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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907–August 30, 2000), was an American B-movie film director. Although he worked with both Béla Lugosi (The Invisible Ghost) and Lionel Atwill in early 1940s horror, he is best known for his work in film noir from the late 40s and the 1950s. His most acclaimed feature, Gun Crazy (1949), is a dark romance about gun-obsession, and notable for its use of location photography. At the dawn of his career (1937–1940), when Lewis was directing inexpensive westerns, he earned the derogatory nickname "Wagon-Wheel Joe" from the studio editors, because of his tendency to use wagon-wheels for constructing interesting visual compositions within the frame. Lewis's offbeat and eye-catching compositions added style and value to inexpensive productions. His 1944 musical Minstrel Man, starring singer Benny Fields, is quite possibly the finest film ever made by low-budget PRC Pictures. Industry insiders noticed, prompting Columbia Pictures to hire Lewis to film the musical sequences for its blockbuster musical The Jolson Story. Toward the end of Lewis's career, he worked in television, directing mostly westerns: The Rifleman, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, and the pilot for Branded. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph H. Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1907-04-06
- event Death Date 2000-08-30
- school Known for: Directing
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- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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A Lady Without Passport
1950-08-03
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The Big Combo
1955-02-13
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Invisible Ghost
1941-04-25
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The Undercover Man
1949-03-21
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Pride of the Bowery
1940-12-15
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The Halliday Brand
1957-01-01
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Cry of the Hunted
1953-05-08
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So Dark the Night
1946-10-10
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The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942-02-27
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My Name Is Julia Ross
1945-11-08
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7th Cavalry
1956-12-01
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A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
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Sharad of Atlantis
1936-05-30
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Terror in a Texas Town
1958-09-01
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The Falcon in San Francisco
1945-07-20
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Gun Crazy
1950-01-20
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Bombs Over Burma
1942-06-05
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Boys of the City
1940-07-15
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Desperate Search
1952-11-19
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Hitch Hike Lady
1935-12-28
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Retreat, Hell!
1952-02-17
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935-08-30
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The Return of October
1948-10-26
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Criminals Within
1941-06-27
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Navy Spy
1937-03-13
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The Gold Racket
1937-04-10
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The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940-05-02
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The Silver Bullet
1942-08-05
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Bombs Over Burma
1942-06-05
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The Return of Wild Bill
1940-06-26
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The Singing Outlaw
1938-06-13
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The Swordsman
1948-01-02
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Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942-10-26
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Texas Stagecoach
1940-05-23
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Arizona Cyclone
1941-11-14
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Two-Fisted Rangers
1939-12-13
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Streamline Express
1935-09-15
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That Gang of Mine
1940-09-23
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Minstrel Man
1944-01-02
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Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
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The Spy Ring
1938-01-08
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Blazing Six Shooters
1940-04-10
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Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942-08-21
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The Last Stand
1938-04-01
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Border Wolves
1938-02-25
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Courage of the West
1937-12-01
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Man on a Bus
1955-05-01
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The Investigators
1961-10-05
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Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
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Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
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The Big Valley
1965-09-15
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The Rifleman
1958-09-30
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Branded
1965-01-24
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The Detectives
1959-10-16