After filming "Tormented" (1960), he wrote, produced and directed "The Boy and the Pirates", starring active and popular child star of the time Charles Herbert and Gordon's own daughter, Susan Gordon (who died in 2011 from thyroid cancer). All three appeared together in the celebrity lineup at the 2006 Monster Bash, held June 23–25 at the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Airport Four Points. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a "Midnite Movies" double DVD set with the rarely seen "The Boy and the Pirates", and "Crystalstone" (1987), on June 27, 2006.