Clifford Stine
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Clifford Stine, A.S.C. was a cinematographer known for working on westerns and some of the "cheesy '50s horror movies" which have now become the basis for today's sci-fi industry. Below is every film that he worked on starting with the most recent. His first film was the legendary King Kong
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King Kong (1933 film)
King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...
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Cinematography
- The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) [Special Photographer] (as Cliff Stine)
- The HindenburgThe Hindenburg (film)The Hindenburg is a 1975 American film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link based on the book of the same name by Michael M. Mooney .A.A...
(1975) [Special Photography] (uncredited) - EarthquakeEarthquake (film)Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations...
(1974) [Special Photography] - PattonPatton (film)Patton is a 1970 American biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H...
(1970) [Camera Operator: second unit] - Rosie! (1967) [Cinematographer]
- The King's PirateThe King's PirateThe King's Pirate is a 1967 American pirate film directed by Don Weis and starring Doug McClure, Jill St. John and Guy Stockwell. It is a remake of the 1952 film Against All Flags. A British naval officer volunteers for a dangerous mission to infiltrate the base of pirates who threaten shipping off...
(1967) [Cinematographer] - GambitGambit (1966 film)Gambit is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot centered on a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr. Shahbandar, played by Herbert Lom...
(1966) [Cinematographer] - Follow Me, Boys!Follow Me, Boys!Follow Me, Boys! is a 1966 family film released through Walt Disney Pictures, based on the book God and My Country by MacKinlay Kantor. It was the last production released before Walt Disney died of lung cancer...
(1966) [Cinematographer] (director of photography) - And Now Miguel (1966) [Cinematographer]
- That Funny FeelingThat Funny FeelingThat Funny Feeling is a 1965 American film starring Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, and Donald O'Connor. This was the second film with O'Connor and Kathleen Freeman together, the first being Singin' in the Rain.-Cast:...
(1965) [Cinematographer] - Fluffy (1965) [Cinematographer]
- Bedtime StoryBedtime Story (film)Bedtime Story is a 1964 comedy film made by Pennebaker Productions, The Lankershim Company and Universal Pictures. It was directed by Ralph Levy and produced by Stanley Shapiro with Robert Arthur as executive producer from a screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning. The music score was by...
(1964) [Cinematographer] - The Brass BottleThe Brass BottleThe Brass Bottle is a 1964 American fantasy film about a modern man who accidentally acquires a djinn. Though the word is commonly translated into English as "genie", author F. Anstey made a distinction between the two in the novel of the same name which provides the basis of the film.The film...
(1964) [Cinematographer] - The Creeping TerrorThe Creeping TerrorThe Creeping Terror is a 1964 horror/science fiction film, in which a slug-like monster terrorizes an American town after escaping from a crashed spaceship...
(1964) [Special Photography] - For Love or MoneyFor Love or Money (1963 film)For Love or Money is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor and Thelma Ritter.-Plot summary:Lawyer Donald Kenneth "Deke" Gentry is given the task of playing matchmaker for the three daughters of his wealthy client Chloe Brasher .-Cast:* Kirk Douglas as Donald Kenneth...
(1963) [Cinematographer] - The Ugly AmericanThe Ugly AmericanThe Ugly American is the title of a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer. The novel became a bestseller, was influential at the time, and is still in print...
(1963) [Cinematographer] - Tammy Tell Me True (1961) [Cinematographer]
- Posse from HellPosse from HellPosse from Hell is a 1961 Audie Murphy Western written by Clair Huffaker based on his 1958 novel of the same name. Herbert Coleman made his directoral debut.-Plot:...
(1961) [Cinematographer] (director of photography) - SpartacusSpartacus (film)Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast...
(1960) [Cinematographer: additional scenes] - Hell Bent for Leather (1960) [Cinematographer]
- Operation PetticoatOperation PetticoatOperation Petticoat is a 1959 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. It was the basis for a television series in 1977 starring John Astin in Grant's role...
