This traditional auteurist survey closely examines the films of director John Frankenheimer, assessing the thematic and stylistic elements of such films as The Iceman Cometh, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Bird Man of Alcatraz . It begins with a complete overview of Frankenheimers life and career. A chronology lists production history details for each of his films, and a comprehensive biography draws attention to Frankenheimers early artistic development. Subsequent chapters categorize his films by genre and theme, examining each film through analytical critiques and plot synopses....

Here is a comprehensive survey of the film and television career of London-born director Andrew V. McLaglen. An opening biography considers the events and circumstances that contributed to his development as a filmmaker, including his relationships with his actor father Victor McLaglen, fellow director John Ford, and motion picture icon John Wayne, who collaborated with Andrew McLaglen on such films as McClintock! (1963), Hellfighters (1968), The Undefeated (1969) and Chisum (1970).

Film director Paul Bartel enjoyed flouting the expectations of audiences and critics with his amusing movies about murder, greed and transgressive sex. The first book-length study of its sort, The Life and Films of Paul Bartel provides readers with a detailed biography tracing Bartel's emergence as an independent low-budget auteur.