Hal E. Chester - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Mob Town (1941)

Hit the Road (1941)

Boys of the City (1940)

East Side Kids (1940)

You're Not So Tough (1940)

Off the Record (1939)

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School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Like A Wild Uncivilized Savage

School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) They Have A Tendency To Sulk

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Mob Town (1941)

Hit the Road (1941)

Boys of the City (1940)

East Side Kids (1940)

You're Not So Tough (1940)

Off the Record (1939)

Call a Messenger (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Code of the Streets (1939)

Little Tough Guy (1938)

Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)

Newsboys' Home (1938)

Juvenile Court (1938)

Personal Secretary (1938)

Writer (Feature Film)

School For Scoundrels (1960)

Curse of the Demon (1957)

The Weapon (1957)

Crashout (1955)

Written for Screen by

Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)

Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)

Original Screenplay

Producer (Feature Film)

School for Scoundrels (2006)

Executive Producer

Take a Girl Like You (1970)

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

The Double Man (1968)

Hide and Seek (1964)

Executive Producer

School For Scoundrels (1960)

The Two-Headed Spy (1959)

Executive Producer

The Weapon (1957)

Curse of the Demon (1957)

The Bold and the Brave (1956)

Crashout (1955)

Models Inc. (1952)

The Highwayman (1951)

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)

The Underworld Story (1950)

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)

Smart Woman (1948)

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)

Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

The Underworld Story (1950)

Life Events

Videos

School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) They Have A Tendency To Sulk Joining the scene in which downtrodden Palfrey (Ian Carmichael), looking to impress April (Janette Scott) finds his staff didn’t make a reservation, working on the headwaiter (John Le Mesurier) when the villain (Terry-Thomas as Delauney) makes his first appearance, in the British-made School For Scoundrels, 1960.

School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Pioneers Of Hemispherical Combustion Bothered by a romantic rival who drives a sporty “Bellini,” well-off but uninformed Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is ensnared by the “Winsome Welshmen,” Dennis Price as Dunstan and Peter Jones as Dudley, who claim to have a prized classic car to sell, in School For Scoundrels, 1960.

School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) He Who Is Not One Up Joining the opening (from a script by Peter Ustinov and others), Ian Carmichael has arrived at a South Somerset town (actually shot in Hertfordshire, suburban London) where he meets a servant (Anita Sharp-Bolster) and the proprietor of his new school, Alastair Sim as Potter, in School For Scoundrels, 1960.

Curse Of The Demon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Doth Walk In Fear And Dread American scientist Holden (Dana Andrews), lured to dinner with schoolteacher Joanna (Peggy Cummins), whose scientist uncle was killed by the devil cult, still won't believe there's magic afoot, in director Jacques Tourneur's Curse Of The Demon, 1957.

Curse Of The Demon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) For Myself And My Followers Professor Harrington (Maurice Denham) knows evil Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) really is running a devil cult, but offers to revoke his charges in return for the lifting of a curse, then leaves, encountering special effects, opening Curse Of The Demon, 1957.

Curse Of The Demon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Witchcraft And The Black Arts Before the London conference he's attending, American scientist Holden (Dana Andrews) stops by the British Museum to investigate some devilry, when suspected cult leader Professor Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) appears, stealthily snatching some key evidence, in Curse Of The Demon, 1957.

Curse Of The Demon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Cyclones In England Skeptical American scientist Holden (Dana Andrews) attends a kids' party at the home of secretly devil-worshipping Brit professor Karswell (Niall MacGinnis), who decides to demonstrate he really does have magical powers, in Curse Of The Demon, 1957.

Double Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) You Are The Father Stern CIA man Slater (Yul Brynner) arriving, director Franklin Schaffner paying off the genuine Austrian Alpine location, for the funeral of his son killed in a purported ski accident, ex-spy turned schoolmaster Wheatly (Clive Revill) taking heat, early in The Double Man, 1967.

Double Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Prefer To Ski Alone Semi-rogue CIA man Slater (Yul Brynner), re-tracing the steps of his teenage son probably-murdered in an Alpine ski accident, finds Gina (Britt Ekland), a girl he probably pursued, the Soviet spy guy (Anton Diffring) also on the tram, in Franklin Schaffner's The Double Man, 1967.

School For Scoundrels (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Like A Wild Uncivilized Savage Quick and clever exposition, hero Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) leads Potter (Alastair Sim), head of the “Lifemanship” school in which he’s just enrolled, into flashback introducing Janette Scott (as April), then three employees who report to pompous Gloatbridge (Edward Chapman), early in School For Scoundrels, 1960.

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