Founded and headed Bel Air Productions in the 1950's, a low-budget company that made b-movies from Film Noir to Westerns. Best known features are Hot Cars and Big House U.S.A.
[on The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which he produced] UA [distributor United Artists] didn't know what the hell to do with it. The word-of-mouth was good but unfortunately not strong enough . . . that picture took 15 years to get into profit!
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Howard Winchel Koch
New York City, New York, USA
(age 84)
Los Angeles, California, USA