Movies by Byron Haskin
As a director:
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Cast: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
When his spaceship crash-lands on Mars, astronaut Kit Draper (Paul Mantee) must figure out how to survive on the barren, lifeless planet with only a monkey to keep him company in this 1964…
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The Boss (1956)
Cast: John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Scripted by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, director Byron Haskin's hard-hitting drama charts the rise and fall of Matt Brady (John Payne), a World War I veteran who returns home and…
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The First Texan (1956)
Cast: Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Lawyer Sam Houston (Joel McCrea) comes to Texas hoping to start a new life, one free of politics and scandal, but fate and an order from President Jackson end up turning him into a hero and…
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Conquest of Space (1954)
Cast: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Housed in a space vessel located between Earth and Mars, scientist Samuel Merritt and his crew aim to create a robot that can land on the Red Planet. But competing forces try to thwart their…
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The Naked Jungle (1954)
Cast: Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
A rugged, self-made man (Charlton Heston) has carved a plantation out of the South American jungle and filled it with beautiful furnishings. Now, all he needs is some feminine companionship.…
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Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Cast: Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Lloyd Berrell …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentle Captain Long John Silver (Robert Newton) is heading back to Treasure Island to see if he…
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Long John Silver (1954)
Cast: Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Grant Taylor …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
This Treasure Island sequel, in which Robert Newton reprises his role as the charismatic Long John Silver, bears a strong resemblance to Disney's 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes,…
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His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Eighteenth-century entrepreneur David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) travels the South Seas, sharing agricultural tips with the islanders. Along the way, the swashbuckling sailor becomes…
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Less Tremayne …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
When a scorching meteor-like object crashes to Earth near a Southern California town, scientist Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) waits three ill-fated days for the object -- a spaceship filled…
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Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
In this classic trains-and-guns frontier drama, railway construction boss Jim Vesser (Edmond O'Brien) takes on merciless adversary McCabe (Sterling Hayden) in a race to complete the…
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Warpath (1951)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
In this action-packed classic Western, cowboy John Vickers (Edmond O'Brien) swears he'll seek vengeance on the three men who murdered his beloved fiancée. After killing the first…
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Silver City (1951)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Arlen …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
This action-packed Western never stops for breath as reformed thief Larkin Moffatt (Edmond O'Brien) finds a job as an assayer in a booming silver-mining town, although his past haunts…
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Treasure Island (1950)
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Authentic locales and musket-roaring action set the stage as author Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless adventure yarn of buccaneers and buried gold is brought to life in this sumptuous…
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Film Noir Collection: Killer Bait (1949)
Cast: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
A bickering married couple finds a bag of money that's been dropped in the back seat of their car. The upstanding husband (Arthur Kennedy) wants to turn the illicit cash in to the…
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Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)
Cast: Sabu, Wendell Corey, Joy Page …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
American doctor John Collins (Wendell Corey) agrees to a tiger hunt in India despite his anti-Indian prejudices. When he comes to know the residents of a Himalayan village who are being…
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I Walk Alone (1948)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Frankie Madison (Burt Lancaster), just out of prison, expects to pick up his bootlegging racket right where he left off. Unfortunately, his former partner, Noll Turner (Kirk Douglas), now a…
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Long John Silver / Captain Kidd (1945)
Cast: John Carradine, Charles Laughton, Connie Gilchrist …
Directed by: Byron Haskin, Rowland V. Lee
Take to the high seas for two swashbuckling pirate adventures. Robert Newton reprises his iconic Treasure Island role as Long John Silver (1954), while Charles Laughton is the infamous…
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Pirates: Dead Men Tell Their Tales (1945)
Cast: Barbara Britton, Kit Taylor, Randolph Scott …
Directed by: Byron Haskin, Rowland V. Lee
Slap on your eye patch and hoist the Jolly Roger for this entertaining documentary, which chronicles the history of notorious pirates such as Sir Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd,…