Roy Rowland

Roy Rowland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Rowland (December 31, 1910 – June 29, 1995) was an American film director. He helmed a number of films in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Rogue Cop, The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T, and The Girl Hunters. Rowland was the husband of Ruth Cummings, niece of Louis B. Mayer and sister of MGM producer/director Jack Cummings.

  • Title: Roy Rowland
  • Popularity: 3.083
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1910-12-31
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Roy Rowland Movies

  • 1969
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    Land Raiders

    Land Raiders

    5.1 1969 HD

    An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.

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  • 1954
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    Rogue Cop

    Rogue Cop

    5.3 1954 HD

    A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer.

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  • 1954
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    Rogue Cop

    Rogue Cop

    5.3 1954 HD

    A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer.

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  • 1963
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    The Girl Hunters

    The Girl Hunters

    5.7 1963 HD

    Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the...

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  • 1953
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    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    6.105 1953 HD

    Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure...

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  • 1950
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    Two Weeks with Love

    Two Weeks with Love

    5.9 1950 HD

    The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for...

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  • 1956
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    These Wilder Years

    These Wilder Years

    6.3 1956 HD

    A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.

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  • 1954
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    Witness to Murder

    Witness to Murder

    6.2 1954 HD

    A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

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  • 1949
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.2 1949 HD

    A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

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  • 1955
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    Many Rivers to Cross

    Many Rivers to Cross

    6.2 1955 HD

    Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in...

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  • 1951
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    Excuse My Dust

    Excuse My Dust

    7.2 1951 HD

    Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun...

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  • 1957
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    Seven Hills of Rome

    Seven Hills of Rome

    5.9 1957 HD

    After having a fight with his girl friend, Marc follows her to Rome to try and win her back. On the train he meets a girl who is on her way to stay...

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  • 1957
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    Slander

    Slander

    6.3 1957 HD

    A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer's career.

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  • 1952
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    Bugles in the Afternoon

    Bugles in the Afternoon

    5 1952 HD

    Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.

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  • 1963
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    The Girl Hunters

    The Girl Hunters

    5.7 1963 HD

    Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the...

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  • 1947
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    Killer McCoy

    Killer McCoy

    6 1947 HD

    Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing,...

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  • 1953
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    Affair with a Stranger

    Affair with a Stranger

    4.3 1953 HD

    Depicts the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband.

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  • 1945
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    Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

    Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

    6.9 1945 HD

    Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and...

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  • 1948
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    Tenth Avenue Angel

    Tenth Avenue Angel

    6.1 1948 HD

    Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve...

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  • 1940
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    You, the People

    You, the People

    5.5 1940 HD

    This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the...

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  • 1957
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    Gun Glory

    Gun Glory

    5.8 1957 HD

    An ex-gunslinger shunned by townsfolk is the only one who knows how to stop a ruthless cattleman.

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  • 1937
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    Cinema Circus

    Cinema Circus

    1 1937 HD

    Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy...

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  • 1956
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    Meet Me in Las Vegas

    Meet Me in Las Vegas

    4.7 1956 HD

    Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't...

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  • 1955
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    Hit the Deck

    Hit the Deck

    4.8 1955 HD

    Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.

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  • 1953
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    The Moonlighter

    The Moonlighter

    5.7 1953 HD

    Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they...

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  • 1950
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    The Outriders

    The Outriders

    6.773 1950 HD

    Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate...

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  • 1964
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    Gunfighters of Casa Grande

    Gunfighters of Casa Grande

    4 1964 HD

    In this western, a gambler wins a big Mexican ranch and decides to herd all of the cattle upon it into Texas. The crook enlists the aide of a few...

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  • 1937
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    A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

    5.1 1937 HD

    A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

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  • 1965
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    Man Called Gringo

    Man Called Gringo

    5 1965 HD

    Dakota, 1880. In Silver Springs, with the help of hired thugs, a lawyer tries to take over the town by sabotage, theft and brutal murders. The...

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  • 1943
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    Lost Angel

    Lost Angel

    7.5 1943 HD

    Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts...

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  • 1940
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    Jack Pot

    Jack Pot

    5.3 1940 HD

    This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.

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  • 1966
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    The Big Hit of Surcouf

    The Big Hit of Surcouf

    5.5 1966 HD

    The continuation of the adventures of Captain Robert Surcouf and his crew.

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  • 1934
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    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    5.8 1934 HD

    Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real...

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  • 1943
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    A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

    6.5 1943 HD

    In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards...

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  • 1946
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    Boys' Ranch

    Boys' Ranch

    6.5 1946 HD

    A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.

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  • 1937
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    How to Start the Day

    How to Start the Day

    6 1937 HD

    Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.

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  • 1936
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    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    1 1936 HD

    Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...

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  • 1947
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    The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    6.6 1947 HD

    A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

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  • 1937
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    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    6.3 1937 HD

    Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are...

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  • 1938
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    Mental Poise

    Mental Poise

    5.5 1938 HD

    In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

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  • 1939
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    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    4.5 1939 HD

    Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

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  • 1966
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    The Sea Pirate

    The Sea Pirate

    6 1966 HD

    A young naval officer becomes a corsair to make enough money to marry a pretty girl, and fights injustice and snobbery to reach home safely.

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  • 1939
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    How to Eat

    How to Eat

    5 1939 HD

    Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

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  • 1938
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    How to Read

    How to Read

    5.2 1938 HD

    Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.

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  • 1938
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    How to Watch Football

    How to Watch Football

    4.8 1938 HD

    Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

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  • 1939
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    Home Early

    Home Early

    1 1939 HD

    A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

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  • 2017
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    The Foreigner

    The Foreigner

    6.963 2017 HD

    Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his...

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  • 1939
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    Think First

    Think First

    1 1939 HD

    Episode 24 of the Crime Does Not Pay series. Margie Smith (Laraine Day) works as a waitress at a drive in restaurant. She likes to date and look nice...

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  • 1941
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    Sucker List

    Sucker List

    6 1941 HD

    In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of...

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  • 1938
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    The Courtship of the Newt

    The Courtship of the Newt

    1 1938 HD

    Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.

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  • 1939
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    Dark Magic

    Dark Magic

    6 1939 HD

    A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.

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  • 1938
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    An Evening Alone

    An Evening Alone

    6.5 1938 HD

    Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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  • 1939
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    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    3.5 1939 HD

    A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

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  • 1938
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    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    6 1938 HD

    The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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  • 1938
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    How to Raise a Baby

    How to Raise a Baby

    5 1938 HD

    American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.

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  • 1937
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    Song of Revolt

    Song of Revolt

    6 1937 HD

    This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.

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  • 1938
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    Music Made Simple

    Music Made Simple

    1 1938 HD

    Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.

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