Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948).
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
⭐ 6.3Shane
⭐ 7.4The Haunted Palace
⭐ 6.608The Buccaneer
⭐ 6.4The Alamo
⭐ 7.086Macbeth
⭐ 7.3The Premature Burial
⭐ 6.3The Raven
⭐ 6.317The Left Handed Gun
⭐ 6The Hanging Tree
⭐ 6.7Valerie
⭐ 4.1Johnny Cool
⭐ 5.3Creepy Classics
⭐ 6.3Convicts 4
⭐ 4.833The Buckskin Lady
⭐ 4.2Les Miserables
⭐ 5.4The Moonlighter
⭐ 5.7Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
⭐ 5.7The Vanishing American
⭐ 4Three Husbands
⭐ 5Hell's Outpost
⭐ 5The Naked Jungle
⭐ 6.4The Fastest Gun Alive
⭐ 6.822The Raid
⭐ 6.5X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
⭐ 6.6Death in Small Doses
⭐ 5The Omega Man
⭐ 6.158Rage
⭐ 6.625Touch of Evil
⭐ 7.75The Slowest Gun in the West
⭐ 2Betrayed Women
⭐ 4.7Friendly Persuasion
⭐ 6.62The Thing from Another World
⭐ 6.7The Desperado
⭐ 6.6The Oregon Trail
⭐ 5.3Duel at Apache Wells
⭐ 4The Comancheros
⭐ 6.7Not as a Stranger
⭐ 6.2The Red Badge of Courage
⭐ 6.393Jubal
⭐ 6.8Silver City
⭐ 6.4The Guns of Fort Petticoat
⭐ 6.3One-Eyed Jacks
⭐ 6.715The Vanquished
⭐ 4.6John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
⭐ 6Blood Arrow
⭐ 7Gun Fury
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