Edward L. Cahn
Directing
Born February 12, 1899 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died August 25, 1963
Also known as Eddie Cahn · Edward L. Kahn · Edward Kahn
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.
Filmography47 titles
Police Dog Story
Born to Speed
The Music Box Kid
The Man Who Laughs
Oklahoma Territory
Operation Bottleneck
You Have to Run Fast
When the Clock Strikes
A Dog's Best Friend
Suicide Battalion
Dragstrip Girl
Confidential
Vice Raid
Five Guns to Tombstone
Noose for a Gunman
Three Came to Kill
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Guns Girls and Gangsters
Hong Kong Confidential
The Walking Target
Cage of Evil
Inside the Mafia
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Motorcycle Gang
Broadway
Curse of the Faceless Man
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Secret of Deep Harbor
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Frontier Uprising
Jet Attack
Gun Street
Gun Fight
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Gunfighters of Abilene
Pier 5, Havana
Invisible Invaders
Law and Order
Flesh and the Spur
Voodoo Woman
Beauty and the Beast
Girls in Prison
Runaway Daughters
Incident in an Alley
The She-Creature
The Clown and the Kid