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

Behind the camera

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi poster
9.0

A 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

Blonde Ice poster
5.7

A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

Blonde Ice

1948

Decoy poster
5.9

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

Decoy

1946

Violence poster
5.5

Magazine 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

Violence poster
5.5

Magazine 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

Appointment with Murder poster
5.8

The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.

Appointment with Murder

1948

Appointment with Murder poster
5.8

The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.

Appointment with Murder

1948

Unknown Island poster
5.2

Adventure-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

The Hunted poster
5.6

A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.

The Hunted

1948

West of Carson City poster
5.5

West 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

The Second Face poster
7.0

A 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

Search for Danger poster
7.0

The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.

Search for Danger

1949

Perilous Waters poster
10.0

Because 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

Alaska Patrol poster
10.0

Spotted 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