Directing

Maury Dexter

Born — Died

1927-06-12 — 2017-05-28

Place of birth

Paris, Arkansas, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

37 titles

Maury Dexter was an American film and television director and producer known for his work on low-budget films during the 1960s and his collaborations with television producer Michael Landon. He began his career as an actor, appearing in the Three Stooges short Uncivil War Birds (1946). Transitioning to directing and producing, Dexter worked on films such as The High Powered Rifle (1960) and Maryjane (1968). In television, he directed episodes of Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, contributing significantly to their success.

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Herbert Philbrick was a young professional and pacifist in 1939 Boston. He joined an anti-war group and quickly found himself caught up in the secret world of underground communist activity. He agreed to spy on the Communists for the FBI, and spent the next 9 years of his life as a Communist, FBI spy, and Communist counter-spy, since they had asked him to follow other comrades to test their loyalty. Hence the 3 lives; and his family, co-workers, and church never knew. This TV show is based on the TRUE story of how Philbrick (played ably by Richard Carlson) could never relax, but had to sneak to secret cell meetings and meet FBI agents in clandestine places to make info drops, never knowing when he might be found out, and if he would live to see the next rendezvous.

I Led 3 Lives

1953

Maryjane poster
3.8

A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.

Maryjane

1968

The Mini-Skirt Mob poster
4.8

Driven by jealousy, the jilted leader of a female motorcycle gang instigates a sadistic reign of terror against her ex-lover and his new bride.

The Mini-Skirt Mob

1968

House of the Damned poster
4.8

An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start getting strange when they spot a half man/half beast prowling around the house and keep seeing a headless woman wandering the grounds.

House of the Damned

1963

The Yellow Canary poster
8.0

Andy Paxton is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife. On the same night he starts an engagement at a theater in Los Angeles their infant son is kidnapped. Despite objections from the lead police officer on the case, Paxton plays along with the kidnappers as they string him along.

The Yellow Canary

1963

One Exciting Week poster
6.5

The citizens of the small town of Midburg are thrilled when one of their native sons, Dan Flannery, becomes a war hero while serving in the Merchant Marines. But before arriving he is stricken with amnesia and falls in with a gang of crooks...

One Exciting Week

1946

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Series credits

Behind the camera

Maryjane poster
3.8

A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.

Maryjane

1968

Maryjane poster
3.8

A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.

Maryjane

1968

The Mini-Skirt Mob poster
4.8

Driven by jealousy, the jilted leader of a female motorcycle gang instigates a sadistic reign of terror against her ex-lover and his new bride.

The Mini-Skirt Mob

1968

The Mini-Skirt Mob poster
4.8

Driven by jealousy, the jilted leader of a female motorcycle gang instigates a sadistic reign of terror against her ex-lover and his new bride.

The Mini-Skirt Mob

1968

House of the Damned poster
4.8

An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start getting strange when they spot a half man/half beast prowling around the house and keep seeing a headless woman wandering the grounds.

House of the Damned

1963

The Yellow Canary poster
8.0

Andy Paxton is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife. On the same night he starts an engagement at a theater in Los Angeles their infant son is kidnapped. Despite objections from the lead police officer on the case, Paxton plays along with the kidnappers as they string him along.

The Yellow Canary

1963

Wild on the Beach poster
5.1

3 boys, 3 girls, one beachhouse. The cast of this 1965 comedy includes Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, The Astronauts and Sonny & Cher.

Wild on the Beach

1965

Wild on the Beach poster
5.1

3 boys, 3 girls, one beachhouse. The cast of this 1965 comedy includes Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, The Astronauts and Sonny & Cher.

Wild on the Beach

1965

Harbor Lights poster
6.0

Professional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To Captain Acosta's questioning, Dan answers that he had no knowledge of his brother's affairs. Dan then finds Gina Rosario searching his hotel room, and together they begin to investigate Alex's death.

Harbor Lights

1963

Surf Party poster
4.5

Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.

Surf Party

1964

Surf Party poster
4.5

Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.

