Phil Karlson | |
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Born | Philip N. Karlstein July 2, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 12, 1982 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 74)
Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Loyola Marymount University |
Occupation | Film director |
Phil Karlson (born Philip N. Karlstein; July 2, 1908 – December 12, 1982) was an American film director. Later noted as a film noir specialist, Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island, all with actor John Payne, in the early 1950s.[1]
Other films include The Texas Rangers (1951), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955), Gunman's Walk (1958), The Young Doctors (1961) and Walking Tall (1973).