Gordon Douglas

Gordon Douglas

1907-12-15 New York City, New York, USA 114 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Douglas (born Gordon Douglas Brickner; December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures.

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

2022

Director

Directing

A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, Volume 6 features the talents of George "Spanky" McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, ...

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

2011

Director

Directing

The only thing more outrageous than The Little Rascals' antics are their wild imaginations! See what happens when the Gang is left alone to guess at w...

Viva Knievel!

Viva Knievel!

1977

Director

3.6
Directing

The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1975

Director

5.0
Directing

A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

Director

4.8
Directing

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, ...

Skin Game

Skin Game

1971

Co-Director

6.6
Directing

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in...

Barquero

Barquero

1970

Director

6.3
Directing

Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only ...

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970

Director

5.8
Directing

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

Skullduggery

Skullduggery

1970

Director

4.5
Directing

An expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who may or may not be ancestors of early man.

Lady in Cement

Lady in Cement

1968

Director

6.3
Directing

While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after,...

The Detective

The Detective

1968

Director

6.0
Directing

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.

Tony Rome

Tony Rome

1967

Director

6.4
Directing

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has se...

Chuka

Chuka

1967

Director

6.2
Directing

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

In Like Flint

In Like Flint

1967

Director

6.1
Directing

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds t...

Way... Way Out

Way... Way Out

1966

Director

5.7
Directing

A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.

Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1966

Director

6.1
Directing

A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thr...

Harlow

Harlow

1965

Director

5.4
Directing

Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's men...

Sylvia

Sylvia

1965

Director

6.2
Directing

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator n...

Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos

1964

Director

6.3
Directing

Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Co...

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

Director

6.1
Directing

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob bos...

Call Me Bwana

Call Me Bwana

1963

Director

5.7
Directing

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—t...

Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream

1962

Director

6.2
Directing

When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his...

Claudelle Inglish

Claudelle Inglish

1961

Director

5.5
Directing

A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by be...

The Sins of Rachel Cade

The Sins of Rachel Cade

1961

Director

5.5
Directing

A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.

Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

Director

7.0
Directing

Fur-trapping partners stumble across a cache of gold, but their discovery quickly attracts every greedy villain in the territory.

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly

1959

Director

6.0
Directing

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly...

Up Periscope

Up Periscope

1959

Director

6.3
Directing

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy ...

The Fiend Who Walked the West

The Fiend Who Walked the West

1958

Director

6.0
Directing

A convicted bank robber, serving his sentence and yearning for freedom, becomes entangled with a psychotic, homicidal inmate. This inmate turns on him...

Fort Dobbs

Fort Dobbs

1958

Director

6.8
Directing

An escaped prisoner helps a mother and her son flee marauding Indians. Director Gordon Douglas' 1958 western stars Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Richar...

Bombers B-52

Bombers B-52

1957

Director

5.6
Directing

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

The Big Land

The Big Land

1957

Director

6.4
Directing

Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranch...

Santiago

Santiago

1956

Director

5.2
Directing

Two American gun runners at odds with each other and looking to sell guns to the rebels during the Cuban War of Independence navigate a boat to Cuba. ...

Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

1955

Director

5.8
Directing

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive...

The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955

Director

6.3
Directing

Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every ste...

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1954

Director

6.0
Directing

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming compo...

Them!

Them!

1954

Director

6.8
Directing

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists ...

So This Is Love

So This Is Love

1953

Director

4.5
Directing

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

The Charge at Feather River

The Charge at Feather River

1953

Director

5.6
Directing

A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.

She's Back on Broadway

She's Back on Broadway

1953

Director

5.7
Directing

When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a...

The Iron Mistress

The Iron Mistress

1952

Director

4.8
Directing

In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse'...

Mara Maru

Mara Maru

1952

Director

4.8
Directing

An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.

Come Fill the Cup

Come Fill the Cup

1951

Director

7.0
Directing

Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back a...

I Was a Communist for the FBI

I Was a Communist for the FBI

1951

Director

5.3
Directing

A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.

Only the Valiant

Only the Valiant

1951

Director

6.3
Directing

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteer...

The Great Missouri Raid

The Great Missouri Raid

1951

Director

6.6
Directing

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an armed gang to face the Union troops using guerrilla warfar...

Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

Director

5.8
Directing

Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are att...

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950

Director

6.8
Directing

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime bus...

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

1950

Director

4.8
Directing

The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood

1950

Director

7.1
Directing

When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish M...

The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950

Director

5.8
Directing

A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.

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 Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949

Director

6.8
Directing

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the lea...

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948

Director

5.9
Directing

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation...

The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow

1948

Director

5.2
Directing

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is...

If You Knew Susie

If You Knew Susie

1948

Director

7.5
Directing

In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they...

San Quentin

San Quentin

1946

Director

6.3
Directing

An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946

Director

5.2
Directing

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

First Yank into Tokyo

First Yank into Tokyo

1945

Director

5.4
Directing

A U.S. pilot undergoes plastic surgery and drops into Japan to get a captive scientist's (Marc Cramer) atomic secrets.

