Elliot Silverstein

Directing

Elliot Silverstein

Born 1927-08-03 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Elliot Silverstein (August 3, 1927 - November 24, 2023) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and best known for being the director of the movie Cat Ballou.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Car poster
6.4

The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.

The Car

1977

The Car poster
6.4

The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.

The Car

1977

Cat Ballou poster
6.4

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Cat Ballou

1965

A Man Called Horse poster
6.4

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will permit him to become a member of the tribe.

A Man Called Horse

1970

Nightmare Honeymoon poster
5.5

A newlywed couple seek revenge after narrowly surviving a savage attack in rural Louisiana.

Nightmare Honeymoon

1974

Flashfire poster
4.5

Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named Lisa, who managed to escape with her life. Flinder has to track down Lisa to find out what happened, but the answer proves the corruption in his department runs much deeper than he had initially believed.

Flashfire

1994

Night of Courage poster
5.3

A young man is beaten to death. Now it's believed that he sought out sanctuary in the house of a man (Hughes), and that the man threw him out. And it's also believed that the boy being Hispanic was probably part of a gang and that the whole thing was gang related, so the police don't consider any need to investigate the incident. But a teacher (Kelly) doesn't believe this, and sets out to find out what happened that night by talking to the man, but he doesn't want to talk about it.

Night of Courage

1987

Rich Men, Single Women poster
4.5

Three women plot to catch wealthy husbands by throwing a party at a mansion to which they have temporary access. Obvious love stories follow involving an ex-ballplayer, a secretly wealthy mechanic and an ad exec.

Rich Men, Single Women

1990

Fight for Life poster
6.0

Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug (at that time only available in England) for use in the U.S.

Fight for Life

1987

The Happening poster
6.3

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. However there is no one - wife, Mafia associates or mother - willing to part with the $200,000 ransom. Demonico is dismayed that no one appears unduly concerned about his fate and joins forces with the kidnappers to plot his revenge, blackmailing his once nearest and dearest into parting with $3,000,000 in hush money.

The Happening

1967

Betrayed by Innocence poster
6.3

A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.

Betrayed by Innocence

1986

Belle Sommers poster
9.0

A woman recording artist with a past tries to shake off a gangster syndicate.

Belle Sommers

1962