Henry Levin

Henry Levin

1909-06-05 Trenton, New Jersey, USA 57 Credits

Biography

Henry Levin (5 June 1909 - 1 May 1980) began as a stage actor and director but was most notable as an American film director of over fifty feature films. He broke into film in 1943 as a dialogue director for the films Dangerous Blondes and Appointment in Berlin for Columbia Pictures. He then was contracted to Columbia Pictures as a director along with several other "potentials" who began as dialogue directors: Fred Sears, William Castle, Mel Ferrer and Robert Gordon. At the end of his career, h...

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Cinerama Adventure

Cinerama Adventure

2002

as Self

7.6
Acting

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into...

Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor

1980

Director

5.5
Directing

Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best...

Jamaican Gold

Jamaican Gold

1979

Director

4.3
Directing

A chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers, sup...

Run for the Roses

Run for the Roses

1977

Director

Directing

Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually o...

That Man Bolt

That Man Bolt

1973

Director

4.8
Directing

Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 m...

The Desperados

The Desperados

1969

Director

4.1
Directing

A Confederate and his sons become postwar marauders and face another son who left them, in Texas.

The Ambushers

The Ambushers

1967

Director

5.1
Directing

When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.

Murderers' Row

Murderers' Row

1966

Director

5.8
Directing

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mi...

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

1966

Director

6.7
Directing

In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the w...

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

1965

Director

5.8
Directing

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tr...

Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

1965

as Self

Acting

Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contras...

Honeymoon Hotel

Honeymoon Hotel

1964

Director

4.6
Directing

A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead.

Come Fly with Me

Come Fly with Me

1963

Director

4.4
Directing

Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.

If a Man Answers

If a Man Answers

1962

Director

5.9
Directing

Rich socialite Chantal marries photographer Eugene and everything seems blissful until her envious friend attempts to break them up. In desperation, s...

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

Director

5.8
Directing

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...

The Wonders of Aladdin

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

Director

5.1
Directing

Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are

1960

Director

6.0
Directing

Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

Director

6.9
Directing

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Holiday for Lovers

Holiday for Lovers

1959

Director

5.5
Directing

Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by H...

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

1959

Director

6.0
Directing

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisb...

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

1958

Director

3.3
Directing

Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.

April Love

April Love

1957

Director

6.4
Directing

A teenager, recently in trouble with the police, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle on their Kentucky farm in order to rediscover life's values.

Bernardine

Bernardine

1957

Director

7.0
Directing

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

1957

Director

6.1
Directing

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...

Let's Be Happy

Let's Be Happy

1957

Director

4.8
Directing

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets busine...

The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger

1955

Director

6.0
Directing

Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect t...

Three Young Texans

Three Young Texans

1954

Director

5.2
Directing

A Texan robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime. A young girl attempts to help him after learning about the theft. A...

The Gambler from Natchez

The Gambler from Natchez

1954

Director

6.8
Directing

A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.

Mister Scoutmaster

Mister Scoutmaster

1953

Director

6.5
Directing

Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Sco...

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

Director

3.3
Directing

Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-hors...

The President's Lady

The President's Lady

1953

Producer, Director

6.9
Producing Directing

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot conc...

Belles on Their Toes

Belles on Their Toes

1952

Director

6.8
Directing

The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, ...

The Family Secret

The Family Secret

1951

Director

5.7
Directing

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

1951

Director

6.7
Directing

A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.

The Flying Missile

The Flying Missile

1950

Director

4.9
Directing

A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.

The Petty Girl

The Petty Girl

1950

Director

4.1
Directing

An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his ...

Convicted

Convicted

1950

Director

6.2
Directing

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Director

4.9
Directing

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

Jolson Sings Again

Jolson Sings Again

1949

Director

6.0
Directing

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has...

Mr. Soft Touch

Mr. Soft Touch

1949

Director

6.8
Directing

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's...

The Gallant Blade

The Gallant Blade

1948

Director

6.0
Directing

Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

1948

Director

6.7
Directing

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to ...

The Mating of Millie

The Mating of Millie

1948

Director

6.8
Directing

Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan...

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

1947

Director

5.7
Directing

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

Director

5.7
Directing

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

The Return of Monte Cristo

The Return of Monte Cristo

1946

Director

6.5
Directing

Louis Hayward, star of 1940's Son of Monte Cristo, returns to Alexandre Dumas territory in Columbia's Return of Monte Cristo. This time, Hayward plays...

The Unknown

The Unknown

1946

Director

6.0
Directing

"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inher...

The Devil's Mask

The Devil's Mask

1946

Director

5.7
Directing

A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The pe...

Night Editor

Night Editor

1946

Director

5.6
Directing

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

1946

Director

4.9
Directing

Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.

The Negro Sailor

The Negro Sailor

1945

Director

Directing

US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific....

The Fighting Guardsman

The Fighting Guardsman

1945

Director

7.0
Directing

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

I Love a Mystery

I Love a Mystery

1945

Director

6.1
Directing

In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the ai...

Dancing in Manhattan

Dancing in Manhattan

1944

Director

6.0
Directing

In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not ...

Sergeant Mike

Sergeant Mike

1944

Director

5.0
Directing

A soldier becomes quite upset when he is transferred from the highly coveted machine-gun unit to the canine corps. He begins to change his opinion whe...

Cry of the Werewolf

Cry of the Werewolf

1944

Director

4.6
Directing

A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.

Dangerous Blondes

Dangerous Blondes

1943

Dialogue Coach

6.0

Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...