(1959) [Special Photography] - Pillow Talk (1959) [Special Photography]
- This Earth Is MineThis Earth Is MineThis Earth Is Mine is a 1959 drama film directed by Henry King and starring Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons. The film portrays the lives and loves of the Rambeau family, a California winemaking dynasty trying to survive during Prohibition in the United States.-Summary:Elizabeth , an English cousin of...
(1959) [Special Photography] - The Wild and the InnocentThe Wild and the InnocentThe Wild and the Innocent is a 1959 Western film starring Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee as two inexperienced young people who get into trouble when they visit a town for the very first time.-Cast:*Audie Murphy as Yancy Hawks*Joanne Dru as Marcy Howard...
(1959) [Special Photography] - Imitation of LifeImitation of Life (1959 film)Imitation of Life is a 1959 American film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures, starring Lana Turner and John Gavin and features Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda and Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson...
(1959) [Special Photography] - A Stranger in My Arms (1959) [Special Photography]
- Monster on the CampusMonster on the CampusMonster on the Campus was a black and white, science fiction, horror film, released by Universal Pictures on a low budget. It was also known as Monster in the Night, and Stranger on the Campus...
(1958) [Special Photography] - The Perfect FurloughThe Perfect FurloughThe Perfect Furlough is a 1958 romantic comedy by Blake Edwards. The service comedy was written by Stanley Shapiro. Edwards and Shapiro would re-team the following year for another Tony Curtis service comedy, Operation Petticoat.-External links:...
(1958) [Special Photography] - The Restless YearsThe Restless YearsThe Restless Years is an Australian soap opera which followed the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and young adults. It was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. It debuted December 1977 and ran until late 1981. It was not renewed by the network due to declining ratings...
(1958) [Special Photography] - Once Upon a Horse... (1958) [Special Photography]
- Step Down to TerrorStep Down to TerrorStep Down to Terror is a 1958 American film direced by Harry Keller. It is a remake of the 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film Shadow of a Doubt....
(1958) [Special Photography] - Kathy O' (1958) [Special Photography]
- Voice in the Mirror (1958) [Special Photography]
- Twilight for the GodsTwilight for the GodsTwilight for the Gods is a 1958 drama film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. The story is based on the novel Twilight for the Gods by Ernest K. Gann.-Plot synopsis:...
(1958) [Special Photography] - A Time to Love and a Time to DieA Time to Love and a Time to DieA Time to Love and a Time to Die is a 1958 CinemaScope drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin. It is based on the book by the German author, Erich Maria Remarque, set on the Eastern Front , and in Nazi Germany.-Cast:...
(1958) [Special Photography] [Special Effects] - The Thing That Couldn't DieThe Thing That Couldn't DieThe Thing that Couldn't Die is a 1958 American black and white horror film from an original screenplay by David Duncan for Universal-International Pictures, produced and directed by Will Cowan.-Plot:...
(1958) [Special Photography] - This Happy FeelingThis Happy FeelingThis Happy Feeling is a 1958 film by Blake Edwards adapted from the F. Hugh Herbert play For Love or Money. Edwards regretted Universal's eleventh hour decision of a name change, but the studio was hoping to trade off another pop hit by Debbie Reynolds as they had with Tammy and the Bachelor....
(1958) [Special Photography] - Flood TideFlood TideFlood Tide is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 14th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. He must rescue illegal immigrants from a Chinese tycoon and locate the bones of the Peking Man, the famous lost example of Homo erectus...
(1958) [Special Photography] - Live Fast, Die Young (1958) [Special Photography]
- Touch of EvilTouch of EvilTouch of Evil is a 1958 American crime thriller film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson...
