Bernard Girard

Directing

Bernard Girard

Born — Died

1918-02-22 — 1997-12-30

Place of birth

Vallejo, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

25 titles

Bernard Girard was an American screenwriter, producer and film director.

Known for

The Mad Room poster
6.2

Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents. Ellen, who now lives in the house of an old widow, Mrs. Armstrong, takes them in. But if their secret gets out, it could jeopardize Ellen's plans to wed Mrs. Armstrong's stepson. She struggles with anxiety -- until Mrs. Armstrong suddenly turns up dead.

The Mad Room

1969

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round poster
5.6

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

A Name for Evil poster
4.2

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

A Name for Evil

1973

No artwork available
7.5

Scandal erupts in a small town when a high school teacher is romantically linked with one of her male students. Newly minted teacher Kim (Pippa Scott) is thrilled to land her first job, even though the principal warns her that the school has a rough reputation. Before classes begin, Kim dates a local, Hank (Robert Harland), and is horrified to learn that he's one of her students.

As Young As We Are

1958

Gone with the West poster
3.0

After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.

Gone with the West

1975

The Green-Eyed Blonde poster
6.1

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.

The Green-Eyed Blonde

1957

Behind the camera

The Mad Room poster
6.2

Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents. Ellen, who now lives in the house of an old widow, Mrs. Armstrong, takes them in. But if their secret gets out, it could jeopardize Ellen's plans to wed Mrs. Armstrong's stepson. She struggles with anxiety -- until Mrs. Armstrong suddenly turns up dead.

The Mad Room

1969

The Mad Room poster
6.2

Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents. Ellen, who now lives in the house of an old widow, Mrs. Armstrong, takes them in. But if their secret gets out, it could jeopardize Ellen's plans to wed Mrs. Armstrong's stepson. She struggles with anxiety -- until Mrs. Armstrong suddenly turns up dead.

The Mad Room

1969

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round poster
5.6

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round poster
5.6

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

A Name for Evil poster
4.2

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

A Name for Evil

1973

A Name for Evil poster
4.2

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

A Name for Evil

1973

A Name for Evil poster
4.2

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

A Name for Evil

1973

No artwork available
7.5

Scandal erupts in a small town when a high school teacher is romantically linked with one of her male students. Newly minted teacher Kim (Pippa Scott) is thrilled to land her first job, even though the principal warns her that the school has a rough reputation. Before classes begin, Kim dates a local, Hank (Robert Harland), and is horrified to learn that he's one of her students.

As Young As We Are

1958

Gone with the West poster
3.0

After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.

Gone with the West

1975

The Green-Eyed Blonde poster
6.1

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.

The Green-Eyed Blonde

1957

Breakthrough poster
7.0

Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.

Breakthrough

1950

Ride Out for Revenge poster
5.7

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.

Ride Out for Revenge

1957

The Mind Snatchers poster
5.9

A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.

The Mind Snatchers

1972

Hunters Are for Killing poster
6.0

A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his adoptive father, who holds him responsible for his biological son's death, intends to fight him for everything.

Hunters Are for Killing

1970

The Rebel Set poster
3.3

Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks.

The Rebel Set

1959

The Big Punch poster
6.2

Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.

The Big Punch

1948

Four Women in Black poster
NR

Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their fellow mankind.

Four Women in Black

1957

Four Women in Black poster
NR

Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their fellow mankind.

Four Women in Black

1957

The Party Crashers poster
5.3

Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.

The Party Crashers

1958

The Party Crashers poster
5.3

Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.

The Party Crashers

1958

As You Were poster
7.5

In a train station, Army recruiting sergeant Ames attempts to enlist a group of young men with blandishments of travel and glamour in the Army.

As You Were

1951

Waterfront at Midnight poster
7.0

Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.

Waterfront at Midnight

1948

A Public Affair poster
7.0

Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in negative "smear" campaigning, and its effects within the political arena.

A Public Affair

1962

A Public Affair poster
7.0

Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in negative "smear" campaigning, and its effects within the political arena.

A Public Affair

1962

No artwork available
10.0

Dr. Justin Fable, an eccentric professor of medicine with a wife half his age, is asked by the police to help prove that what seems to be a death by natural causes is in fact murder.

The Fabulous Doctor Fable

1973