Highest rated movie: My Friend Flicka (1943)
Lowest rated movie: Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Harold D. Schuster? Cinafilm has a total of 65 reviews across 8 movies directed by Harold D. Schuster.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 60%.
My Friend Flicka is Harold D. Schuster's highest rated movie, with a score of 67% based on 37 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Harold D. Schuster is Kid Monk Baroni, with a score of 55% based on 2 reviews.
A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.
Harold D. Schuster has directed films starring Annabella, Stewart Rome, Charles Maxwell and Richard Bellis.
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