(1958) [Camera Operator: additional photography] (uncredited) - Run Silent Run Deep (1958) [Special Photographic Effects]
- Summer Love (1958) [Cinematographer]
- The Lady Takes a FlyerThe Lady Takes a FlyerThe Lady Takes a Flyer is a 1958 romantic drama film made by Universal International Pictures. It was directed by Jack Arnold, and written by Danny Arnold, based on story by Edmund H...
(1958) [Special Photography] - The Female Animal (1958) [Special Photography]
- The Tarnished AngelsThe Tarnished AngelsThe Tarnished Angels is a 1958 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. The screenplay by George Zuckerman is based on the 1935 novel Pylon by William Faulkner.-Plot:...
(1958) [Special Photography] [Special Effects] - War of the Planets (1958) [Cinematographer]
- The Monolith MonstersThe Monolith MonstersThe Monolith Monsters is a science fiction film directed by John Sherwood and starring Grant Williams and Lola Albright. It is based on a story by Jack Arnold and Robert M...
(1957) [Special Photographic Effects] - Slaughter on Tenth AvenueSlaughter on Tenth AvenueSlaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed...
(1957) [Special Photography] - The Land UnknownThe Land UnknownThe Land Unknown is a sci-fi, CinemaScope adventure film about a naval expedition trapped in an Antarctic jungle. The story was allegedly inspired by the discovery of unusually warm water in Antarctica in 1947. It starred Jock Mahoney and Shirley Patterson and was directed by Virgil W. Vogel...
(1957) [Special Photography] - Man of a Thousand FacesMan of a Thousand FacesMan of a Thousand Faces is a film detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played by James Cagney.Directed by Joseph Pevney, the film's cast included Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Jim Backus...
(1957) [Special Photographic Effects] - Night Passage (1957) [Special Camera]
- The Midnight StoryThe Midnight StoryThe Midnight Story is a 1957 film noir about a traffic cop who becomes obsessed with finding the murderer of a beloved priest. He becomes friendly with the family of his main suspect, resulting in emotional complications.-Cast:*Tony Curtis as Joe Martini...
(1957) [Special Photography] - The Deadly MantisThe Deadly MantisThe Deadly Mantis is a 1957 science fiction film produced by William Alland for Universal-International Pictures. It was directed by Nathan Juran from a screenplay by Martin Berkeley, and starred Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, and Pat Conway...
(1957) [Special Photographer] - The Kettles on Old MacDonald's FarmThe Kettles on Old MacDonald's FarmThe Kettles in Old MacDonald's Farm is a 1957 American comedy film directed Virgil Vogel and starring Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle and Parker Fennelly as Pa.-Cast:*Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle*Parker Fennelly as Pa Kettle*Gloria Talbott as Sally Flemming...
(1957) [Special Photographic Effects] - Kelly and Me (1957) [Special Photography]
- The Tattered DressThe Tattered Dress-Plot:In a California resort community, the wealthy Michael Reston is charged with the murder of a man he claimed attacked his wife, Charleen.Reston hires a high-priced lawyer, James Gordon Blane, a man known to do anything it takes to win a case. Blane makes few friends in the community because...
(1957) [Special Photography] - Mister CoryMister CoryMister Cory is a 1957 film by Blake Edwards starring Tony Curtis as a con artist who almost reforms. The film was atypical of Hollywood fare of its day, but found favor with avant garde critics, including Jean Luc Godard who praised the film and considered it an influence on his own early work as a...
(1957) [Special Effects] - The Incredible Shrinking ManThe Incredible Shrinking ManThe Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold and adapted for the screen by Richard Matheson from his novel The Shrinking Man ....
(1957) [Special Photography] - Battle HymnBattle Hymn (film)Battle Hymn is a Universal Studios feature film starring Rock Hudson as Colonel Dean E. Hess, a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess's autobiography of the same name was published concurrently with the release of the film. He donated his profits from the film and...
(1957) [Special Photography] - Four Girls in Town (1957) [Special Photography]
- IstanbulIstanbul (film)Istanbul is a 1957 American drama film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers and John Bentley. An American becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul...
