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A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father. Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi. Votes: 2,504. 7.
by Glenn Lovell. Telluride, Colo. — During his 40 years of making sprawling action pictures ‒ everything from “Lives of the Bengal Lancer” with Gary Cooper to the original “True Grit” with John Wayne ‒ director Henry Hathaway earned a reputation for being, in the words of one screenwriter, “probably the toughest son of a bitch in Hollywood.”
5. Fourteen Hours (1951) Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller. 7.1. Rate. An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours. Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget.
Henry Hathaway (* 13.März 1898 in Sacramento, Kalifornien; † 11. Februar 1985 in Hollywood) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur.Geboren als Henri Léopold de Fiennes Hathaway, war er der Sohn des amerikanischen Schauspielers und Bühnenmanagers Rhody Hathaway (1868–1944) und der in Ungarn geborenen belgischen Marquise Lillie de Fiennes (1876–1938), die unter dem Namen Jean Hathaway auftrat.
Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer famous for directing films like ‘The Lives of a Bengal Lancer’ and ‘Call Northside 777.’. Having gained prominence as a director of Westerns, he was equally skilled at navigating other genres like semi-documentaries, often using the film noir style.
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer. Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: William Elliott, Marki Bey, Cliff Potts, Michael Lerner
