Harold D. Schuster

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A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.

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So Dear to My Heart

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Average Rating

6.6

46 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 1948

78 years ago
My Friend Flicka

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Average Rating

6.0

17 votes

Release Date

May 26, 1943

84 years ago
Finger Man

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Average Rating

5.3

15 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1955

71 years ago
Loophole

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Average Rating

6.6

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1954

73 years ago
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

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Average Rating

4.9

10 votes

Release Date

Feb 16, 1955

72 years ago
Dragoon Wells Massacre

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Average Rating

6.9

9 votes

Release Date

Aug 28, 1957

69 years ago
Wings of the Morning

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Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 19, 1937

90 years ago
Portland Exposé

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Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 11, 1957

69 years ago
Kid Monk Baroni

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Average Rating

6.2

6 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1952

75 years ago
Jack Slade

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Average Rating

6.4

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1953

73 years ago
Marine Raiders

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Average Rating

6.8

5 votes

Release Date

Jul 11, 1944

82 years ago
Dinner at the Ritz

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Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 1937

89 years ago
Breakfast in Hollywood

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Average Rating

5.0

3 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 1946

81 years ago
Courage of Black Beauty

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Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1957

69 years ago
Bomber's Moon

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Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Aug 05, 1943

83 years ago
Framed

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Average Rating

5.8

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 23, 1940

87 years ago
Security Risk

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Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 08, 1954

72 years ago
The Return of Jack Slade

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Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 09, 1955

71 years ago
Exposed

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Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 05, 1938

88 years ago
Girl Trouble

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Average Rating

6.5

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 09, 1942

84 years ago
On the Sunny Side

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Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 1942

85 years ago
Small Town Deb

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Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 07, 1941

85 years ago
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

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Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 1940

87 years ago
The Tender Years

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Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 03, 1948

79 years ago
A Very Young Lady

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Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1941

86 years ago
The Postman Didn't Ring

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 03, 1942

85 years ago
Swing That Cheer

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 1938

88 years ago
Diamond Frontier

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 1940

86 years ago
Queer Cargo

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 1938

88 years ago
The Power of the Resurrection

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Port of Hell

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 05, 1954

72 years ago
Zanzibar

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 1940

87 years ago
One Hour To Live

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1939

87 years ago
South to Karanga

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Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 1940

86 years ago

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