to several confrontations with corrupt government officials. Custer is forced Read More

The Last Man on Earth

Crew: Director

Actors: Vincent Price, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Tony Cerevi, Franca Bettoja, Emma Danieli, Umberto Rau, Antonio Corevi, Ettore Ribotta

Synopsis: In a post-epidemic nightmare world, scientist Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only man immune to the plague which has transformed the entire population of the Earth into vampire-like creatures. He becomes the monster slayer that vampire-society fears. Curing one of them, Ruth (Franca Read More

The Quick Gun

Crew: Director

Actors: Audie Murphy, Merry Anders, James Best, Ted de Corsia, Walter Sande

Synopsis: In this western, a cowboy finally returns to his home after a long absence precipitated by his killing a wicked rancher's son in a forced duel. The cowboy wants to live peacefully on his daddy's ranch and be with the woman that he loves. While on the trail home, he encounters a ruthless outlaw Read More

Blood on the Arrow

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Twice Told Tales

Crew: Director

Actors: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard, Brett Halsey, Richard Denning

Synopsis: This three part horror story is taken from the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Vincent Price stars in all three tales starting with Dr. Heidegger's Experiment". Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) attempts to restore the youth of four elderly friends. In a ghastly and ghoulish scene, a bride in her Read More

Maverick: The Money Machine

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Bart's cousin Jacqueline (Kathy Bennett) is conned out of the $10,000 she needs to square her family's debts by the inimitable Big Ed Murphy. It seems that Murphy claims he's invented a machine that can manufacture money--not counterfeit, but the genuine article. In order to get Jacqueline's cash Read More

Maverick: The Troubled Heir

Crew: Director

Synopsis: While playing poker with Big Jim Watson (Alan Hale Jr., Bart (Jack Kelly) again comes face to face with his old friendly enemy, versatile con artist Pearly Gates (Mike Road). Actually, he comes face to face with Pearly's gun, as Mr. Gates robs the card players so that he and his girlfriend Marla Read More

The Big Night

Crew: Director

Actors: Dick Contino, Venetia Stevenson, Randy Sparks

Synopsis: For those of you who might have wondered whether accordion virtuoso Dick Contino ever made a film, we refer you to The Big Night. Fourth-billed Contino weaves in and out of a plotline involving stolen money, an innocent married couple, and not-so-innocent gangsters. Newlyweds Randy Sparks and Venetia Stevenson Read More

Gun Duel in Durango

Crew: Director

Actors: George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie, Bobby Clark, Frank Ferguson

Synopsis: Originally released as Gun Duel in Durango, this solid little western stars George Montgomery as reformed outlaw Dan. He falls in love with ranch owner Judy (Ann Robinson), but she won't accept his proposal until she's certain that he's given up his criminal activities. This proves difficult when Read More

The Iron Sheriff

Crew: Director

Actors: Sterling Hayden, Constance Ford, John Dehner, Kent Taylor, Darryl Hickman

Synopsis: Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt (Sterling Hayden) faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie (Darryl Hickman). Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see Read More

Chicago Confidential

Crew: Director

Actors: Brian Keith, Beverly Garland, Dick Foran, Beverly Tyler, Elisha Cook, Jr., Paul Langton, Douglas Kennedy, Jack Lambert, Phyllis Coates

Synopsis: Chicago Confidential may not have been the best of the late-1950s "expose" films, but it certainly boasted one of the most impressive casts. Based on the factual best-seller by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, the film stars Brian Keith as a State Attorney who vows to bring corrupt Chicago union Read More

Gun Brothers

Crew: Director

Actors: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand, Michael Ansara, Walter Sande

Synopsis: Gun Brothers is a rehash of the "Cain and Abel" motif that has been popular amongst screenwriters since time immemorial. Buster Crabbe and Neville Brand star as brothers Chad and Jubal. While Chad remains on the straight-and-narrow and becomes a rancher, Jubal opts for the life of an outlaw. The Read More

