Fletcher Markle

Directing

Fletcher Markle

Born 1921-03-27 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Fletcher Markle was a Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director. Markle began a radio career in Canada, then worked in radio, film and television in the United States.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Night Into Morning poster
6.0

Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.

Night Into Morning

1951

The Incredible Journey poster
6.6

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

The Incredible Journey

1963

The Man with a Cloak poster
6.8

Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.

The Man with a Cloak

1951

A Talk with Hitchcock poster
7.3

"Master of Suspense" Alfred Hitchcock speaks candidly in this one-on-one interview with director and host Fletcher Markle, filmed in 1964 for the television documentary series "Telescope." During the discussion, Hitchcock talks about his early career as a silent-film editor, offers his take on the building blocks of his works and relates his theories on the impact of horror films on society and human behavior.

A Talk with Hitchcock

1964

Jigsaw poster
5.0

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy launches an investigation into a series of murders related to a neo-fascist organisation.

Jigsaw

1949

Jigsaw poster
5.0

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy launches an investigation into a series of murders related to a neo-fascist organisation.

Jigsaw

1949

The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus poster
4.0

The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus

1952

V.1. poster
6.5

Short documentary on the use of the V-1 Flying Bomb during the German bombings of London.

V.1.

1944