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Elmer Clifton

Director · 108 credits · 3 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Judge (1949)

Frequent collaborators: Lillian Gish, Hobart Bosworth, Dorothy Gish, Josephine Crowell, W.E. Lawrence

Directed movies (93 total, ranked by score)

  1. Slaves in Bondage

    1937 · ★ 2.6 (7 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    61

  2. High Speed

    1917

    Comedy

    62

  3. The High Sign

    1917

    Drama

    63

  4. The Return of the Rangers

    1943

    Western

    64

  5. Flirting with Death

    1917

    Adventure, Comedy

    65

  6. Smashing Through

    1918

    Thriller, Western

    66

  7. Nugget Nell

    1919

    Comedy, Western

    67

  8. Light of India

    1929

    Drama

    68

  9. Winner Takes All

    1918

    Drama, Western

    69

  10. The Sundown Kid

    1942

    Western

    70

  11. Brace Up

    1918

    Drama

    71

  12. The Man Trap

    1917

    Drama

    72

  13. The Fallen Empire

    1931

    Documentary

    73

  14. Peppy Polly

    1919

    Drama

    74

  15. A Stormy Knight

    1917

    Comedy, Mystery

    75

  16. Nobody Home

    1919

    Comedy

    76

  17. The Midnight Man

    1917

    Drama

    77

  18. Battling Jane

    1918

    Comedy, Drama

    78

  19. The Hope Chest

    1918

    Comedy, Drama

    79

  20. Her Official Fathers

    1917

    Comedy

    80

  21. Six Cylinder Love

    1923

    Comedy

    81

  22. Daughters of the Night

    1924

    Crime, Drama

    82

  23. Boots

    1919

    Comedy

    83

  24. Turning the Tables

    1919

    Comedy

    84

  25. I'll Get Him Yet

    1919

    Comedy

    85

  26. Tropical Nights

    1928

    Drama

    86

  27. The Two-Soul Woman

    1918

    Drama, Mystery

    87

  28. Kiss or Kill

    1918

    Crime, Drama

    88

  29. Wives at Auction

    —

    89

  30. Beautiful But Dumb

    1928

    Comedy, Romance

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 9, 2026.