(1957) [Special Photography] - The Mole PeopleThe Mole People-Plot:The film begins with a narration by Dr. Frank Baxter, an English professor at the University of Southern California, explaining the premise of the movie and its basis in reality...
(1956) [Special Photography] - Written on the WindWritten on the WindWritten on the Wind is a 1956 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. It stars Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone....
(1956) [Special Photography] - The Unguarded Moment (1956) [Special Photography]
- Walk the Proud LandWalk the Proud LandWalk the Proud Land is a 1956 Western Technicolor CinemaScope film directed by Jesse Hibbs, starring Audie Murphy and future Academy Award winner Anne Bancroft. It was filmed at Old Tucson.-Plot:...
(1956) [Special Photography] - Away All BoatsAway All BoatsAway All Boats is a 1956 American war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson....
(1956) [Special Photography] - I've Lived Before (1956) [Special Photography]
- Congo CrossingCongo CrossingCongo Crossing is a 1956 adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.-Plot synopsis:...
(1956) [Special Photography] - Francis in the Haunted HouseFrancis in the Haunted HouseFrancis in the Haunted House is a 1956 black-and-white comedy film, the last in the Francis the Talking Mule series, but without the talents of previous director Arthur Lubin, human star Donald O'Connor and Francis' best-known voice Chill Wills. In this film, Francis witnesses a murder and...
(1956) [Special Effects] - Outside the Law (1956) [Special Effects Photographer]
- The Creature Walks Among UsThe Creature Walks Among UsThe Creature Walks Among Us is the third and final installment of the Creature from the Black Lagoon horror film series from Universal Pictures, following 1955's Revenge of the Creature. The film was released April 26, 1956, in the United States....
(1956) [Special Photography] - Raw Edge (1956) [Special Photography]
- The Price of FearThe Price of FearThe Price of Fear is a horror/mystery radio serial produced by BBC Radio during the 1970s. The host and star of the show was Vincent Price....
(1956) [Special Photography] - The Square Jungle (1955) [Special Photography]
- TarantulaTarantula (film)Tarantula is a 1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Leo G. Carroll, John Agar, and Mara Corday. Among other things, the film is notable for the appearance of a 25-year-old Clint Eastwood in an uncredited role as a jet pilot at the end of the film.-Plot summary:The plot...
(1955) [Special Photography] - The Second Greatest SexThe Second Greatest SexThe Second Greatest Sex is a 1955 film directed by George Marshall. It stars Jeanne Crain and George Nader.-Cast:*Jeanne Crain as Liza McClure*George Nader as Matt Davis*Kitty Kallen as Katy Conors*Bert Lahr as Job McClure...
(1955) [Special Photography] - Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyAbbott and Costello Meet the MummyAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is also the 28th and final Abbott and Costello film produced by Universal Pictures.-Plot:...
(1955) [Special Photographic Effects] - The Purple Mask (1955) [Special Photography]
- This Island Earth (1955) [Cinematographer] [Special Photography]
- Ma and Pa Kettle at WaikikiMa and Pa Kettle at WaikikiMa and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem.-Synopsis:The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs...
(1955) [Cinematographer] - Smoke Signal (1955) [Cinematographer] (director of photography)
- Fireman Save My ChildFireman Save My Child (1954 film)Fireman Save My Child is a 1954 American comedy film starring Hugh O'Brian and Buddy Hackett in a movie originally meant for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, a last-minute substitution when Costello fell ill. Comical musical band "Spike Jones and His City Slickers" also appear at great length, with...
(1954) [Cinematographer] - Wings of the Hawk (1953) [Cinematographer]
- East of SumatraEast of SumatraEast of Sumatra is a 1953 Technicolor Universal-International Pictures adventure film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler and Anthony Quinn.-Plot synopsis:...
