Lou Morheim

Writing

Lou Morheim

Born 1922-03-25 · The Bronx, New York, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Hunting Party poster
6.2

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.

The Hunting Party

1971

The Hunting Party poster
6.2

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.

The Hunting Party

1971

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms poster
6.6

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953

S.O.S. Titanic poster
6.0

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell poster
6.5

A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978

No artwork available
7.0

Three tales of life on the Nile River reveal love and vengeance, religion and deception. Each atmospheric vignette offers an eye-opening take on the culture, attitudes and religion of the Middle East. First, a knife thrower's affair threatens his mistress. Then, the plague tests a band of pilgrims journeying to Mecca. Finally, two con men learn a lesson at a Coptic church.

Egypt by Three

1953

For Men Only poster
6.3

A college professor begins to suspect that a student's accidental death was tied to his refusal to take part in a traditional "hazing" and was no accident.

For Men Only

1952

The Tijuana Story poster
4.5

Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.

The Tijuana Story

1957

A Cry in the Wilderness poster
6.5

The father of a wilderness family gets bitten by a skunk, and fearing rabies, chains himself to a barn to protect his family should he go mad. He orders his son not to come near him no matter how persuasive or rational his appearance or argument. However, the creek dries up, indicating an upstream blockage and an imminent flood. Several trips upstream by the son have failed to locate the blockage and now Dad wants to be released...

A Cry in the Wilderness

1974

Larceny poster
5.9

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

Larceny

1948

Skyway to Death poster
5.3

The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.

Skyway to Death

1974

Scream, Pretty Peggy poster
6.2

A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.

Scream, Pretty Peggy

1973

The Immortal poster
8.0

A professional race-car driver discovers that there are certain properties in his blood that will make him, basically, immortal. A dying multi-millionaire also finds out about the racer's blood, and is determined to get it to keep himself alive. This pilot film preceded the later TV series.

The Immortal

1969

The Immortal poster
8.0

A professional race-car driver discovers that there are certain properties in his blood that will make him, basically, immortal. A dying multi-millionaire also finds out about the racer's blood, and is determined to get it to keep himself alive. This pilot film preceded the later TV series.

The Immortal

1969

Smart Woman poster
5.5

A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.

Smart Woman

1948

The Last Blitzkrieg poster
6.0

The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American Troops, behind the lines in order to sabotage the Allied Forces.

The Last Blitzkrieg

1959

Ring of Passion poster
7.0

Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.

Ring of Passion

1978

Quarantined poster
6.0

A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses to cooperate with her treatment.

Quarantined

1970

Rumble on the Docks poster
6.2

A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

Rumble on the Docks

1956