Movies by Phil Karlson

Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Live Wires

Live Wires

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.

Mask of the Avenger

Mask of the Avenger

Costume swashbuckler with heroic John Derek battling evil Anthony Quinn.

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

The Big Cat

The Big Cat

A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.

Rampage

Rampage

In colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.

The Scarface Mob

The Scarface Mob

Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.

Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here

"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

Henny Brown, talent scout for the Margaret Ames Film Agency in Hollywood, mistakes Broadway show understudies Judy and Marian, for stars Betty and Eileen, and signs them up for movies. Margaret, furious with Henny for the blunder, fires him---but only temporarily. Another agent, Marty Allen, once married to and still in love with Margaret, signs Betty and Eileen. Henny arrives with Judy and Marian, and the nightclub manager asks Henny to emcee the show. Though he is not sure himself what they can do, Henny introduces the girls and they make...

Louisiana

Louisiana

The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.

Adventures in Silverado

Adventures in Silverado

Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a hooded highwayman called The Monk. Supposedly inspired by a true incident, this offbeat Western based on Stevenson's The Silverado Squatters is a dandy, high-spirited adventure yarn.

Rocky

Rocky

Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of their sheep. They find the animal and kill it, along with one of its puppies, but after they leave Hammond and his son discover another puppy still alive. They take it home and call it Rocky. John believes that a dog descended from sheep-killers will himself become a sheep-killer someday, but e gives his son a chance to raise and train the dog, hoping that he...

Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great

An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then-known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.

Black Gold

Black Gold

A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.

There Goes Kelly

There Goes Kelly

Musical turned murder mystery set at a radio station.

Thunderhoof

Thunderhoof

Two men, one woman and one horse get into trouble.