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David Miller

Born November 28, 1909 in Paterson, New Jersey, USADied April 14, 199241 films

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David Miller (November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992) was an American film director who directed such varied films as Billy the Kid (1941) with Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy, Flying Tigers (1943) with John Wayne, and Love Happy (1949) with the Marx Brothers.

Miller directed Lonely Are the Brave (1962) with Kirk Douglas; Emanuel Levy wrote, in 2009, that it "is the most accomplished film of David Miller, who directs with eloquent feeling for landscape and attention to character." Others feel that Miller's filmic masterpiece is his 1952 Noir thriller Sudden Fear; Sudden Fear was nominated for four Academy Awards, for Best Lead Actress (Joan Crawford); Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance); Best Costume Design (Sheila O'Brien); and Best Cinematography (Charles Lang).

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Lonely are the Brave posterFirst watchLonely are the Brave19627.4A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sudden Fear poster7.2Sudden Fear1952Midnight Lace poster6.6Midnight Lace1960Executive Action poster6.5Executive Action1973Flying Tigers poster6.2Flying Tigers1942Love Happy poster5.8Love Happy1949

Filmography

41 films as director
  1. 1981Goldie and the Boxer Go to HollywoodDirector
  2. 1979Goldie and the BoxerDirector
  3. 1979Love for RentDirector
  4. 1979The Best Place to BeDirector
  5. 1976Bittersweet LoveDirector
  6. 1973Executive ActionDirector
  7. 1969Hail, Hero!Director
  8. 1968HammerheadDirector
  9. 1963Captain Newman, M.D.Director
  10. 1962Lonely are the BraveDirector
  11. 1961Back StreetDirector
  12. 1960Midnight LaceDirector
  13. 1959Happy AnniversaryDirector
  14. 1957The Story of Esther CostelloDirector
  15. 1956The Opposite SexDirector
  16. 1956DianeDirector
  17. 1954Beautiful StrangerDirector
  18. 1952Sudden FearDirector
  19. 1951Saturday's HeroDirector
  20. 1950Our Very OwnDirector
  21. 1949Love HappyDirector
  22. 1949Top o' the MorningDirector
  23. 1946Seeds of DestinyDirector
  24. 1942Flying TigersDirector
  25. 1942Further Prophecies of NostradamusDirector
  26. 1942Sunday PunchDirector
  27. 1941Billy the KidDirector
  28. 1941More About NostradamusDirector
  29. 1939Drunk DrivingDirector
  30. 1939Ice AnticsDirector
  31. 1938The Great HeartDirector
  32. 1938NostradamusDirector
  33. 1938FisticuffsDirector
  34. 1938It's in the StarsDirector
  35. 1938Penny's PartyDirector
  36. 1937Equestrian AcrobatsDirector
  37. 1937Penny WisdomDirector
  38. 1937DexterityDirector
  39. 1936HurlingDirector
  40. 1936Let's DanceDirector
  41. 1935Trained HoofsDirector