Edward Montagne

Producer

May 20, 1912 (91 years)

† December 15, 2003

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Edward Montagne was an American film and television director and producer known for his work in comedy. Born in New York City, he began his career in the 1940s, directing and producing numerous television series and films. Montagne is best remembered for producing and directing the classic television series The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) and McHale's Navy (1962–1966). His work was characterized by a keen sense of humor and an ability to craft engaging comedic narratives that resonated with au…

Filmography

7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

6.3

Spider-Man

When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.

6.8

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

5.4

Hurricane

Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.

5.7

P.J.

Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen.

6.2

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".

6.0

The Love God?

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.

8.3

The Crash of Flight 401

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.

6.6

How to Frame a Figg

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, knowing he'll never catch on. Their plan backfires when Figg becomes self-important and accidentally discovers their plot.

4.8

Terror on the 40th Floor

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.

6.0

The Reluctant Astronaut

Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.

6.2

Angel in My Pocket

The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.

6.1

The Munsters' Revenge

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.

4.7

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting marshal and his two trigger-happy deputies.

8.5

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.

6.7

Short Walk to Daylight

Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.

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Keep in Step

An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.

9.0

Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?

Agatha Knabenshu arrives in a small town in Missouri to sell player pianos to the locals. She's fired after her disastrous sales attempts nearly destroy the town. The stranded saleslady becomes friendly with an equally bumbling inventor and moves in with his family. The two then try to sell his automatic milking machine, but things turn sour when their demonstration causes a stampede.

7.8

A Very Missing Person

An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.

7.3

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

An electronics genius, who is an ex-con, and four of his lady friends devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who had been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.

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