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Jacques Tourneur

Highest Rated: 100% Canyon Passage (1946)

Lowest Rated: 33% War Gods of the Deep (1965)

Birthday: Nov 12, 1904

Birthplace: Paris, France

Master of macabre suspense who hit his peak in the 1940s with such atmospheric gems as the Val Lewton-produced horror classic "Cat People" (1942), the quietly absorbing psychodrama "Experiment Perilous" (1944) and one of the masterworks of film noir, "Out of the Past" (1947). Tourneur worked on the films of his father, the gifted visual stylist Maurice Tourneur, in the U.S. and then in Paris, where he made his directorial debut in 1931. He returned to America in 1935, making shorts and B features at MGM before hitting his stride with several brilliantly understated features for producer Val Lewton at RKO: "Cat People," "I Walked With a Zombie" (1942), and "The Leopard Man" (1943). Tourneur inherited his father's gift for atmospheric, evocative compositions and put it to good use in westerns ("Canyon Passage" 1946), films noirs ("Out of the Past" 1947) and thrillers ("Berlin Express" 1948).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 65% Canyon Passage
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100% 85% Curse of the Demon
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100% 74% Nightfall
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100% 59% The Flame and the Arrow
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100% 46% Experiment Perilous
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100% 65% Wichita
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93% 92% Out of the Past
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92% 73% Cat People
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90% 63% The Leopard Man
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89% 69% The Comedy of Terrors
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Filmography

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War Gods of the Deep 33% 24% 1965 Director The Comedy of Terrors 89% 69% 1964 Director Fury River 1962 Director The Giant of Marathon 29% 1959 Director Timbuktu 1959 Director Mission of Danger 1959 Director Frontier Rangers 1959 Director The Fearmakers 33% 1958 Director Curse of the Demon 100% 85% 1957 Director Nightfall 100% 74% 1956 Director Great Day in the Morning 13% 1956 Director Stranger on Horseback 67% 1955 Director Wichita 100% 65% 1955 Director Appointment in Honduras 57% 1953 Director Way of a Gaucho 50% 1952 Director Anne of the Indies 56% 1951 Director Circle of Danger 43% 1951 Director The Flame and the Arrow 100% 59% 1950 Director Stars in My Crown 88% 1950 Director Easy Living 40% 28% 1949 Director Berlin Express 80% 61% 1948 Director Out of the Past 93% 92% 1947 Director Canyon Passage 100% 65% 1946 Director Days of Glory 50% 54% 1944 Director Experiment Perilous 100% 46% 1944 Director
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