Writing

Jack Pollexfen

Born — Died

1908-06-10 — 2003-11-23

Place of birth

San Diego, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Pollexfen (1908–2003) was an American writer and producer best known for his work in science fiction and monster movies of the 1950s with Aubrey Wisberg. Before entering the film industry he worked as a journalist.

Known for

Behind the camera

Treasure of Monte Cristo poster
5.2

A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.

Treasure of Monte Cristo

1949

The Desert Hawk poster
5.4

A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

The Desert Hawk

1950

The Man from Planet X poster
5.8

While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.

The Man from Planet X

1951

The Man from Planet X poster
5.8

While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.

The Man from Planet X

1951

Indestructible Man poster
4.3

A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.

Indestructible Man

1956

Indestructible Man poster
4.3

A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.

Indestructible Man

1956

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas poster
3.4

With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

1953

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas poster
3.4

With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

1953

Lady in the Iron Mask poster
8.0

A female version of the man in the iron mask. In this version the mask is put on a princess (patricia medina) rather than a prince as in the original book by Alexander Dumas.

Lady in the Iron Mask

1952

Son of Sinbad poster
5.1

Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.

Son of Sinbad

1955

Captive Women poster
5.0

In post-apocalyptic New York, three tribes of survivors (the Norms, the Mutates and the Upriver People) vie for the right to exist. When the treacherous Upriver People attack the Norms, kill their chief and take their people captive, two Norm refugee men must find a way to ally with the Mutates, who have previously kidnapped Norm women in an effort to reproduce healthy children, to rout the Uprivers, who also seek to kill off the Mutates.

Captive Women

1952

Captive Women poster
5.0

In post-apocalyptic New York, three tribes of survivors (the Norms, the Mutates and the Upriver People) vie for the right to exist. When the treacherous Upriver People attack the Norms, kill their chief and take their people captive, two Norm refugee men must find a way to ally with the Mutates, who have previously kidnapped Norm women in an effort to reproduce healthy children, to rout the Uprivers, who also seek to kill off the Mutates.

Captive Women

1952

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll poster
5.8

A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll poster
5.8

A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957

Sword of Venus poster
6.0

An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and steal the family fortune.

Sword of Venus

1953

Sword of Venus poster
6.0

An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and steal the family fortune.

Sword of Venus

1953

Five Bold Women poster
5.7

Marshal Kirk Reed is escorting five female prisoners---killers all--- from one part of Texas to another part of Texas where a new prison has been built. Along the way he has to deal with dissension among the troops, attacks by the Comanches, a budding romance with Ellen, The Missouri Lady, before her ex-husband, The Missouri Kid, shows up in an attempt to rescue her.

Five Bold Women

1960

Problem Girls poster
4.5

A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.

Problem Girls

1953

Problem Girls poster
4.5

A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.

Problem Girls

1953

Monstrosity poster
3.5

A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.

Monstrosity

1963

The Neanderthal Man poster
4.3

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.

The Neanderthal Man

1953

The Neanderthal Man poster
4.3

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.

The Neanderthal Man

1953

Port Sinister poster
6.0

A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.

Port Sinister

1953

Port Sinister poster
6.0

A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.

Port Sinister

1953

Return to Treasure Island poster
5.6

Jamie, a descendant of Jim Hawkins, teams up with Clive, a scholar of pirate lore, on present-day Treasure Island where villainous rivals seek her priceless map.

Return to Treasure Island

1954

Return to Treasure Island poster
5.6

Jamie, a descendant of Jim Hawkins, teams up with Clive, a scholar of pirate lore, on present-day Treasure Island where villainous rivals seek her priceless map.

Return to Treasure Island

1954

Mister Big poster
3.8

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.

Mister Big

1943

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl poster
5.7

When Captain Kidd is reprieved from the gallows by a greedy nobelman who wants to know the location of his buried treasure, he sets off across the seven seas with faithful slave girl Eva Gabor in tow.

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

1954

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl poster
5.7

When Captain Kidd is reprieved from the gallows by a greedy nobelman who wants to know the location of his buried treasure, he sets off across the seven seas with faithful slave girl Eva Gabor in tow.

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

1954

Dragon's Gold poster
8.0

Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatched to China to investigate the disappearance of 7M worth of gold.

Dragon's Gold

1954

Dragon's Gold poster
8.0

Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatched to China to investigate the disappearance of 7M worth of gold.

Dragon's Gold

1954

Dragon's Gold poster
8.0

Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatched to China to investigate the disappearance of 7M worth of gold.

Dragon's Gold

1954