Lewis Allen

Lewis Allen

December 25, 1905 · 120 years old

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 i…

Known For

10 titles
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The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1944 · 1h 39m · Movie

A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.

7.2
2
Suddenly

Suddenly

1954 · 1h 17m · Movie

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.

6.8
3
Illegal

Illegal

1955 · 1h 28m · Movie

After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.

7.0
4
Desert Fury

Desert Fury

1947 · 1h 36m · Movie

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

6.5
5
Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

1950 · 1h 30m · Movie

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.

6.5
6
A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

1955 · 1h 25m · Movie

In Montreal, a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to abduct a nuclear physicist, with American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress all involved.

6.0
7
So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

1948 · 1h 52m · Movie

Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her lodger then her lover. Olivia falls so compl...

6.9
8
Another Time, Another Place

Another Time, Another Place

1958 · 1h 31m · Movie

An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.

5.8
9
The Unseen

The Unseen

1945 · 1h 20m · Movie

A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.

5.9
10
Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline

1949 · 1h 26m · Movie

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams 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. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

6.4