Top Ten Contributors - The Hunted (1948)
A mediocre film noir released in 1948, The Hunted centers around the relationship between a policeman (Preston Foster) and a criminal (Belita). Here are the major collaborators that brought this film to the public.
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- Writer
- Producer
Steve Fisher was born on 29 August 1912 in Marine City, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Destination Tokyo (1943), Hell's Half Acre (1954) and Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955). He was married to Edithe Seimes. He died on 27 March 1980 in Canoga Park, California, USA.wrote the original screenplay- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Bernhard was born on 28 November 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Decoy (1946), Unknown Island (1948) and Man Made Monster (1941). He was married to Jean Gillie. He died on 30 March 1997 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.asked by Scott Dunlap Production Co to direct- Music Department
- Composer
- Producer
Edward J. Kay was born on 27 November 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and producer, known for Klondike Fury (1942), Lady, Let's Dance (1944) and King of the Zombies (1941). He was married to Earleen. He died on 22 December 1973 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.behind the musical score- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Harry Neumann was born on 11 February 1891 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Midnight Limited (1940), The Mystery Man (1935) and Fashion Model (1945). He was married to Eva U. Neumann. He died on 14 January 1971 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.provided the cinematography- Actor
- Soundtrack
Actor, composer, songwriter, guitarist and author. He moved from Broadway acting (1928-1932) into films, touring America with his wife and daughter, and did some recordings. He was the executive producer at the El Camino Playhouse in California. Joining ASCAP in 1953, his chief musical collaborator was Perry Botkin. His popular-song compositions include "Good Ship Lalapaloo" and "Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan".played lead role of Johnny Saxon- Actress
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Exalted by her adoring fans as "Belita, the Ice Maiden", this Hollywood lady-in-waiting to Sonja Henie was born Maria Belita Jepson-Turner in Hampshire, England, on October 21, 1923. Trained in dance not long after learning how to walk (age 2), she went on to study ballet with Sir Anton Dolin. Belita's father was a military officer and her mother was the daughter of a royal physician to King Edward VII. Belita's mother was a strong-willed presence who geared her daughter towards becoming a star ballerina. Using skating to build up her overall strength, poise and endurance, ice soon took over Belita's life completely. A remarkably lithe and graceful athlete, she appeared in the Olympic games of 1936 at the age of 12(!) and turned professional two years later, continuing to keep her name, talent and reputation in the limelight. She also was fluent in four languages and played the violin.
After Norwegian Sonja Henie became a major Hollywood commodity with film extravaganzas being built around her prowess as a skater, it was only natural that England's version follow suit. Lovely Belita made her minor film debut as an ice dancer in the Republic Pictures movie Ice-Capades (1941), alongside other hard-water talents such as Lois Dworshak, Megan Taylor and Republic film star-to-be Vera Ralston. Belita's next film, however, put her prominently into the co-starring ranks. Silver Skates (1943) may have been a mediocre ice musical soap drama with a number of slippery angles, but she was front and center. She followed this with a top-billed role in the low-budget Monogram Pictures programmer Lady, Let's Dance (1944), in which she played under her own name as a war refugee/waitress/dancer who replaces the show's prima donna star at the last minute; romantic drama then ensues with her leading man. In it, she gets to show off every aspect of her dance capabilities -- ballet, ballroom and, of course, ice. It was to be her last movie vehicle on hard water, for while Henie had a big studio (Fox) promoting her, Belita had only a "Poverty Row" build-up. No contest.
Determined to maintain a post-war acting career, Belita decided to set foot on solid ground with purely dramatic vehicles. Her first was a suspense film aptly titled Suspense (1946) starring heavyweights Barry Sullivan and Albert Dekker. Although this film noir had an ice-skating setting and, yes, Belita does skate, the picture revolves this time around the dramatic plot. She hung up her skates while appearing with Sullivan again in The Gangster (1947) and with Preston Foster in The Hunted (1948) and enjoyed secondary roles in the classic mystery The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) starring Charles Laughton, and the rugged adventure/drama Never Let Me Go (1953) with Clark Gable. Laughton went on to utilize Belita on stage in one of his popular revivals of "The Cherry Orchard" (1950). She later went on to appear in theater productions of "Twelfth Night", "Ulysses in Nighttown", and "Damn Yankees!"
