Val Lewton

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An RKO producer who was given a number of horror titles and told to make them into films. What he produced were films similar in style to film noir but with overt, yet tasteful, horror elements.

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  • lost money
  • 10MM budget or less
  • award nomination
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Producer Credits (12) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1951 Apache Drums
1950 Please Believe Me producer
1946 Bedlam producer
1945 Isle of the Dead producer
1945 The Body Snatcher producer
1944 The Ghost Ship producer
1944 The Curse of the Cat People producer
1944 Youth Runs Wild producer
1943 The Seventh Victim producer
1943 The Leopard Man producer
1943 I Walked with a Zombie producer
1942 Cat People producer
Writer Credits (3) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1946 Bedlam screenplay
1945 Isle of the Dead uncredited
1945 The Body Snatcher Written by
General Information Edit
Credited Name Val Lewton
Gender Male
Birthday May 7, 1904
Death March 14, 1951
Primary Role Producer
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Elizabeth Russell
5
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Boris Karloff Boris Karloff
5
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Skelton Knaggs
4
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Jason Robards Sr.
4
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Ben Bard
3
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Tom Conway Tom Conway
3
times
Jean Brooks
3
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Betty Roadman
3
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Donna Lee
5
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Ardel Wray
3
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DeWitt Bodeen
2
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Mark Robson Mark Robson
2
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William Hogarth William Hogarth
1
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Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë
1
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Edward Dein
1
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Leo Mittler
1
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Inez Wallace
1
times
Harry Brown
5
times
Jack J. Gross
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    Career $4MM
    Average $333,333
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    Career $4MM
    Average $333,333
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