Portrait of Larry Buchanan

Directing

Larry Buchanan

Career

Active from 1951 to 1989, busiest in 1967 and 1968 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score29/100
Highest rated
Poster for Common Law Wife
Common Law Wife
GoodWatch score44/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Larry Buchanan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    1.9, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.1, average 3.4
  • Catharsis
    2.9, average 5.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • B-Movie 4
  • Creature Feature 3
  • Low-Budget Horror 2
  • Mad Scientist 2
  • Monster Movie 2
  • 1960s Sci-Fi 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 27
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)

Writer, Producer

Down on Us
Down on Us (1984)

Producer, Director

The Loch Ness Horror
The Loch Ness Horror (1981)
GoodWatch score 27

Director, Screenplay

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 36
Mistress of the Apes
Mistress of the Apes (1979)
GoodWatch score 37

Director, Writer

Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1978)

Screenplay, Director

Goodbye, Norma Jean
Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
GoodWatch score 40

Producer, Screenplay

Strawberries Need Rain
Strawberries Need Rain (1971)

Director, Producer

A Bullet for Pretty Boy
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
GoodWatch score 31

Director, Producer

1960s

19 titles ยท average score 27
It's Alive
It's Alive (1969)
GoodWatch score 28

Director, Producer

In the Year 2889
In the Year 2889 (1969)
GoodWatch score 24

Producer, Director

Curse of the Swamp Creature
Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968)
GoodWatch score 21

Producer, Director

Mars Needs Women
Mars Needs Women (1968)
GoodWatch score 14

as Narrator of Planetarium Film (voice)

Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Zontar: The Thing from Venus (1967)
GoodWatch score 32

Director, Screenplay

The Eye Creatures
The Eye Creatures (1967)
GoodWatch score 21

Writer, Director

Sam
Sam (1967)

Editor, Producer

Creature of Destruction
Creature of Destruction (1967)
GoodWatch score 31

Director, Producer

Under Age
Under Age (1964)

Director, Writer

Naughty Dallas
Naughty Dallas (1964)

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Common Law Wife
Common Law Wife (1961)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

The Naked Witch
The Naked Witch (1960)
GoodWatch score 33

Writer, Editor

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 84
Grubstake
Grubstake (1952)

Director, Writer

The Cowboy
The Cowboy (1951)

Cinematography, Editor

The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

as Bit Part (uncredited)