Francis D. Lyon

Francis D. Lyon
Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Director)
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Cult of the Cobra
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death. (imdb)
Escort West
An ex-Confederate officer and his young daughter, traveling West, rescue two women survivors of an Indian attack. (imdb)
The Great Locomotive Chase
This is based on a true story. During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. (imdb)
The Oklahoman
After his wife dies during childbirth, a doctor, who was on his way to California, stops in a midwestern town to bury her. He decides to stay there and start a practice, but soon runs afoul with some evil cattle ranchers. (imdb)
Castle of Evil
The relatives of a recently deceased man named Kovac gather at is creepy mansion for the reading of the will. Before the will can be read, however, the relatives began to be murdered one by one. (imdb)
Destination Inner Space
Strange goings on at the site of an experimental underwater laboratory as a mysterious object of unknown origin is detected in the area. A group of researchers investigate and come face to face with the object, a large automated extraterrestrial probe. They board the craft and discover a small object at first considered to be some sort of instrument package, which they take back to the lab for closer inspection. It is then that events take a turn for the worse. (imdb)
The Destructors
Foreign agents are after a substance called "laser rubies" that can power a killer laser beam. Government agents are dispatched to protect the rubies and eliminate the foreign agents. (imdb)
Gunsight Ridge
Stage line agent investigates a series of robberies by taking the job of a deputy sheriff in a border Arizona town. (imdb)
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
A runaway truck containing the corpse of a slain gang leader rolls into a California nightclub owned by Johnny Cain, a hard bitten former free-lance adventurer. The gang threatens to kill Johnny, unless he solves the murder. The CIA also investigates - because it turns out that the slaying was part of a long-range Communist plan to take over the crime syndicate. Cain's search for clues leads him into a maze of beautiful girls, mysterious Oriental statues and murderous spies. (imdb)
Bailout at 43,000
Newly re-energized in the late 1950s, the venerable Pine-Thomas production company moved from Paramount to United Artists, there to make such actioners as Bailout at 43,000. John Payne stars as a courageous test pilot, who joins a team busily testing jet-bomber ejector seats. But before he can prove his worth to the team, Payne loses his nerve. (allrovi.com)
Crazylegs
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself). (imdb)
The Bob Mathias Story
California school boy and Stanford University student Bob Mathias was the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. The film begins with him as a 17-year-old schoolboy in Tulare, California where his high school track coach, played by Ward Bond, encourages him to train for the Olympics, with the Decathlon in mind. His story, far from over, ends here with his victory in the 1952 Olympics and with Mathias in the U.S. Marine Corps. (imdb)
The Money Jungle
When four geologists who form a combine of five industrial companies are murdered, a trouble-shooter is hired to find himself in a net of deadly intrigue and treachery. The prize: a field to be leased to private industry by the state. (imdb)
Tomboy and the Champ
A Texas young girl with polio enters her pet calf in a Chicago competition. The calf wins but the girl learns her cow is to be sold to a slaughterhouse. A kindly meat packer saves the day and the calf and girl are reunited.
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The Young and the Brave
A boy accompanies three soldiers in their escape from the enemy in Korea. (imdb)