Jacques Tourneur's Filmography
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Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America. He was hired to run the second unit for David O. Selznick's A Tale of Two Cities (1935), where he first met Val Lewton. In 1942, when Lewton was named to head the new horror unit at RKO, he asked Tourneur to be his first director. The result was the highly artistic (and commercially successful) Cat People (1942). Tourneur went on to direct masterpieces in many different genres, all showing a great command of mood and atmosphere.
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Anne of the Indies
1951, in 1 top list Check -
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Appointment in Honduras
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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La battaglia di Maratona
1959 — a.k.a. Giant of Marathon, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Flame and the Arrow
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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Frontier Rangers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fury River
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mission of Danger
1960, in 0 top lists Check -
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Timbuktu
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War-Gods of the Deep
1965 — a.k.a. City in the Sea, in 0 top lists Check -
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Way of a Gaucho
1952, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Feb 21, 2012; source