Lewis Allen

Directing

Lewis Allen

Born 1905-12-25 · Oakengates, Shropshire, England, UK

Lewis Allen (25 December 1905 – 3 May 2000) was an English film and television director. Allen worked mainly in the United States, directing 18 feature films between 1944 and 1959. From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia Lewis Allen (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Valentino poster
4.3

Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.

Valentino

1951

Suddenly poster
6.4

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

Suddenly

1954

The Uninvited poster
6.9

A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

The Uninvited

1944

At Sword's Point poster
5.1

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford

At Sword's Point

1952

Desert Fury poster
5.9

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Desert Fury

1947

Illegal poster
6.5

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

Illegal

1955

Man on the Ledge poster
7.0

Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk the man, Robert Cosick, down from his threatening perch and in the process learns the reasons for the Robert's suicide attempt.

Man on the Ledge

1955

Appointment with Danger poster
5.7

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Appointment with Danger

1950

Chicago Deadline poster
6.7

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

Chicago Deadline

1949

The Unseen poster
4.7

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

The Unseen

1945

So Evil My Love poster
6.4

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

So Evil My Love

1948

The Imperfect Lady poster
NR

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.

The Imperfect Lady

1946

The Perfect Marriage poster
5.5

A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

The Perfect Marriage

1947

A Bullet for Joey poster
5.8

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.

A Bullet for Joey

1955

Another Time, Another Place poster
5.8

In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of his death, she travels to Cornwall to mourn with his family without any intention of revealing her relationship with him.

Another Time, Another Place

1958

Another Time, Another Place poster
5.8

In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of his death, she travels to Cornwall to mourn with his family without any intention of revealing her relationship with him.

Another Time, Another Place

1958

Sealed Verdict poster
7.0

John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.

Sealed Verdict

1948

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay poster
7.5

In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1944

Whirlpool poster
6.3

The ex-girlfriend of a German fugitive hides with the captain and crew of a ship on the Rhine.

Whirlpool

1959

Those Endearing Young Charms poster
9.0

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.

Those Endearing Young Charms

1945

Decision at Midnight poster
7.5

Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.

Decision at Midnight

1963

One Must Die poster
NR

John Baylor is summoned to the home of a friend of his fathers. The man is dying and wishes to leave everything to one of his two daughters. John wants to find out why one daughter is excluded.

One Must Die

1961

No artwork available
NR

In the spring, when one gentleman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a former love, his wife decides to take drastic action. She and hubby make a trip back to the old home town, determined to come face to face with his childhood sweetheart.

Every Man Has Two Wives

1956

No artwork available
7.0

A young wife learns that freedom must sometimes be paid for in lives, when her husband's ship is struck during battle.

Freedom Comes High

1943