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Lesley Selander

(Los Angeles, 1900-Los Alamitos, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang’s Fury (1936). In 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

FILMOGRAFIA

Ride ‘Em Cowboy (1936), The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936), Empty Saddles (1936), Sandflow (1937), Left-Handed Law (1937), Smoke Tree Range (1937), Hopalong Rides Again (1937), Black Aces (1937), The Barrier (La grande barriera, 1937), Partners of the Plains (La legge dei bruti, 1938), Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938), Heart of Arizona (1938), Bar 20 Justice (1938), Pride of the West (1938), The Mysterious Rider (1938), The Frontiersmen (I fuorilegge della frontiera, 1938), Sunset Trail (1939), Silver on the Sage (1939), Heritage of the Desert (1939), Renegade Trail (1939), Range War (1939), Santa Fe Marshal (1940), The Light of Western Stars (1940), Hidden Gold (1940), Stagecoach War (1940), Knights of the Range (1940), Cherokee Strip (1940), Three Men from Texas (1940), Doomed Caravan (1941), The Roundup (1941), Pirates on Horseback (1941), Wide  Open Town (Città di avventurieri, 1941), Riders of the Timberline (1941), Stick to Your Guns (1941), Thundering Hoofs (1942), Bandit Ranger (1942), Undercover Man (1942), Red River Robin Hood (1942), Lost Canyon (1942), Border Patrol (1943), Buckskin Empire (I conquistatori del West, 1943), Colt Comrades (1943), Bar 20 (1943), Riders of the Deadline (1943), Lumberjack (1944), Forty Thieves (1944), Call of the Rockies (1944), Bordertown Trail (1944), Stagecoach to Monterey (1944), Cheyenne Wildcat (1944), Sheriff of Sundown (1944), Firebrands of Arizona (1944), Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944), Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945), The Vampire’s Ghost (1945), Three’s a Crowd (1945), Trail of Kit Carson (1945), Phantom of the Plains (1945), Jungle Raiders (I predoni della jungle, 1945), The Fatal Witness (1945), The Catman of Paris (1946), Passkey to Danger (1946), Traffic in Crime (1946), Night Train to Memphis (1946), Out California Way (1946), The Pilgrim Lady (1947), Last Frontier Uprising (1947), Saddle Pals (1947), Robin Hood of Texas (1947), Blackmail (1947), The Red Stallion (1947), Panhandle (Pian della morte, 1948), Guns of Hate (1948), Belle Starr’s Daughter (Pistole puntate, 1948), Strike It Rich (1948), Indian Agent (1948), Brothers in the Saddle (1949), Rustlers (1949), The Sky Dragon (1949), Stampede (Duello infernale, 1949), Masked Raiders (1949), The Mysterious Desperado (1949), Riders of the Range (1950), Dakota Lil (Sfida alla legge, 1950), Storm Over Wyoming (1950), Rider from Tucson (1950), Rio Grande Patrol (1950), The Kangaroo Kid (1950), Short Grass (Una manciata d’odio, 1950), Law of the Badlands (1951), Saddle Legion (1951), I Was an American Spy (Ero una spia americana, 1951), Cavalry Scout (I lancieri alla riscossa, 1951), Gunplay (1951), The Highwayman (Il ribelle dalla maschera nera, 1951), Pistol Harvest (1951), Flight to Mars (Volo su Marte, 1951), Overland Telegraph (1951), Fort Osage (Il passo di Forte Osage, 1952), Trail Guide (1952), Road Agent (1952), Desert Passage (1952), Battle Zone (Uragano su Yalù, 1952), Flat Top (1952), The Raiders (La grande sparatoria, 1952), Fort Vengeance (La pattuglia delle giubbe rosse, 1953), Cow Country (Frustateli senza pietà, 1953), Fort Algiers (Forte Algeri, 1953), War Paint (Pantera rossa, 1953), The Royal African Rifles (I contrabbandieri del Kenya, 1953), Fighter Attack (Resistenza eroica, 1953), Dragonfly Squadron (I dragoni dell’aria, 1954), Arrow in the Dust (La freccia nella polvere, 1954), The Yellow Tomahawk (L’ascia di guerra, 1954), Return from the Sea (1954), Shotgun (Canne infuocate, 1955), Tall Man Riding (Terra infuocata, 1955), Fort Yuma (Orizzonte di fuoco, 1955), Desert Sands (La figlia dello sceicco, 1955), The Broken Star (La stella spezzata, 1956), Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956), Tomahawk Trail (1957), Revolt at Fort Laramie (Rivolta a Fort Laramie, 1957), Outlaw’s Son (Jeff Blain il figlio del bandito, 1957), Taming Sutton’s Gal (La ragazza di Sutton, 1957), The Wayward Girl (1957), The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (Il cavaliere azzurro della città dell’oro, 1958), Convict Stage (1965), War Party (1965), Fort Courageous (1965), Town Tamer (La città senza legge, 1965), The Texican (Ringo il texano, 1966), Fort Utah (I disertori di Fort Utah, 1967), Arizona Bushwhackers (Colpi di dadi, colpi di pistola, 1968).