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William A. Wellman Filmography
Complete filmography of William A. Wellman: 43 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.
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Title↕ | Year↕ | Genres↕ | TMDB Rating↕ | Votes↕ | Language↕ | Overview↕ |
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| Lafayette Escadrille | 1,958 | Drama, Romance, War | 4.5 | 19 | English | A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I. |
| Blood Alley | 1,955 | Adventure, Action, Drama | 5.9 | 53 | English | 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. |
| The High and the Mighty | 1,954 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 5.9 | 80 | English | 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 a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return. |
| Track of the Cat | 1,954 | Drama, Western | 5.9 | 44 | English | 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 an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle. |
| Island in the Sky | 1,953 | Adventure, Drama | 6.3 | 67 | English | 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 conditions while awaiting rescue. |
| Westward the Women | 1,951 | Adventure, Drama, Western | 7.1 | 82 | English | 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 Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks. |
| Across the Wide Missouri | 1,951 | Adventure, Romance, Western | 5.9 | 33 | English | 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 way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat. |
| Battleground | 1,949 | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | 6.7 | 96 | English | 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 seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need. |
| Yellow Sky | 1,948 | Western | 6.9 | 122 | English | In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather. |
| The Iron Curtain | 1,948 | Thriller | 5.8 | 25 | English | 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, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States. |
| Magic Town | 1,947 | Comedy, Romance | 6.7 | 31 | English | 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 polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes. |
| Gallant Journey | 1,946 | History, Drama, Romance | 6.1 | 10 | English | 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 glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention. |
| Story of G.I. Joe | 1,945 | Drama, War | 6.5 | 39 | English | 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 and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000. |
| Buffalo Bill | 1,944 | Drama, Action, Western | 5.6 | 37 | English | Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show. |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | 1,943 | Western, Drama | 7.7 | 421 | English | 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. |
| Lady of Burlesque | 1,943 | Mystery, Comedy, Music, Crime | 5.3 | 43 | English | After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again. |
| Roxie Hart | 1,942 | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 | 26 | English | 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 1927. |
| The Great Man's Lady | 1,941 | Western, Drama, Romance | 6.3 | 11 | English | 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 to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years. |
| Beau Geste | 1,939 | Adventure, Drama, War | 6.9 | 107 | English | 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 brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy. |
| A Star Is Born | 1,937 | Drama, Romance | 7.2 | 233 | English | 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 for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism. |
| Nothing Sacred | 1,937 | Comedy, Romance | 6.3 | 107 | English | When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine. |
| Small Town Girl | 1,936 | Comedy, Romance | 5.9 | 11 | English | Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart. |
| Call of the Wild | 1,935 | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western | 6.2 | 52 | English | 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 sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch. |
| Stingaree | 1,934 | Comedy, Adventure, Romance | 5.8 | 10 | English | 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 famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave. |
| Wild Boys of the Road | 1,933 | Drama | 6.8 | 49 | English | At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work. |
| Midnight Mary | 1,933 | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.8 | 24 | English | While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affairs. |
| Heroes for Sale | 1,933 | Drama | 7 | 24 | English | World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings. |
| Frisco Jenny | 1,933 | Drama | 6.3 | 18 | English | 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 a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities. |
| College Coach | 1,933 | Drama | 4.1 | 12 | English | 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 at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation. |
| Central Airport | 1,933 | Drama | 6.1 | 12 | English | Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins. |
| Lilly Turner | 1,933 | Drama | 4.8 | 10 | English | One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer. |
| The Purchase Price | 1,932 | Drama, Comedy | 6.5 | 26 | English | 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 Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back. |
| So Big! | 1,932 | Drama, Romance | 5.6 | 15 | English | A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son. |
| Love Is a Racket | 1,932 | Crime, Drama, Romance | 5.3 | 15 | English | A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster. |
| The Hatchet Man | 1,932 | Crime, Drama | 4.7 | 11 | English | When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter. |
| The Public Enemy | 1,931 | Crime, Drama | 7.2 | 379 | English | Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away. |
| Night Nurse | 1,931 | Crime, Drama, Comedy | 6.7 | 86 | English | Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on. |
| Safe in Hell | 1,931 | Thriller, Drama | 6.6 | 45 | English | To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell. |
| Other Men's Women | 1,931 | Drama, Romance | 5.5 | 21 | English | The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife. |
| The Star Witness | 1,931 | Crime, Drama | 6.7 | 16 | English | A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals. |
| Beggars of Life | 1,928 | Adventure, Drama, Crime | 7.1 | 42 | English | After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada. |
| Wings | 1,927 | Drama, Action, War, Romance | 7.2 | 312 | English | Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away. |
| The Boob | 1,926 | Comedy, Romance | 5.8 | 12 | English | To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers. |
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