Writing

Jo Pagano

Born — Died

1906-02-05 — 1982-03-23

Place of birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Sound of Fury poster
6.5

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.

The Sound of Fury

1950

Almost a Gentleman poster
8.0

Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.

Almost a Gentleman

1939

Adventures in Silverado poster
7.0

Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a hooded highwayman called The Monk. Supposedly inspired by a true incident, this offbeat Western based on Stevenson's The Silverado Squatters is a dandy, high-spirited adventure yarn.

Adventures in Silverado

1948

Jungle Goddess poster
2.9

When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.

Jungle Goddess

1948

Too Young to Know poster
7.0

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.

Too Young to Know

1945

Jungle Moon Men poster
5.4

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.

Jungle Moon Men

1955

Tarnished Angel poster
5.3

A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.

Tarnished Angel

1938

Leather Burners poster
6.1

As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.

Leather Burners

1943

Murder Without Tears poster
5.8

A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.

Murder Without Tears

1953

Security Risk poster
6.0

An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.

Security Risk

1954

Hotel Berlin poster
6.2

An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.

Hotel Berlin

1945

Yaqui Drums poster
9.0

In this western, a Mexican bandit and an angry rancher team up and take on a crooked saloon keeper.

Yaqui Drums

1956

The Rookie Cop poster
5.8

A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection to his use of a trained German Shepherd dog named Ace.

The Rookie Cop

1939