“In an American career which began in 1943 and has not ended, Hungarian born Andre de Toth has proven himself as a director of entertaining films with strong undercurrents of violence, tension and human emotions. His best known work may be the 1953 3-D drama House of Wax, but he deserves recognition more for some extraordinary melodramas, which represent the best of film noir (Pitfall) and the best of fifties social dramas (such as Monkey on My Back), and which demonstrate the range of his work, from forties thrillers like Dark Waters to classic Westerns such as Ramrod. A very strong-willed director most closely associated with what are considered masculine themes, Andre de Toth has, in recent years, been involved in the direction of action sequences for films such as Lawrence of Arabia and Superman.” Anthony Slide
Anthony Slide is the author of twelve books on film history and...
