John Beckman

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Art Direction:
1947  Monsieur Verdoux
1948  The Decision of Christopher Blake
1952  Springfield Rifle
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953  Calamity Jane
1953  So Big
1954  Lucky Me
1954  Young at Heart
1955  Battle Cry
1955  Hell on Frisco Bay
1955  So You Want a Model Railroad
1956  The Bad Seed
1956  Toward the Unknown
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  Too Much, Too Soon
1959  The FBI Story
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1961  A Majority of One
1962  Gypsy
1963  Mary, Mary
1966  The Trouble with Angels
1968  Assignment to Kill
1968  In Enemy Country
1968  Shadow on the Land
1969  Hook, Line and Sinker
1971  Black Noon
1972  Call Her Mom
1975  Matt Helm
1978  Doctors' Private Lives
1979  Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979  Salvage
1980  To Find My Son
1986  Kate's Secret
1986  Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Production Design:
1947  Monsieur Verdoux
1948  The Decision of Christopher Blake
1952  Springfield Rifle
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953  Calamity Jane
1953  So Big
1954  Lucky Me
1954  Young at Heart
1955  Battle Cry
1955  Hell on Frisco Bay
1955  So You Want a Model Railroad
1956  The Bad Seed
1956  Toward the Unknown
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  Too Much, Too Soon
1959  The FBI Story
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1961  A Majority of One
1962  Gypsy
1963  Mary, Mary
1966  The Trouble with Angels
1968  Assignment to Kill
1968  In Enemy Country
1968  Shadow on the Land
1969  Hook, Line and Sinker
1970  Which Way to the Front?
1971  Black Noon
1972  Call Her Mom
1975  Matt Helm
1978  Doctors' Private Lives
1979  Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979  Salvage
1980  To Find My Son
1986  Kate's Secret
1986  Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Art Direction:
1980  The Dream Merchants

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