En a suya filmografía como director, se puet destacar bellas cintas como The Big Steal (1949, con Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles y Ramón Novarro), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952, con Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot, Gerald Mohr y Lee Marvin), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, con Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones y Larry Gates), Hell Is for Heroes (1962, con Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, James Coburn, Bob Newhart y Nick Adams), The Killers (1964, con Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes y Ronald Reagan), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970, con Shirley MacLaine y Clint Eastwood), u Escape from Alcatraz (1979, con Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan y Fred Ward).