Las Vegas Shakedown

Crew: Director

Actors: Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick

Synopsis: Another "torn from today's headlines" crime drama, Las Vegas Shakedown stars Dennis O'Keefe as honest casino operator Joe Barnes. When not fending off gangster boss Sirago (Thomas Gomez), who wants a big piece of the action, Barnes endeavors to dodge pretty schoolteacher Julia Rae (Colleen Gray) Read More

Robbers' Roost

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Sylvia Findley, Bruce Bennett, Peter Graves

Synopsis: The 1955 western Robbers' Roost was the second film version of the venerable Zane Grey yarn. George Montgomery stars as a taciturn outlaw who lands an honest job on the spread managed by physically disabled Bruce Bennett. When Bennett's sister Sylvia Findley is kidnapped by crooked Richard Boone Read More

The Toughest Man Alive

Crew: Director

Actors: Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso, Ross Elliott, Myrna Dell

Synopsis: This adventurous crime drama is set in exotic Latin America and chronicles a lawman's attempt to bust up the ring of Yankee gun-smugglers who have been supplying arms to war-torn Central America. To stop them, the American agent must masquerade as a smuggler and join the gang. Meanwhile a young Read More

Sitting Bull

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, Iron Eyes Cody, John Litel

Synopsis: This western offers one of Hollywood's more historically accurate accounts of the Battle of Little Big Horn. The story centers on a major in the cavalry who believes the Indians have the same rights as other Americans. Despite his efforts to stop Custer from embarking on his ill-fated mission, the Read More

Jack McCall, Desperado

Crew: Director

Actors: George Montgomery, Angela Stevens, Douglas Kennedy, James Seay, Eugene Iglesias

Synopsis: Jack McCall, the man who shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back, is presented in a sympathetic light in this "revisionist" western. During the Civil War, McCall (George Montgomery) is falsely accused of treason. He escapes to prove his innocence, but vengeful union sergeant Will Bill Hickok (Douglas Kennedy Read More

The Pathfinder

Crew: Director

Actors: George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels, Walter Kingsford, Rodd Redwing

Synopsis: Flying in the face of Hollywood tradition, this cinemadaptation of James Fennimore Cooper's The Pathfinder features genuine Native Americans in several principal "Indian" roles. Set during the French-Indian wars of the 18th century, the film stars George Montgomery as The Pathfinder, an Indian Read More

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anthony Caruso

Synopsis: John Payne stars as legendary pirate Barbarossa -- aka Redbeard -- in Raiders of the Seven Seas. Capturing a Spanish galleon almost single-handedly, Barbarossa claims haughty Contessa Alida (Donna Reed) as his own property. Engaged to marry naval officer Alfredo (Gerald Mohr), Alida despises Read More

Prince of Pirates

Crew: Director

Actors: John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda, Whitfield Connor, Edgar Barrier

Synopsis: Prince of Pirates is fairly elaborate for a Sam Katzman production, though its low budget does betray itself in the closing scenes. Utilizing plenty of stock footage from Joan of Arc (as he'd previously done in Thief of Damascus), producer Katzman offers the viewer a 16th-century swashbuckler Read More

Scarlet Angel

Crew: Director

Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Richard Denning, Bodil Miller, Whitfield Connor, Amanda Blake

Synopsis: Nineteenth-century saloon gal Roxy McClanahan (Yvonne DeCarlo) manages to inveigle herself into the uppermost rungs of polite New Orleans society. But Roxy has not reckoned with her old friendly nemesis, merchant seaman Frank Truscott (Rock Hudson), whose bankroll Roxy had lifted back in her Read More

The Golden Hawk

Crew: Director

Actors: Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden, Helena Carter, John Sutton, Paul Cavanagh

Synopsis: This Sam Katzman costume quickie stars Sterling Hayden as 17th-century privateer Kit Gerardo, and (inevitably in a buccaneer meller of this sort) Rhonda Fleming as a gorgeous female pirate named Rouge. When Rouge's vessel is besieged by the minions of evil Caribbean governor Luis del Toro (John Sutton Read More