(1953) [Cinematographer] - Abbott and Costello Go to MarsAbbott and Costello Go to MarsAbbott and Costello Go To Mars is a 1953 American science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film follows the misadventures of Lester and Orville who accidentally find themselves on a rocketship bound for Mars, which accidentally...
(1953) [Cinematographer] - Law and Order (1953) [Cinematographer]
- It Came from Outer SpaceIt Came from Outer SpaceIt Came from Outer Space is a 1953 science fiction 3-D film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, and Charles Drake. It was Universal's first film to be filmed in 3-D.- Plot :...
(1953) [Cinematographer] - Back at the Front (1952) [Cinematographer]
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)Has Anybody Seen My Gal? is a 1952 film comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Lynn Bari, and Charles Coburn. Set in the 1920s, the film is named after The California Ramblers jazz tune Has Anybody Seen My Gal?....
(1952) [Cinematographer] - No Room for the Groom (1952) [Cinematographer]
- Bronco BusterBronco BusterThe Bronco Buster is a sculpture made of bronze copyrighted in 1895 by American artist Frederic Remington. It portrays a rugged Western frontier cowboy character fighting to stay aboard a rearing, plunging bronco, with a stirrup swinging free, a quirt in one hand and a fistful of mane and reins in...
(1952) [Cinematographer] - Week-End with Father (1951) [Cinematographer]
- Air Cadet (1951) [Cinematographer] (director of photography) (as Cliff Stine)
- Mystery SubmarineMystery Submarine (1950 film)Mystery Submarine is a 1950 American thriller film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén and Robert Douglas.-Main cast:* Macdonald Carey - Doctor Brett Young* Märta Torén - Madeline Brenner...
(1950) [Cinematographer] - Never a Dull MomentNever a Dull Moment (1950 film)Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 RKO comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. The film is based on the 1943 book Who Could Ask For Anything More? by Kay Swift.-Cast:*Irene Dunne ... Kay*Fred MacMurray ... Chris*William Demarest ... Mears...
(1950) [Process Photography] - The MilkmanThe MilkmanThe Milkman is a 1950 American black-and-white film starring Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, and Piper Laurie.-Plot:Roger Bradley is the son the owner of a milk company. He wants to get a job as a milkman at his father's company, but his father denies it because of Roger's after-war trauma: when...
(1950) [Cinematographer] (as Cliff Stine) - Born to Be BadBorn to Be Bad (1950 film)Born to Be Bad is a 1950 melodrama starring Joan Fontaine as a manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. It was based on the novel All Kneeling by Anne Parrish.-Cast:*Joan Fontaine as Christabel Caine Carey...
(1950) [Cinematographer: additional scenes] - Once a Thief (1950) [Process Photographer] (uncredited)
- Racket SquadRacket SquadRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department....
(1950) TV Series [Cinematographer] - The Clay PigeonThe Clay PigeonThe Clay Pigeon is an American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, and others.-Plot:...
(1949) [Special Effects] - The Miracle of the BellsThe Miracle of the BellsThe Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.The film is based on a novel by Russell Janney....
(1948) [Special Effects] - Step by Step (1946) [Special Effects]
- Gunga DinGunga Din (film)Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens, loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, combined with elements of his novel Soldiers Three...
(1939) [Second Camera: camera effects] (uncredited) - The Gay DivorceeThe Gay DivorceeThe Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American film based on the musical play Gay Divorce written by Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein, with screenplay by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman, from an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners...
(1934) [Assistant Camera] (uncredited) - The Son of KongThe Son of KongThe Son of Kong is a 1933 American adventure film/monster movie produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Buzz Gibson and Willis O'Brien, the film starred Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack and Frank Reicher...
(1933) [Camera Operator] (uncredited) - King KongKing Kong (1933 film)King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...
(1933) [Second Assistant Camera: "b" camera] (uncredited) [Special Effects Cameraman] (uncredited)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830411/filmoyear