Virgil W. Vogel

Directing

Virgil W. Vogel

Born — Died

1919-11-29 — 1996-01-01

Place of birth

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Land Unknown poster
5.7

Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. His helicopter and its small party, including reporter Maggie Hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. They find themselves trapped in a lush tropical environment that has survived from prehistoric times.

The Land Unknown

1957

The Mole People poster
5.2

A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a five millennia-old mutant Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.

The Mole People

1956

Terror in the Midnight Sun poster
4.0

After a herd of reindeer are mysteriously found dead following a meteor crash in a remote part of Lapland in northern Sweden, soldiers and a geologist are called out to investigate.

Terror in the Midnight Sun

1959

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster
5.7

Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980

Police Story: No Margin for Error poster
7.0

Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.

Police Story: No Margin for Error

1978

Law of the Land poster
3.8

A frontier sheriff and his young deputies search for a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Law of the Land

1976

Condor poster
5.7

In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow steals the national security code and threatens to blow up Hollywood unless her old enemy, Proctor, a Condor operative, is turned over to her.

Condor

1986

Longarm poster
6.0

A showdown is staged between a U.S. deputy marshal and the outlaw gang that raised him in the New Mexico Territory of 1887.

Longarm

1988

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger poster
6.0

Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

1993

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm poster
6.4

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

Street Hawk: The Movie poster
5.6

Feature-length pilot of the 1980s action series following the exploits of motorbike riding superhero Jesse Mach (Rex Smith). Deskbound after being seriously injured in an accident that left his colleague dead, LA cop Jesse is approached by federal agent and engineer Norman Tuttle (Joe Regalbuto), who enlists him to work as an undercover agent for the government. To this end, Tuttle provides Jesse with a powerful motorcycle called Street Hawk - but Jesse is soon using Street Hawk to settle his own personal vendetta.

Street Hawk: The Movie

1984

The Sword of Ali Baba poster
7.2

Supposedly up to 70 percent of this feature was taken from the 1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Frank Puglia as Prince Cassim remains from the 21-year-old footage.

The Sword of Ali Baba

1965

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger poster
9.0

The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger

1980

Cop on the Beat poster
4.7

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."

Cop on the Beat

1975

Desperado poster
4.2

Cowboy Duell McCall wants to quickly deliver a herd of cattle to town, get paid and move on but romance with local girl Nora gets him involved in a feud between the town boss and Nora's dad.

Desperado

1987

No artwork available
7.0

Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swindle.

Colorado C.I.

1978

Mario and the Mob poster
9.0

Mario Dante (Robert Conrad) is a crime boss in the mafia, He inherits a mob of his own, when his nephews and niece have to come and live with him. Along with Alice (Ann Jillian) his girlfriend, they stumble through mishaps and learn to love each other.

Mario and the Mob

1992