Belita's overall career started to wane in the 1950s. All during this time, however, Belita still was a spectacle to behold on ice, performing in Ice Capades, shows and extravaganzas all over the world, particularly in London. After over two decades, she abruptly retired her skates in 1956 and soon bid Hollywood farewell as well. She did appear in the second segment of Gene Kelly's three-part experimental film Invitation to the Dance (1956) and had a minor unbilled part in Silk Stockings (1957) before she retired. In 1964 she came out of nowhere, however, to star in the Argentine film The Terrace (1963) then was gone again.
Divorced from actor Joel McGinnis in 1956, she spent much time in England and later married Irish-born actor James Berwick (born James Kenny) in 1967. She opened a garden centre in West London and subsequently retired for the most part to the south of France, where she remained out of the public eye. Her second husband died in London from natural causes in 2000. She had no children by either husband and passed away in France on December 18, 2005, at age 82.played femme fatale Laura Mead- Pierre Watkin was one of a stable of tall, distinguished-looking and sophisticated character actors (such as Russell Hicks, Jonathan Hale, Selmer Jackson and Samuel S. Hinds) whom Hollywood kept steadily employed playing political leaders, army officers, lawyers, wealthy businessmen and the like. Unlike many of his colleagues in that category, however, Watkin is notable for his (relatively) soft voice and precisely articulated speech. He is probably best remembered by film enthusiasts as Mr. Skinner, the unctuous, self-important bank president, in the W.C. Fields comedy The Bank Dick (1940), in which he uttered the now-classic line, "Allow me to give you a hearty handclasp".
He was the third of four sons of C.H. and Elizabeth J. Watkin, who operated a lodging house for "theater people" in Sioux City, IA. After completing high school he entered the acting profession, and by the time he registered for the draft in WWI he was working with an acting troupe--headed by Sidney Toler--and married. He requested a deferment from military service because he was the sole support of his wife. His wife's name is unknown, however, and it's also unknown if they had any children; this information does not appear in the draft registration, and the name Pierre Watkin(s) is completely missing from both the 1920 and 1930 federal censuses.played lawyer Simon Rand - As a stage actress Edna Holland appeared in several Broadway productions throughout her career, often under the direction of Broadway impresario David Belasco. Some of her Broadway shows were "The Mandarin," "Post Road" with Lucile Watson, "Dear Old Darling" and "Lorelei." She also appeared in silent movies but in 1920 returned to the stage.played Miss Turner
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- Writer
Tall, distinguished-looking Russell Hicks appeared in almost 300 films in his more than 40-year career (although his first known screen appearance was in 1915, he has screenwriting credits as early as 1913, so it's possible his screen debut was earlier than credited). His cultured bearing, grandfatherly appearance and soothing, resonant voice were perfect for the many military officers, attorneys, judges and business executives he excelled at playing. He was especially memorable in an atypical role as oily, fast-talking phony-stock salesman J. Frothington Waterbury in the W.C. Fields classic The Bank Dick (1940). Hicks made his last film in 1956, and died the next year.played chief of detectives Dan Meredith- Actor
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American character actor Frank Ferguson appeared in scores of films and television shows, often as self-important types. Prior to his film debut, he was a prominent performer and director with the acclaimed Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he coached numerous up-and-coming young actors such as Dana Andrews, George Reeves, Robert Preston and Victor Mature. He broke into films, himself, in the early 1940s, usually playing minor supporting roles, though he was seen to advantage in larger roles, notably in two of the best-known (and oddest) westerns of the '50s, Rancho Notorious (1952) and Johnny Guitar (1954). He played hundreds of ranchers, bankers and police detectives in films and television throughout the '50s and '60s. He became most familiar as "Gus" on the children's program My Friend Flicka (1955) and later as "Eli Carson" on the two TV series based on the novel Peyton Place (1964). He semi-retired in 1972 and died of cancer six years later.played Paul Harrison