Writing

Luther Davis

Born — Died

1916-08-29 — 2008-07-29

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Across 110th Street poster
6.7

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

Across 110th Street

1972

Black Hand poster
6.2

In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.

Black Hand

1950

The Hucksters poster
7.0

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

The Hucksters

1947

Lady in a Cage poster
6.2

A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.

Lady in a Cage

1964

Lady in a Cage poster
6.2

A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.

Lady in a Cage

1964

Kismet poster
5.6

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.

Kismet

1955

Holiday for Lovers poster
6.3

Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by Henry Levin, the film also features Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby, Henny Backus, Wally Brown, Gardner McKay and Jose Greco.

Holiday for Lovers

1959

The Wonders of Aladdin poster
5.2

Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

The Gift of Love poster
7.3

Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.

The Gift of Love

1958

B.F.'s Daughter poster
6.3

Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.

B.F.'s Daughter

1948

A Lion Is in the Streets poster
5.4

A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953

New Faces poster
5.9

New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer and performer (Ronny Graham) in financial trouble and is trying to stave off an angry creditor long enough to open his show. A wealthy Texan offers to help out, on the condition that his daughter be in the show.

New Faces

1954

Arsenic and Old Lace poster
7.0

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Arsenic and Old Lace

1969

Arsenic and Old Lace poster
7.0

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Arsenic and Old Lace

1969