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Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Jun 5, 2013 · The movie is a successor to “The Amazing Colossal Man” and its sequel, “War of the Colossal Beast,” but Dwan brings an altogether different artistry to the subject, both in his wildly ...
Sands of Iwo Jima: Directed by Allan Dwan. With John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker. Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist.
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Allan Dwan was born on 3 April 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Bound in Morocco (1918), A Perfect Crime (1921) and Panthea (1917). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on 28 December 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up. Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Lund, Brian Donlevy, Audrey Totter, Joan Leslie.
A list of 22 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Manhandled (1924), One Mile from Heaven (1937), Woman They Almost Lynched (1953), Silver Lode (1954) and East Side, West Side (1927). About this list: Allan Dwan was an old pro, reliable as they come, present in Hollywood from the beginning.
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Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was written by Harry Brown and James Edward Grant, and directed by Allan Dwan.