The Admiral Was a Lady

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie

Synopsis: Wanda Hendrix is awfully cute as a WAVE officer who is endlessly pursued by lascivious men. Ex-airmen Edmond O'Brien, Johnny Sands and Steve Brodie spend most of their time chasing Wanda about, but she manages to keep them at arms' length. You see, she only has eyes for her boyfriend Dick Erdman Read More

Shadow of the Eagle

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Binnie Barnes, Greta Gynt, Charles Goldner

Synopsis: Shadow of the Eagle is set during the reign of Russia's Catherine the Great. Dashing Count Orlof (Richard Greene) is dispatched to Venice to kidnap Princess Elizabeth (Valentina Cortesa), a pretender to Catherine's throne. Falling in love with the princess, Orloff casts his lot with Elizabeth's Read More

Fugitive Lady

Crew: Director

Actors: Janis Paige, Binnie Barnes, Massimo Serato, Eduardo Ciannelli

Synopsis: Janis Paige stars as Fugitive Lady Barbara Clementi in this internationally produced melodrama. When Italian millionaire Ralph Clementi (Eduardo Cianelli) dies mysteriously, suspicion falls upon Clementi's admittedly mercenary American wife Barbara. Insurance investigator Jeff (Tony Centa) is Read More

Sword of the Avenger

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan, Duncan Renaldo, Leonard Strong

Synopsis: Economically filmed in Mexico, Sword of the Avenger is essentially a Latin-flavored version of The Count of Monte Cristo. During a 19th-century Philippine insurrection, Spanish sailor Roberto Balagtas (Ramon Del Gado) is falsely accused of fomenting the revolt. After a lengthy internment Roberto Read More

Millie's Daughter

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this earnest, sentimental drama, a mother does all she can to keep her rebellious daughter from making the same tragic mistakes as she did. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Bulldog Drummond at Bay was the title of two entries in the long-running "Bulldog Drummond" series. The later film, lensed in 1947, introduces Australian Ron Randell in the title role. Soldier of fortune Drummond is obliged to find a jewel thief, lest he himself be accused of the crime. Of Read More

Faithful in My Fashion

Crew: Director

Actors: Donna Reed, Tom Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Spring Byington, Sig Rumann

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a soldier is granted a two-week furlough and returns home to discover that his girlfriend is engaged to someone else. At first, on the advice of her friends, the girl tries to hide her betrothal from the soldier, but it is not long before she recalls why she loved him in Read More

The Boy from Stalingrad

Crew: Director

City without Men

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this melodrama, a group of women live in a boardinghouse near a prison to await the release of their men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Crew: Director

Actors: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin, Dickie Moore

Synopsis: Glenn Ford plays Martin Eden, an aspiring writer who signs on a merchant ship as a sailor. Tormented by the ship's sadistic captain (Ian McDonald), Eden survives the voyage, determined to write an expose of his horrible experiences. At first opposed by the maritime authorities, Martin's book Read More

Flight Lieutenant

Crew: Director

Actors: Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Jonathan Hale, Minor Watson

Synopsis: There are moments in Columbia's Flight Lieutenant that approach "high camp"; indeed, one is hard pressed to remember if any cliché is left unturned. Pat O'Brien plays air pilot Sam O'Doyle, who is professionally disgraced when he survives a crash in which his co-pilot is killed. He tries to get Read More

Time out for Rhythm

Crew: Director

Actors: Ann Miller, Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Allen Jenkins, Joan Merrill

Synopsis: A strong lineup of guest stars enhances the enjoyment of the Columbia B-plus musical Time Out for Rhythm. The somewhat futuristic storyline finds producers Dan Collins (Rudy Vallee), Mike Armstrong (Richard Lane) and Off-Beat Davis (Allen Jenkins) lining up talent for a series of television Read More

Tillie the Toiler

Crew: Director

Actors: Kay Harris, William Tracy, George Watts, Daphne Pollard, Jack Arnold

Synopsis: Previously brought to the screen as a Marion Davies vehicle in 1927, Russ Westover's long-running comic strip Tillie the Toiler was again cinematized in 1942 with Kay Harris (who looked not at all like the original "Tillie") in the lead. While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets Read More

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: June Storey, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall

