King Brothers Productions was a film production company active from 1941 to the late 1960s. It was formed by brothers Frank, Maurice and Herman King. The three got their start in the early 1940s manufacturing film projectors then quickly moved on to making films. Some of their films include Dillinger

Dillinger (1945 film)

Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. The film was directed by Max Nosseck. Dillinger was the first major film to star Lawrence Tierney. The B-movie was shot in black and white and features a smoke-bomb bank robbery edited into the film from the 1937 Fritz Lang...

(1945), Suspense

Suspense (1946 film)

Suspense is a film noir directed by Frank Tuttle. The ice-skating-themed movie starred Barry Sullivan and former Olympic skater Belita , who would team up again in 1947 for the film, The Gangster. It was also the last film appearance of actor Eugene Pallette...

(1946), Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy is a 1950 film noir feature film starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. The film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank King and Maurice King...

(1949), Carnival Story

Carnival Story

Carnival Story is a 1954 film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Cochran, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was shot in 3-D, but was only released to theaters in 2D...

(1954), and Gorgo (1961). The Brave One

The Brave One

The Brave One can refer to:* The Brave One , a 1956 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper* The Brave One , a 2007 crime-drama/psychological thriller film directed by Neil Jordan...

(1954) earned writer Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry...

 (who also worked on Gun Crazy) a Best Screenplay Academy Award

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

, and Heaven With a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun is a 1969 western film starring Glenn Ford as Jim Killian, a preacher who arrives in a town divided between cattlemen and sheep herders. But Killian isn't just any preacher. He is a former fast gun who has set upon a different path...

(1968).