Chester Erskine

American theatre and film director

November 29, 1903 (April 7, 1986)

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A Girl in Every Port

U.S. 1952. Comedy by Chester Erskine with Groucho Marx, William Bendix, Marie Wilson. The tribulations of two sailors who become owners of a handicapped racehorse.

Runtime: 86 min.

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Androcles and the Lion

U.S. 1952. Satire by Chester Erskine with Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Robert Newton. A Christian, delivered to the wild animals, is spared by a lion from whom he once removed a thorn.

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Take One False Step

U.S. 1949. Crime drama by Chester Erskine with William Powell, Shelley Winters, James Gleason. An academic plays detective in order to investigate the disappearance of an old friend.

Runtime: 94 min.

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The Egg and I

U.S. 1947. Comedy by Chester Erskine with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main. A couple of city dwellers apply their return to the land by raising chickens.

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All My Sons

U.S. 1947. Drama by Irving Reis with Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians. The son of an industrialist discovers that his father delivered defective equipment to the army during the war.

Runtime: 95 min.