Avalanche (1946 film)

Avalanche is a 1946 American action film directed by Irving Allen.[1]

Avalanche
Film poster
Directed byIrving Allen
Produced byPat Di Cicco
Written byEdward Anhalt as "Andrew Holt"
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Production
company
Release date
  • 1946 (1946)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

Steve, a US treasury agent, tracks down a tax evader to a ski lodge.

Cast

  • Bruce Cabot as Steve Batchellor
  • Roscoe Karns as Red Kelly
  • Helen Mowery as Ann Watson
  • Veda Ann Borg as Claire Jeremy
  • Regina Wallace as Mrs. Carlton Morris [Eva]
  • John Good as Sven Worden
  • Philip Van Zandt as Malone
  • Eddie Parks as Mr. Carlton Morris
  • Wilton Graff as Austin Jeremy
  • Henry Hayes Morgan as Duncan
  • Eddie Hyams as Jean
  • Eddy Waller as Sam

Production

Filming started February 1946.[2]

Albert Broccoli was the production manager. He and directed Irwin Allen were classmates at New York's Bryant High School. They teamed up on this film together and would go on to collaborate a number of times, notably as partners in Warwick Productions.[3]

Reception

The New York Times called the film a "painful hodge podge".[4]

References

  1. Avalanche Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 14, Iss. 157, (Jan 1, 1947): 48.
  2. Hope, Bendix Partners; Capra Gets New Story Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 11 Feb 1946: A3.
  3. A TOWN CALLED HOLLYWOOD: Producers Want English Clear--Even in Oklahoma Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 13 June 1954: D4.
  4. THE SCREEN New York Times 6 July 1946: 21.


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