Born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, in 1908 and dying in 1999, Edward Dmytryk came up as a film editor and made B-movies before Murder, My Sweet (1944), one of the first film noirs. Crossfire (1947), a thriller about an anti-Semitic murder, was nominated for five Oscars. In 1947 he was one of the 'Hollywood Ten' who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, was jailed, and later gave evidence naming others. The Caine Mutiny (1954) was his biggest hit.
Filmography
- The Devil Commands (1941)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944)
- Back to Bataan (1945)
- Cornered (1945)
- Till the End of Time (1946)
- Crossfire (1947)
- The Hidden Room (1949)
- The Sniper (1952)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- Broken Lance (1954)
- Soldier of Fortune (1955)
- The Left Hand of God (1955)
- The Mountain (1956)
- Raintree County (1957)
- The Young Lions (1958)
- Warlock (1959)
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
- The Carpetbaggers (1964)
- Where Love Has Gone (1964)
- Mirage (1965)
- Alvarez Kelly (1966)
- Anzio (1968)
- Shalako (1968)
- Bluebeard (1972) (1972)