Charles Lamont

Directing

Charles Lamont

Born — Died

1895-05-05 — 1993-11-12

Place of birth

St. Petersburg, Russia

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Charles Lamont (5 May 1895 – 12 September 1993) was a prolific film director of over 200 titles, and the producer and writer of many others. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and died in Los Angeles, California, USA. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Lamont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man poster
6.3

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd poster
6.0

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952

Francis in the Haunted House poster
5.8

Reporter David Prescott becomes unlikely friends with Francis, who is the only witness to a murder. As Prescott finds himself in and out of the police station as a supposedly delirious suspect, he must clear his name with Francis in tow, and set off to the spooky old castle where the real killer waits!

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy poster
5.9

Bud and Lou, two stranded American archaeologists, run afoul of an Egyptian cult with big plans to resurrect the mummified corpse of Klaris, guardian of his Princess Ara's treasure-filled tomb. When Lou accidentally eats the cursed medallion needed to find the ancient treasure, the two become targets of the cult's leader, his goons, a mysterious femme fatale, and the mummy of Klaris himself!

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars poster
5.5

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops poster
6.2

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955

Series credits

Behind the camera

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man poster
6.3

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd poster
6.0

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952

Francis in the Haunted House poster
5.8

Reporter David Prescott becomes unlikely friends with Francis, who is the only witness to a murder. As Prescott finds himself in and out of the police station as a supposedly delirious suspect, he must clear his name with Francis in tow, and set off to the spooky old castle where the real killer waits!

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy poster
5.9

Bud and Lou, two stranded American archaeologists, run afoul of an Egyptian cult with big plans to resurrect the mummified corpse of Klaris, guardian of his Princess Ara's treasure-filled tomb. When Lou accidentally eats the cursed medallion needed to find the ancient treasure, the two become targets of the cult's leader, his goons, a mysterious femme fatale, and the mummy of Klaris himself!

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars poster
5.5

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops poster
6.2

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955

That's the Spirit poster
6.7

A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.

That's the Spirit

1945

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
6.2

As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion poster
6.2

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950

Jail Bait poster
5.8

Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.

Jail Bait

1937

Salome, Where She Danced poster
4.1

During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.

Salome, Where She Danced

1945

Hit the Ice poster
6.0

After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band.

Hit the Ice

1943

Ring Around the Moon poster
4.8

Despite being in love with coworker Kay Duncan, high-flying newspaperman Ross Graham winds up engaged to socialite Gloria Endicott, a woman he doesn't love. Turmoil ensues for Ross as he tries to make his marriage work.

Ring Around the Moon

1936

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation poster
7.1

The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

1952

The Girl Who Came Back poster
6.0

A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.

The Girl Who Came Back

1935

Ma and Pa Kettle poster
7.2

The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949

Lay That Rifle Down poster
6.0

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

Lay That Rifle Down

1955

Comin' Round the Mountain poster
6.1

Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy McCoy. They find out that Wilbert's grandfather, Squeeze-box McCoy, had treasure hidden in the hills of Kentucky, which they go to find.

Comin' Round the Mountain

1951

Frontier Gal poster
5.3

Johnny Hart is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a saloon owned by singer Lorena Dumont. The two seem a good, albeit tempestuous match, although Johnny has no plans to marry -- Lorena has other ideas and a shotgun wedding ensues.

Frontier Gal

1945

Flame of Araby poster
6.2

An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.

Flame of Araby

1951

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town poster
6.6

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950

Restless Knights poster
6.4

Set in Medieval times, the stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. They become the queen's royal guards but are sentenced to die when the queen is abducted on the orders of the evil prime minister. The stooges escape, free the queen, and end up knocking each other out.

Restless Knights

1935

Don't Get Personal poster
3.8

Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules Kinsey and J.M. Snow cross him up by substituting Susan Blair, an office secretary, for Mary and Elmer thinks the show's writer Paul Stevens is John.

Don't Get Personal

1942

Slave Girl poster
7.5

Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars.

Slave Girl

1947

It Comes Up Love poster
4.2

This modest bit of comedy and romance in the adolescent vein is about a couple of spirited juveniles, Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean, who carry on a flirtation parallel with that of their elders, Louise Allbritton and Ian Hunter.

It Comes Up Love

1943

Hayseed Romance poster
6.0

Elmer answers an ad for a handyman job and starts working for an older woman and her niece. He gets the impression that his employer wants to marry him, even as he finds himself falling in love with her niece.

Hayseed Romance

1935

Shadows Over Shanghai poster
5.3

A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.

Shadows Over Shanghai

1938

She Wrote the Book poster
6.5

A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.

She Wrote the Book

1946

Merrily Yours poster
5.7

Sonny falls for the pretty new girl next door and decides to take her to a part. First, however, he has to get his sister Mary Lou to go to sleep, which is proving to be a harder task than he anticipated.

Merrily Yours

1933

I Was a Shoplifter poster
5.8

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

I Was a Shoplifter

1950

Cipher Bureau poster
5.3

The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.

Cipher Bureau

1938

False Pretenses poster
7.3

A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.

False Pretenses

1935

Love Nest on Wheels poster
6.1

Buster, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure.

Love Nest on Wheels

1937

The Lady in Scarlet poster
4.6

When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.

The Lady in Scarlet

1935

The Little Red Schoolhouse poster
6.7

Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936

When Johnny Comes Marching Home poster
7.0

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1942

Fired Wife poster
5.6

A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.

Fired Wife

1943

No artwork available
8.0

Two bumbling, would-be private detectives, Tom Kennedy and Monte Collins, are hired to protect a maestro's valuable Stradvarius. But there is a girl named Rosina and a pool hall involved and that means trouble ahead for the pair.

Fiddling Around

1938

Polly Tix in Washington poster
4.6

Shirley acts as a rich "gold digger" trying to elect a cowboy politician to the office.

Polly Tix in Washington

1933

Polly Tix in Washington poster
4.6

Shirley acts as a rich "gold digger" trying to elect a cowboy politician to the office.

Polly Tix in Washington

1933