Search results for "William A. Wellman"
Lafayette Escadrille

Lafayette Escadrille

Lafayette Escadrille
IMDb: 5.5
93

A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.

Genre: War
Darby’s Rangers

Darby’s Rangers

Darby’s Rangers
IMDb: 6.3
121

Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army’s 1st Ranger Battalion. Their drilling period is rigorous, but…

Genre: War
Blood Alley

Blood Alley

Blood Alley
IMDb: 6.2
110

An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is “shanghaied” into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

Genre: Adventure
Track of the Cat

Track of the Cat

Track of the Cat
IMDb: 6.4
102

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and…

Genre: Western
The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty
IMDb: 6.6
147

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight – one that takes…

Genre: Adventure
Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky
IMDb: 6.8
109

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane’s pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly…

Genre: Adventure
My Man and I

My Man and I

My Man and I
IMDb: 6.4
99

In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.

Genre: Uncategorized
Westward the Women

Westward the Women

Westward the Women
IMDb: 7.6
118

There’s a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from…

It’s a Big Country

It’s a Big Country

It’s a Big Country
IMDb: 6
89

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern….

Genre: Comedy
Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri
IMDb: 6.2
78

In the 1830’s beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a…

The Next Voice You Hear…

The Next Voice You Hear…

The Next Voice You Hear…
IMDb: 6.3
83

The Next Voice You Hear… (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world….

Genre: Fantasy
The Happy Years

The Happy Years

The Happy Years
IMDb: 6.8
110

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York,…

Genre: Comedy
Battleground

Battleground

Battleground
IMDb: 7.4
118

Members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already…

Genre: Adventure, War
Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky
IMDb: 7.4
98

In 1867, a gang led by James “Stretch” Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky…

Genre: Crime, Western
The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain
IMDb: 6.3
87

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa,…

Genre: Uncategorized
Magic Town

Magic Town

Magic Town
IMDb: 6.4
103

Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run…

Genre: Comedy
Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey
IMDb: 6.1
85

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical…

Genre: History
This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy
IMDb: 6.3
100

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a…

Genre: Adventure, War
Story of G.I. Joe

Story of G.I. Joe

Story of G.I. Joe
IMDb: 7.2
108

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers…

Genre: War
Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill
IMDb: 6.4
90

Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator’s daughter (Maureen O’Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

Genre: Western
The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident
IMDb: 8
76

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

Genre: Western
Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds
IMDb: 6.1
78

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with…

Genre: War
Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart
IMDb: 6.9
72

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in…

Genre: Comedy
The Great Man’s Lady

The Great Man’s Lady

The Great Man’s Lady
IMDb: 6.6
90

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded…

Genre: Western
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

Beau Geste
IMDb: 7.5
112

When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the…

Genre: Adventure, War
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born
IMDb: 7.3
111

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent…

Genre: Uncategorized
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred
IMDb: 6.8
77

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Genre: Comedy
Tarzan Escapes

Tarzan Escapes

Tarzan Escapes
IMDb: 6.5
89

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane’s cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane’s help…

Genre: Adventure
China Seas

China Seas

China Seas
IMDb: 6.9
87

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That’s not the only risky cargo he carries; both…

Genre: Adventure
Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild
IMDb: 6.8
91

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a…

Stingaree

Stingaree

Stingaree
IMDb: 5.8
77

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary
IMDb: 7
74

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager — a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting…

Genre: Crime
Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale
IMDb: 7.4
72

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized…

Genre: Uncategorized
College Coach

College Coach

College Coach
IMDb: 5.8
75

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look…

Genre: Uncategorized
So Big!

So Big!

So Big!
IMDb: 6.8
81

A farmer’s widow takes on the land and her late husband’s tempestuous son.

Genre: Uncategorized
The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price
IMDb: 6.4
68

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as…

Genre: Comedy
Love Is a Racket

Love Is a Racket

Love Is a Racket
IMDb: 6.2
71

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who’s beholden to a penthouse gangster.

Genre: Crime
The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man
IMDb: 6.2
74

When he’s forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man’s daughter.

Genre: Crime
Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny
IMDb: 6.8
73

Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of…

Genre: Uncategorized
The Conquerors

The Conquerors

The Conquerors
IMDb: 6.3
86

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.

Genre: History, Western