Writing

Earl Felton

Born 1909-10-16

Acting credits

Behind the camera

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
7.1

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

The Narrow Margin poster
7.3

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

The Narrow Margin

1952

Pardon My Past poster
6.7

Eddie York is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.

Pardon My Past

1945

Bandido! poster
5.7

American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors the rebel faction headed by Escobar, and they plot to hijack Kennedy's arms; but Wilson also has his eye on Kennedy's wife. Raids, counter-raids, and escapes follow in a veritable hail of bullets.

Bandido!

1956

Armored Car Robbery poster
6.5

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.

Armored Car Robbery

1950

The Rawhide Years poster
5.6

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.

The Rawhide Years

1956

Killers of Kilimanjaro poster
6.3

An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While the work continues, will have to face several obstacles, especially violent local tribes, Arabs slave traders and wild animals.

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959

Heart of the Golden West poster
4.2

Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.

Heart of the Golden West

1942

Sunset Serenade poster
6.2

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Songs include "I'm Headin's for the Home Corral," "He's a No Good Son of a Gun," "Sandman Lullaby," "Song of the San Joaquin," and "I'm a Cowboy Rockefeller."

Sunset Serenade

1942

The Las Vegas Story poster
6.0

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

The Las Vegas Story

1952

Sierra Sue poster
7.0

To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until the Larabee ranch is reached. When Larrabee refuses to allow the equipment on his land, Gene has it sprayed by airplane. Cattle must stay off recently sprayed land and when a Larrabee man shoots down the plane, the crash sends the cattle stampeding toward the newly sprayed land.

Sierra Sue

1941

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend poster
5.9

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

The Night Hawk poster
10.0

Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim is friends with Tom Niles, the customs officer on the verge of cracking a whiskey smuggling case. Lonigan is about to send another reporter to cover the story when Della Parrish, the publisher's daughter, assures him that she can locate Slim. With the help of Slim's young photographer, Willie Sing, Della finds Slim in a waterfront dive, and Willie and Slim sneak aboard the Pacific Queen to find Niles. Niles hints that McCormick is the head of the smuggling ring and promises Slim an exclusive when he breaks the story the next day.

The Night Hawk

1938

The Happy Time poster
6.5

A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.

The Happy Time

1952

Trapped poster
6.0

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.

Trapped

1949

World Premiere poster
6.0

A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three men pose as spies, disrupting the opening, but things don't go quite as planned...there are actual spies also present!

World Premiere

1941

The Marauders poster
5.8

A poor homesteader fights back when he's targeted for extinction by a powerful rancher and his gang of hired thugs.

The Marauders

1955

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date poster
6.2

Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

1940

Prison Nurse poster
5.6

A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.

Prison Nurse

1938

Bengal Tiger poster
4.8

After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.

Bengal Tiger

1936

Freshman Love poster
7.0

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.

Freshman Love

1936

Bad Guy poster
8.0

A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

Bad Guy

1937

The Pittsburgh Kid poster
7.0

Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of these was Billy Conn, who after being knocked out by Louis in the 13th round awakened to star in the Republic programmer The Pittsburgh Kid. The story finds clean-limned pugilist Conn (playing himself) being managed by pretty Patricia Mallory.

The Pittsburgh Kid

1941

Society Smugglers poster
6.2

The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected of smuggling diamonds.

Society Smugglers

1939