Lesley Selander was a prolific
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movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and 15 TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934),
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(1935), and
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FuryFury is a 1936 American drama film which tells the story of an innocent man who narrowly escapes being lynched and the revenge he seeks. Directed by Fritz Lang, the film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney and Bruce Cabot and features Walter Abel, Edward...
(1936).
Films
- 1936: Empty Saddles
- 1936: Boss Rider of Gun Creek
- 1936: Ride 'Em Cowboy
- 1937: The Barrier
- 1937: Black Aces
- 1937: Hopalong Rides Again
- 1937: Smoke Tree Range
- 1937: Left-Handed Law
- 1937: Sandflow
- 1938: Hopalong Cassidy
- 1938: The Frontiersmen
- 1938: The Mysterious Rider
- 1938: Pride of the West
- 1938: Bar 20 Justice
- 1938: Heart of Arizona
- 1938: Cassidy of Bar 20
- 1938: Partners of the Plains
- 1939: Range War
- 1939: The Renegade Trail
- 1939: Heritage of the Desert
- 1939: Silver on the Sage
- 1939: Sunset Trail
- 1940: Three Men from Texas
- 1940: Knights of the Range
- 1940: Cherokee Strip
- 1940: Stagecoach War
- 1940: Hidden Gold
- 1940: The Light of Western Stars
- 1940: Santa Fe Marshal
- 1941: Riders of the Timberline
- 1941: Stick to Your Guns
- 1941: Wide Open Town
- 1941: Pirates on Horseback
- 1941: The Roundup
- 1941: Doomed Caravan
- 1942: Undercover Man
- 1942: Lost Canyon
- 1942: Red River Robin Hood
Red River Robin Hood is a 1942 American film directed by Lesley Selander and using a screenplay by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Russell Wade as Chet Andrews, Tim Holt as Jim Carey, Cliff Edwards as Ike, Eddie Dew as Scott Yager, Otto Hoffman as Sam Sterling, Barbara Moffett as Carol, and Bob...
- 1942: Bandit Ranger
- 1942: Thundering Hoofs
- 1943: Bar 20
- 1943: Colt Comrades
- 1943: Buckskin Frontier
- 1943: Riders of the Deadline
- 1943: Border Patrol
- 1944: Sheriff of Las Vegas
- 1944: Firebrands of Arizona
- 1944: Sheriff of Sundown
- 1944: Cheyenne Wildcat
- 1944: Stagecoach to Monterey
- 1944: Bordertown Trail
- 1944: Call of the Rockies
- 1944: Forty Thieves
- 1944: Lumberjack
- 1945: The Fatal Witness
- 1945: Jungle Raiders
Jungle Raiders is a Columbia film serial.-Cast:* Kane Richmond as Bob Moore* Eddie Quillan as Joe Riley, Bob Moore's comedy sidekick* Veda Ann Borg as Cora Bell* Carol Hughes as Zara, the High Priestess* Janet Shaw as Ann Reed...
- 1945: Phantom of the Plains
- 1945: Trail of Kit Carson
- 1945: Three's a Crowd
- 1945: The Vampire's Ghost
- 1945: Great Stagecoach Robbery
- 1946: Out California Way
- 1946: Night Train to Memphis
- 1946: Traffic in Crime
- 1946: Passkey to Danger
- 1946: The Catman of Paris
- 1947: The Red Stallion
- 1947: Blackmail
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1947: Robin Hood of Texas
1947: Saddle Pals
1947: Last Frontier Uprising
1947: The Pilgrim Lady
1948: Indian Agent
1948: Belle Starr's Daughter
1948: Panhandle
1948: Guns of Hate
1949: Masked Raiders
1949: The Mysterious Desperado
1949: Stampede
1949: The Sky Dragon
1949: Rustlers
1949: Brothers in the Saddle
1949: Strike it Rich
1950: Dakota Lil
1950: Short Grass
1950: The Kangaroo Kid
1950: Rio Grande Patrol
1950: Rider from Tucson
1950: Storm Over Wyoming
1950: Riders of the Range
1951: Overland Telegraph
1951: Flight to MarsFlight to Mars is a Cinecolor science fiction film, written for the screen by Arthur Strawn, produced by Walter Mirisch for Monogram Pictures and directed by Lesley Selander. The film has some similarities to the Russian silent film Aelita...
1951: Pistol Harvest
1951: The Highwayman
1951: Gunplay
1951: Cavalry Scout
1951: I was an American Spy
1951: Saddle Legion
1951: Law of the Badlands
1952: The Raiders
1952: Battle Zone
1952: Flat Top
1952: Desert Passage
1952: Road Agent
1952: Trail Guide
1952: Fort Osage
1953: Fighter Attack
1953: Fort Algiers
1953: The Royal African Rifles
1953: War Paint
1953: Cow Country
1953: Fort Vengeance
1954: Return from the Sea
1954: The Yellow Tomahawk
1954: Arrow in the Dust
1954: Dragonfly Squadron
1955: Fort Yuma
1955: Desert Sands
1955: Tall Man Riding
1955: Shotgun
1956: Quincannon: Frontier Scout
1956: The Broken Star
1957: The Wayward Girl
1957: Taming Sutton's Gal
1957: Outlaw's Son
1957: Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957: Tomahawk Trail
1958: The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1965: Town Tamer
1965: Fort Courageous
1965: War Party
1965: Convict Stage
1966: The Texican
1967: Fort Utah
1968: Arizona Bushwhackers |
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