Edward L. Cahn

from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director. He is best known for directing Our Gang comedies from 1939-1943, and a long line of other short subjects and B-movies afterward. He is also known for directing the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, that inspired the 1979 film Alien. He made a number of films for American International Pictures. His brother was film editor Philip Cahn.

Timeline

1962Aged 63

  • Poster for Beauty and the Beast

    Director

  • Poster for Incident in an Alley

    Director

1961Aged 62

  • Poster for Five Guns to Tombstone

    Director

  • Poster for Police Dog Story

    Director

  • Poster for Frontier Uprising

    Director

  • Poster for Operation Bottleneck

    Director

  • Poster for Gun Fight

    Director

  • Poster for The Gambler Wore a Gun

    Director

  • Poster for When the Clock Strikes

    Director

  • Poster for You Have to Run Fast

    Director

  • Poster for Secret of Deep Harbor

    Director

  • Poster for Boy Who Caught a Crook

    Director

  • Poster for Gun Street

    Director

  • The Clown and the Kid

    Director

1960Aged 61

  • Poster for Gunfighters of Abilene

    Director

  • Poster for Three Came to Kill

    Director

  • Poster for Oklahoma Territory

    Director

  • Poster for Twelve Hours to Kill

    Director

  • Poster for Noose for a Gunman

    Director

  • Poster for The Music Box Kid

    Director

  • Poster for Cage of Evil

    Director

  • Poster for The Walking Target

    Director

1959Aged 60

  • Poster for Guns Girls and Gangsters

    Director

  • Poster for Riot in Juvenile Prison

    Director

  • Poster for Invisible Invaders

    Director

  • Poster for Inside the Mafia

    Director

  • Poster for Pier 5, Havana

    Director

  • Poster for The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

    Director

  • Poster for Vice Raid

    Director

  • Poster for A Dog's Best Friend

    Director

1958Aged 59

  • Poster for Jet Attack

    Director

  • Poster for Suicide Battalion

    Director

  • Poster for It! The Terror from Beyond Space

    Director

  • Poster for Curse of the Faceless Man

    Director

  • Poster for Hong Kong Confidential

    Director

1957Aged 58

  • Poster for Zombies of Mora Tau

    Director

  • Poster for Voodoo Woman

    Director

  • Poster for Dragstrip Girl

    Director

  • Poster for Invasion of the Saucer Men

    Director

  • Poster for Motorcycle Gang

    Director

1956Aged 57

  • Poster for Runaway Daughters

    Director

  • Poster for Silent Fear

    Director

  • Poster for Girls in Prison

    Director

  • Poster for The She-Creature

    Director

  • Poster for Flesh and the Spur

    Additional Dialogue

  • Poster for Shake, Rattle and Rock!

    Director

1955Aged 56

  • Poster for Creature with the Atom Brain

    Director

  • Poster for Betrayed Women

    Director

1951Aged 52

  • Poster for Two Dollar Bettor

    Director

1950Aged 51

1949Aged 50

  • Poster for Annie Was a Wonder

    Director

  • Poster for I Cheated the Law

    Director

  • Poster for Prejudice

    Director

1948Aged 49

  • Poster for Goodbye, Miss Turlock

    Director

  • Poster for Souvenirs of Death

    Director

  • Poster for The Checkered Coat

    Director

  • Poster for The Fabulous Fraud

    Director

  • Poster for Bungalow 13

    Director

1947Aged 48

  • Poster for Born to Speed

    Director

  • Poster for The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

    Director

1945Aged 46

  • Poster for Main Street After Dark

    Director

  • Poster for Dangerous Partners

    Director

1944Aged 45

  • Poster for Main Street Today

    Director

1943Aged 44

  • Poster for Plan for Destruction

    Director

  • Poster for For God and Country

    Director

  • Poster for That's Why I Left You

    Director

  • Poster for Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

    Director

  • Poster for Don't You Believe It

    Director

  • Poster for Ode to Victory

    Writer

  • Poster for Three Smart Guys

    Director

1942Aged 43

  • Poster for Melodies Old and New

    Director

  • Poster for Flag of Mercy

    Director

  • Poster for Going to Press

    Director

  • Poster for Don't Lie

    Director

  • Poster for Surprised Parties

    Director

  • Poster for The Omaha Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Madero of Mexico

    Director

1941Aged 42

1940Aged 41

1939Aged 40

1938Aged 39

1937Aged 38

  • Poster for Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States

    Director

  • Poster for Bad Guy

    Director

1936Aged 37

  • Poster for The Perfect Set-Up

    Director

  • Poster for Foolproof

    Director

1935Aged 36

  • Poster for Death Drives Through

    Director

  • Poster for Confidential

    Director

  • Poster for A Thrill for Thelma

    Director

  • Poster for Hit-and-Run Driver

    Director

1933Aged 34

  • Poster for Laughter in Hell

    Director

  • Poster for Emergency Call

    Director

1932Aged 33

  • Poster for Law and Order

    Director

  • Poster for Radio Patrol

    Director

  • Poster for Afraid to Talk

    Director

1931Aged 32

  • Poster for Homicide Squad

    Director

1929Aged 30

  • Poster for The Girl on the Barge

    Editor

  • Poster for Broadway

    Editor

  • Poster for The Last Performance

    Editor

1928Aged 29

  • Poster for The Man Who Laughs

    Editor

1927Aged 28

  • Poster for Surrender

    Editor