Directing
Jack Bernhard
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
14 titles
Jack Bernhard was an American film director and producer active during the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for directing film noir classics such as Decoy (1946) and Blonde Ice (1948). Bernhard's work is characterized by its tight narratives and atmospheric tension, contributing to the film noir genre's development during its classic period.
Known for
9.0A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1946
5.7A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Blonde Ice
1948
5.9A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Decoy
1946
5.5Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
Violence
1947
5.8The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.
Appointment with Murder
1948
5.2Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...
Unknown Island
1948
Behind the camera
9.0A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1946
5.7A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Blonde Ice
1948
5.9A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Decoy
1946
5.5Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
Violence
1947
5.5Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
Violence
1947
5.8The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.
Appointment with Murder
1948
5.8The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.
Appointment with Murder
1948
5.2Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...
Unknown Island
1948
5.6A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.
The Hunted
1948
5.5West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story takes place in a gold-rush community where the locals are taken to the cleaners by duplicitious Eastern gamblers. When it becomes obvious that the local constabulary has been "bought off" by the crooks, two-fisted cattleman Jim Bannister (Brown) swings into action. The film's highlight is an outsized fistic brawl between the hero and secondary villain Breed, played by loose-limbed comic stuntman Frank Mitchell.
West of Carson City
1940
7.0A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
The Second Face
1950
7.0The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
Search for Danger
1949
10.0Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by the Mob, and Willie Hunter is the hit man who's been hired to do the job.
Perilous Waters
1948
10.0Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned to investigate and determine who is behind the spy syndicate for which Rattick worked. They bring in the services of Agent Tom Norman, who bears a strong resemblance to Rattick.
Alaska Patrol
1949
