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Richard Fleischer 

 

  Key Noir Filmmaker  

 Strained Seriousness 

Director
1916 - 2006
Born December 8, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Key Genres: Drama, Crime, Adventure  TSPDT Rating: 8
Key Collaborators: Albert S. D'Agostino (Production Designer), Earl Felton (Screenwriter), Lyle Wheeler (Production Designer), Richard H. Kline (Cinematographer), Elmo Williams (Editor/Producer), Samuel E. Beetley (Editor), Jack Martin Smith (Production Designer), Herman Schlom (Producer), Ernest Borgnine (Leading Character Player), Robert de Grasse (Cinematographer)
Recommended: Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Narrow Margin (1952), Violent Saturday (1955), The Vikings (1958), Barabbas (1962)
Worth a Look: Child of Divorce (1946), The Clay Pigeon (1949), Trapped (1949), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Compulsion (1959), These Thousand Hills (1959), Fantastic Voyage (1966), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Soylent Green (1973), Mandingo (1975)
Approach with Caution: Bodyguard (1948), Follow Me Quietly (1949), The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Bandido (1956), Between Heaven and Hell (1956), The Boston Strangler (1968), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Duds: Doctor Dolittle (1967), Mr. Majestyk (1974), Ashanti (1979)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Film Journal Director Retrospective ] [ Classic Film and Television Home Page ] [ Wikipedia ] [ New York Times Obituary ] [ Guardian Obituary ]
Books: [ Just Tell Me When to Cry: A Memoir
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
250 Quintessential Noir Films: Follow Me Quietly (1949), Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Narrow Margin (1952)
Ain't Nobody's Blues But My Own: These Thousand Hills (1959)
 
 

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