Zombies on Broadway

Zombies on Broadway

1945

Director

5.0
Directing

Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Hollywood

1944

Director

6.0
Directing

Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find hi...

Girl Rush

Girl Rush

1944

Director

5.0
Directing

During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western minin...

A Night of Adventure

A Night of Adventure

1944

Director

5.1
Directing

A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Gildersleeve's Ghost

1944

Director

5.0
Directing

Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.

Gildersleeve on Broadway

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943

Director

5.8
Directing

On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943

Director

6.4
Directing

Gildersleeve has jury duty.

The Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve

1942

Director

5.9
Directing

A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.

The Devil with Hitler

The Devil with Hitler

1942

Director

5.5
Directing

Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the ...

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941

Director

6.8
Directing

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.

Broadway Limited

Broadway Limited

1941

Director

4.6
Directing

A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought...

Topper Returns

Topper Returns

1941

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealt...

Saps at Sea

Saps at Sea

1940

Director

6.8
Directing

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem...

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone

1939

as Mr. Selby

6.1
Acting

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

The Housekeeper's Daughter

The Housekeeper's Daughter

1939

Screenplay

3.5
Writing

A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

In Name Only

In Name Only

1939

as Steward (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Zenobia

Zenobia

1939

Director

4.6
Directing

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Aladdin's Lantern

1938

Director

5.7
Directing

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

The Little Ranger

1938

as Theater Usher

6.0
Acting

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

The Little Ranger

1938

Director

6.0
Directing

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

Hide and Shriek

Hide and Shriek

1938

Director

7.0
Directing

Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find themselves in an amusement park haunted house.

Feed 'em and Weep

Feed 'em and Weep

1938

Director

7.0
Directing

It's Mr. Hood's birthday and he's looking forward to a quiet celebration with his family. But Darla's friends show up with living presents, eat his di...

Came the Brawn

Came the Brawn

1938

Director

6.5
Directing

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully Butch has secretly donned the disguise of his oppon...

Bear Facts

Bear Facts

1938

Director

6.8
Directing

In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear c...

Canned Fishing

Canned Fishing

1938

Director

6.3
Directing

Spanky and Alfalfa plot to play hooky so they can go fishing, by pretending that Alfalfa is sick and Spanky should stay with him while the parents are...

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Our Gang Follies of 1938

1937

Director

6.2
Directing

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

The Pigskin Palooka

The Pigskin Palooka

1937

Director

6.3
Directing

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back ho...

Framing Youth

Framing Youth

1937

Director

7.2
Directing

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

Fishy Tales

Fishy Tales

1937

Director

7.2
Directing

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales

1937

Director

6.8
Directing

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Roamin' Holiday

Roamin' Holiday

1937

Director

7.0
Directing

The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.

Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

1937

Director

6.5
Directing

When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an epidemic will allow the school to be closed for a week, t...

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet

1937

Director

6.6
Directing

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Hearts Are Thumps

Hearts Are Thumps

1937

Director

6.8
Directing

The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.

Glove Taps

Glove Taps

1937

Director

6.7
Directing

Butch challenges Alfalfa to a fight.

Reunion in Rhythm

Reunion in Rhythm

1937

Director

6.0
Directing

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

Spooky Hooky

Spooky Hooky

1936

Director

6.0
Directing

The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to get it back when they find out that the class was...

General Spanky

General Spanky

1936

Director

5.4
Directing

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wron...

Pay As You Exit

Pay As You Exit

1936

Director

7.3
Directing

The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.

Two Too Young

Two Too Young

1936

Director

7.0
Directing

Spanky and Alfalfa try to get Porky's and Buckwheat's fireworks.

Kelly the Second

Kelly the Second

1936

Adaptation

6.0

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

Bored of Education

Bored of Education

1936

Director

6.6
Directing

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in...

The Infernal Triangle

1935

Director

Directing
Anniversary Trouble

Anniversary Trouble

1935

Assistant Director

6.3
Directing

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

The Fatal Glass of Beer

The Fatal Glass of Beer

1933

as Student Drinker (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

Too Many Women

Too Many Women

1932

as Gordon

9.0
Acting

College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game when he's got an eye for the ladies.

You're Telling Me

1932

as Eddie Morgan

5.0
Acting

In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - thou...

The Knockout

The Knockout

1932

as Slug, Sophomore Champ

4.5
Acting

When Mickey accidentally knocks out a local boxing champ, he is forced to take the fighter's place in a bout.

On the Loose

On the Loose

1931

as Fun House Worker (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mu...

Come Clean

Come Clean

1931

as Hotel desk clerk

7.1
Acting

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and...

Catch-As Catch-Can

Catch-As Catch-Can

1931

as Young man (uncredited)

1.0
Acting

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.

Let's Do Things

Let's Do Things

1931

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Acting

Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.

Love Fever

Love Fever

1931

as Thelma's Chauffeur (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.

Chickens Come Home

Chickens Come Home

1931

as Passerby Outside Apartment

6.7
Acting

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

Looser Than Loose

Looser Than Loose

1930

as Young Man

4.0
Acting

Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

1930

as Second Caterer

7.2
Acting

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.