Writing

Paul Gangelin

Born — Died

1898-11-07 — 1961-09-25

Place of birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

28 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Gangelin (November 7, 1898 – September 25, 1961) was an American screenwriter.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Giant Claw poster
4.8

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.

The Giant Claw

1957

Junior Army poster
6.3

An English refugee and a street thug go to military school together.

Junior Army

1942

Tarzan's Secret Treasure poster
5.9

A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

1941

Nazi Agent poster
6.6

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.

Nazi Agent

1942

Murder in Times Square poster
4.7

An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.

Murder in Times Square

1943

The Mad Ghoul poster
5.9

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.

The Mad Ghoul

1943

Under California Stars poster
5.3

On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling operation and a boy ward of one of the rustlers, leading to the kidnapping of Roy's trick horse Trigger by the gang with a demand for ransom.

Under California Stars

1948

They Drive by Night poster
6.0

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.

They Drive by Night

1938

Beloved poster
9.0

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

Beloved

1934

Sons of New Mexico poster
6.5

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later starred in the Autry-produced TV series Range Rider and Buffalo Bill Jr). To this end, Pryor is enrolled at the New Mexico Military Institute, where much of this film was lensed. The kid chafes at the school's regimen and escapes, heading back to his criminal mentor Pat Feeney (Robert Armstrong).

Sons of New Mexico

1949

The Mysterious Rider poster
8.0

Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).

The Mysterious Rider

1927

Roll on Texas Moon poster
6.2

To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the cattlemen and sheepmen. After killing Delaney, he tries to kill his daughter Jill and then Roy who was sent to investigate the war. But the failed attempts gives Roy the information he needs.

Roll on Texas Moon

1946

The Big Bonanza poster
6.3

Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.

The Big Bonanza

1944

No artwork available
8.0

Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame threatens to eclipse his own, he jealously strives to control every aspect of her life - including her romance with theatre electrician Paul Lebrun.

The King of Paris

1934

No artwork available
10.0

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

1939

Strangers in the Night poster
6.4

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Strangers in the Night

1944

Son of God’s Country poster
9.0

Bill Sanger has his men out raiding and killing to obtain the ranches along the route that he knows the new railroad will use. He then kills the editor that received a letter that would expose him. But the editor earlier hid the letter in a chamber of his gun. Marshal Monte Hale arrives and eventually suspects Sanger and breaks into his house. After a gungight Sanger catches him and with one shot left shoots Monte. But he is using the editor's gun.

Son of God’s Country

1948

Under Nevada Skies poster
7.5

Rodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after he was accused of stealing a family crest from Helen Williams. Helen joins up with Roy and Gabby Whittaker to find the killers and the crest.

Under Nevada Skies

1946

When Husbands Flirt poster
3.3

Directed by William A. Wellman. With Dorothy Revier, Forrest Stanley, Tom Ricketts, Ethel Wales.

When Husbands Flirt

1925

The Office Scandal poster
7.0

Haver, a newspaper reporter persuades a judge to release the suspected killer of a wealthy racetrack owner.

The Office Scandal

1929

The Daltons Ride Again poster
5.0

The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.

The Daltons Ride Again

1945

Hell's House poster
5.3

A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.

Hell's House

1932

Cowboy Canteen poster
8.0

Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve is about to enter the army and he and Tex Coulter compete for the love of Connie Grey.

Cowboy Canteen

1944

Blood Will Tell poster
7.0

Rancher Buck Jones goes undercover as a ranch hand on his own spread

Blood Will Tell

1927

No artwork available
8.0

After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.

Dangerous Medicine

1938

The Jazz Age poster
8.0

When Steve Maxwell and flapper Sue Randall wreck her father's automobile during a drunken escapade, her father exploits the mishap and blackmails Steve's father into supporting an illegal contract in city affairs.

The Jazz Age

1929

No artwork available
9.0

British crime film directed by Ralph Ince

The Black Mask

1935

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Return of Carol Deane

1938