B-film: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	B-movie • B-picture

Topics

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Key People

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William Castle

American director

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Stuart Heisler

American director and editor

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Joseph H. Lewis

American director

Pitfall

André De Toth

Hungarian-born director

At the Circus

Edward Buzzell

American filmmaker, songwriter, and actor

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Henry Levin

American director

Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)

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