Synopsis: The title of this series entry may strike some as a tad redundant: After all, isn't crook-turned-sleuth Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, always taking a chance? On this occasion, Lanyard (Warren William) and his trusty valet Jamison (Eric Blore) are framed on a murder charge. The actual Read More

The Lone Wolf Strikes

Crew: Director

Actors: Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore, Alan Baxter, Astrid Allwyn

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running series, the reformed master jewel thief rushes to help a lovely heiress whose pearl necklace has been stolen by other thieves. Using his consummate skill, the Wolf pulls a deft switcheroo and substitutes the real ones for fakes. He then brings the real necklace Read More

Cafe Hostess

Crew: Director

Actors: Preston S. Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley, Wynne Gibson, Arthur Loft

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

Crew: Director

Actors: Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore, Victor Jory, Warren Hull

Synopsis: The lady in question in this delightful whodunit is Joan Bradley (Jean Muir), a former secretary who is about to marry her employer's son, Bob Pennison (Warren Hull). Mrs. Pennison (Georgia Caine) graciously lends her future daughter-in-law a priceless necklace, but when Joan returns to her Read More

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett, Eric Blore, Thurston Hall

Synopsis: Warren William is back as suave thief-turned-sleuth Michael Lanyard, alias the Lone Wolf, in Columbia's The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date. Freshly arrived at the Miami airport after a sojourn in Havana, Lanyard and his general factotum Jamison (Eric Blore) rescue beautiful Pat Lawrence (Frances Robinson) Read More

Girl from God's Country

Crew: Director

Actors: Chester Morris, Jane Wyatt, Charles Bickford, Kate Lawson

Synopsis: In this drama, a devoted, caring physician leaves his home and moves to Alaska to escape arrest after he performs euthanasia upon his terminally ill father. In the ever-snowy reaches of northernmost Alaska, the doctor begins administering to the poverty-stricken Inuit. While he has willingly Read More

The Zero Hour

Crew: Director

Actors: Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger, Adrienne Ames, Donald Douglas, Jane Darwell

Synopsis: Hankies are not optional for this grim melodrama that tells the story of a kindly producer who mentors a beautiful young girl and helps her to become a big Broadway star. In time the two fall in love and decide to wed. Unfortunately, en route to a justice of the peace, tragedy strikes the happy Read More

Street of Missing Men

Crew: Director

Actors: Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Tommy Ryan, Mabel Todd, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

Synopsis: Sad-eyed Ann Dvorak plays Jo, the "café hostess" of the title. Poor put-upon Jo doesn't know it, but she's being used by her gangster boyfriend Eddie Morgan (Douglas Fowley), who relies upon her as an alibi to cover up his recent crimes. Likeable sailor Budge (Bruce Bennett) is in love with Jo Read More

Woman Doctor

Crew: Director

Actors: Frieda Inescort, Henry Wilcoxon, Claire Dodd, Sybil Jason, Cora Witherspoon

Synopsis: In this cautionary tale from the late 1930s, a woman surgeon must rush to the hospital on her wedding anniversary to save a life. Her husband is quite upset and goes off to a party hosted by a seductive woman. He finds himself attracted to her and as his wife becomes increasingly involved in her Read More

She Married a Cop

Crew: Director

Actors: Phil Regan, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Dorothea Kent, Ben Baker

Synopsis: This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Policeman's Ball. For a long time, they have been looking for a voice for their new cartoon feature, "Paddy the Pig," and the cop is just perfect. The Read More

Flight at Midnight

Crew: Director

Actors: Phil Regan, Jean Parker, Roscoe Turner, Robert Armstrong, Noah Beery, Jr.

