Biography
Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1909 – October 18, 1998 in New York, New York) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screen writer, and television director. Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. After school he returned to New York City and became an assistant director of theater and playwright. Later on he then established himself as a theatrical director. In 1932, he joined up with the film industry starting as a dialo...
Complete Filmography

The Murder Game
1965
Director
A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.

The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
Director, Story
Colonel Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when a...

Blood on the Arrow
1964
Director
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to...

The Last Man on Earth
1964
Director
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

The Quick Gun
1964
Director
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
Director
A feature made out of two episodes from the 1958 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans."

Twice-Told Tales
1963
Director
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the...

The Big Night
1960
Director
Big money means big crime in this noir drama following the exploits of Frankie (Randy Sparks), a young man who stumbles on a stash of cash and finds h...

Chicago Confidential
1957
Director
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.

Gun Duel in Durango
1957
Director
A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.

The Iron Sheriff
1957
Director
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of ev...

Along the Mohawk Trail
1957
Director
Two episodes of the 1957 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" edited together and released as a feature.

Gun Brothers
1956
Director
Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw...
The Toughest Man Alive
1955
Director
This adventurous crime drama is set in exotic Latin America and chronicles a lawman's attempt to bust up the ring of Yankee gun-smugglers who have bee...

Fury
1955
Director
Jim Newton and his adopted son Joey navigate life on the Broken Wheel Ranch, with their close bond to the wild black stallion Fury.

Robbers' Roost
1955
Director, Screenplay
Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' ou...

Las Vegas Shakedown
1955
Director
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.

Sitting Bull
1954
Director, Screenplay
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Litt...

Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
Producer, Story, Director
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida, intending to t...

Jack McCall, Desperado
1953
Director
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.

Prince of Pirates
1953
Director
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with hi...

The Pathfinder
1952
Director
Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who ...

The Golden Hawk
1952
Director
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.

Scarlet Angel
1952
Director
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.

Shadow of the Eagle
1950
Director
During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.

The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
Writer
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.

Fugitive Lady
1950
Director
A man drives his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. One insurance investigator is not so sure it was an accident or suicide and gets 48 hours to ...

Sword of the Avenger
1948
Director, Producer
Roberto Balagtas is falsely arrested for treason and sent to prison where he is tortured. He escapes with other prisoners, but only Batagtas survives ...

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947
Director
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with...

Millie's Daughter
1947
Director
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.

Faithful in My Fashion
1946
Director
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge pr...

The Boy from Stalingrad
1943
Director
If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the ...

City Without Men
1943
Director
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she ...

Flight Lieutenant
1942
Director
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.

The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
Director
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

Tillie the Toiler
1941
Director
While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets office boy Mac, who falls in love with her at first sight. Though Tillie likes Mac as a friend...

Time Out for Rhythm
1941
Director
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Director, Screenplay, Story
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
Director, Story, Screenplay
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana tryin...

Girl from God's Country
1940
Director
Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few week...

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
Director
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.

The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
Director
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

Cafe Hostess
1940
Director
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.

Flight at Midnight
1939
Director
Spinner McGee, devil-may-care mail pilot volunteers his courage and skill for the task of raising $100,000 to save the small airport owned by Pop Huss...

She Married a Cop
1939
Director
This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Polic...

The Zero Hour
1939
Director
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.

Street of Missing Men
1939
Director
An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring...

Woman Doctor
1939
Director
Woman Doctor is a 1939 American drama film
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
Director
A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky D...

Storm Over Bengal
1938
Director
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its ...

The Night Hawk
1938
Director
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in or...

Come On, Leathernecks!
1938
Story
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.

Prison Nurse
1938
Screenplay
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, th...

Behind the Mike
1937
Director
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

Exclusive
1937
Screenplay
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...

Girl Overboard
1937
Director
A beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
Four Days Wonder
1936
Director
Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, J...

Murder with Pictures
1936
Screenplay
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for t...

Rhythm on the Range
1936
Screenplay
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner o...

Supernatural
1933
Dialogue
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When a fake psychic claims to have a message from Roma's dead brother, he...