Surf Party

1964

Young Guns of Texas poster
4.5

A man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money. One of the pursuers, after killing a ranch foreman, elopes with the ranchers' daughter. Enraged at the shooting of his foreman and convinced that his daughter was kidnapped, the rancher leads a posse after his daughter. When Apaches attack the thieves and their pursuers, the rancher's posse is forced to side with his daughter's new husband and his friends.

Young Guns of Texas

1962

Young Guns of Texas poster
4.5

A man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money. One of the pursuers, after killing a ranch foreman, elopes with the ranchers' daughter. Enraged at the shooting of his foreman and convinced that his daughter was kidnapped, the rancher leads a posse after his daughter. When Apaches attack the thieves and their pursuers, the rancher's posse is forced to side with his daughter's new husband and his friends.

Young Guns of Texas

1962

The Day Mars Invaded Earth poster
4.3

Martians replace scientist & his family to pave way for invasion.

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

1963

The Day Mars Invaded Earth poster
4.3

Martians replace scientist & his family to pave way for invasion.

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

1963

Air Patrol poster
4.3

L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.

Air Patrol

1962

Air Patrol poster
4.3

L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.

Air Patrol

1962

Django the Condemned poster
3.7

A gringo gunman and two Mexican families fight a bandit and his gang.

Django the Condemned

1965

Raiders from Beneath the Sea poster
7.0

A down-on-his-luck apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.

Raiders from Beneath the Sea

1964

Raiders from Beneath the Sea poster
7.0

A down-on-his-luck apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.

Raiders from Beneath the Sea

1964

Walk Tall poster
5.7

To keep peace, an Army captain (Willard Parker) hunts for an outlaw-gang leader (Kent Taylor) who is raiding Indians.

Walk Tall

1960

Hell's Belles poster
6.7

When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.

Hell's Belles

1969

Hell's Belles poster
6.7

When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.

Hell's Belles

1969

The 3rd Voice poster
5.9

Marian Forbes has been having an affair with her boss and when he drops her for another woman. In an act of jealousy and greed she convinces an acquaintance to murder her former lover and then impersonate him just long enough to get their hands on a large sum of money.

The 3rd Voice

1960

Police Nurse poster
9.0

While investigating his wife's sudden death, a policeman becomes involved with shady doctors and black-market racketeers.

Police Nurse

1963

Police Nurse poster
9.0

While investigating his wife's sudden death, a policeman becomes involved with shady doctors and black-market racketeers.

Police Nurse

1963

The High Powered Rifle poster
7.5

A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer whom he believes has targeted him for death.

The High Powered Rifle

1960

The Firebrand poster
6.5

A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.

The Firebrand

1962

The Naked Brigade poster
9.0

A British girl is trapped on the island of Crete when the Germans invade it.

The Naked Brigade

1965

Womanhunt poster
8.0

After being accused of killing his friend, a man finds that he is being pursued by the real murderer.

Womanhunt

1962

Womanhunt poster
8.0

After being accused of killing his friend, a man finds that he is being pursued by the real murderer.

Womanhunt

1962

The Purple Hills poster
7.0

When a bounty hunter kills an outlaw for the reward, he has to deal with both a man falsely claiming he made the kill, and the revengeful brother of the dead man.

The Purple Hills

1961

The Young Animals poster
7.0

A small Arizona town is plagued by violence created from the tension between Anglo and Mexican-American youths. Tony is the idealistic new kid in school who tries to alleviate long-time tensions between the rival factions. The Mexican gang is led by Paco, a hot-tempered youth with good reason to resent some of his Caucasian counterparts due to past prejudices. Bruce is the leader of the white gang. Patty McCormack and Joanna Frank are the female interests who become victims of the gang struggles. Tony, formerly from San Diego, attempts to change the attitudes of the polarized and violent groups.

The Young Animals

1968

The Young Swingers poster
4.5

Singing teenagers rally to keep open their local nightclub.

The Young Swingers

1963

The Young Swingers poster
4.5

Singing teenagers rally to keep open their local nightclub.

The Young Swingers

1963