Synopsis: In this high-flying drama, a foolhardy, free-spirited pilot throws his responsibilities as a mail pilot to the wind when he begins aggressively courting a beautiful flight attendant. Unfortunately, he pays so much attention to her, that he neglects his plane, resulting in the senseless death of Read More

Fighting Thoroughbreds

Crew: Director

Actors: Ralph Byrd, Mary Carlisle, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marvin Stephens

Synopsis: A randy stud, a Kentucky Derby winner, sires a successor on the sly and creates all sorts of problems for his owner in this drama. The mare carrying the heir belongs to an impoverished nobleman and his beautiful granddaughter whom the stud's owner despises. Fortunately, the stable-owner's son, who Read More

Storm over Bengal

Crew: Director

Actors: Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson, Douglas Dumbrille, Colin Tapley

Synopsis: This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue Read More

The Night Hawk

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong, Ben Welden, Lucien Littlefield

Synopsis: In this action-packed crime drama, an ace reporter declares war on the mobsters that killed his best friend, helps a disenchanted hit man steal back his brother's iron lung from gangsters by hiding inside it during transport, busts up two other gangs, discovers a whiskey-smuggling ring, almost Read More

Come On, Leathernecks!

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Cromwell, Marsha Hunt, Edward S. Brophy, Bruce MacFarlane, Robert Warwick

Synopsis: In this drama, a young man must choose between a military career or a career in professional football. The story opens as the young man has just graduated from Annapolis. There he had been a football star and a second lieutenant. His father the colonel wants him to stay in the Marines, but he has Read More

Prison Nurse

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes, Ben Welden, Ray Mayer

Synopsis: The title character in Republic's Prison Nurse is a "woman in white" named Judy, played by Marian Marsh. Together with her friend Pepper (Bernardine Hayes), Judy hires on at a maximum-security prison smack dab in the middle of flood country. When she's not braving the elements and fending off the Read More

That's My Story

Crew: Director

Actors: Claudia Morgan, William Lundigan, Eddie Garr, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ralph Morgan

Synopsis: New York-based actress Claudia Morgan, best known for her interpretation of Nora Charles in the radio-series version of The Thin Man, was afforded her only film-starring role in Universal's That's My Story. Having been fired from every paper in town, hotshot reporter Fields (William Lundigan) Read More

Girl Overboard

Crew: Director

Actors: Gloria Stuart, Walter Pidgeon, Billy Burrud, Hobart Cavanaugh, Gerald Oliver Smith

Synopsis: The Girl Overboard is Mary Chesebrooke (Gloria Stuart) but she doesn't take her dunk into the deep until the film's final minutes. A department-store model, Mary takes a break from her work and embarks upon an ocean voyage. Any hopes for a peaceful vacation are dashed when one of Mary's fellow Read More

Exclusive

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charlie Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden

Synopsis: Frances Farmer plays the daughter of an honest and ethical newspaper publisher (Charlie Ruggles). She wants to become a reporter herself, but when her Dad refuses to give her an easy break, Frances goes to work for a rival "tell all" tabloid. Her irresponsible reporting causes a highly respected Read More

Behind the Mike

Crew: Director

Actors: William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Don Wilson, Sterling Holloway

Synopsis: Rivalry surfaces between radio producers as they fight for control of programs and sponsors in this lively comedy that features Jack Benny's radio announcer, Don Wilson. One of the producers has trouble because he tends to tell the sponsors exactly what he thinks, no holds barred. Fortunately Wilson Read More

Rhythm on the Range

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Martha Raye, Samuel S. Hinds

Synopsis: Bing Crosby's only western (outside of the 1966 version of Stagecoach), Rhythm on the Range stars Crosby as a casual cowpoke on his way back to the Wide Open Spaces after an eastern visit. He meets a young train stowaway (Frances Farmer), whom he regards as a hoydenish vagabond until learning that Read More

Murder with Pictures

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Joyce Compton, Paul Kelly, Onslow Stevens

Synopsis: Gail Patrick plays a young woman framed for murder. Luckily the newsman on the courtroom beat is ace photographer Lew Ayres. He senses Patrick is innocent (the fact that she's a knockout has something to do with this) and vows to track down the guilty party. The Least Likely Suspect spills the Read More

Four Days Wonder

Crew: Director

Actors: Ken Howell, Martha Sleeper, Alan Mowbray, Walter Catlett

Synopsis: Four Days Wonder is adapted from the A. A. Milne novel of the same name. New Universal contractee Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, Judy insists upon playing sleuth, dragging teenaged Read More