Search results for "Paul Wendkos"
A Wing and a Prayer

A Wing and a Prayer

A Wing and a Prayer
IMDb: 5
N/A

An air-traffic controller faces the challenge of her career when she is forced to guide a disabled airplane to safety, unaware that her husband is aboard.

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
IMDb: 5.8
94

When ’30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.

The Cops Are Robbers

The Cops Are Robbers

The Cops Are Robbers
IMDb: 5.5
93

Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
IMDb: 5.5
178

Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie, War
Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction

Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction

Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction
IMDb: 7
97

A 47 year old real estate salesman gets trapped in the insidious web of cocaine addiction.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Good Against Evil

Good Against Evil

Good Against Evil
IMDb: 3.8
84

Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as his own personal property….

Genre: Horror, TV Movie
The Death of Richie

The Death of Richie

The Death of Richie
IMDb: 6.7
96

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Special Delivery

Special Delivery

Special Delivery
IMDb: 6.1
99

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
The Legend of Lizzie Borden

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
IMDb: 7.4
96

A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz
IMDb: 6.1
115

A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles’…

Genre: Horror
The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell
IMDb: 7.1
100

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the…

Hell Boats

Hell Boats

Hell Boats
IMDb: 5.5
95

A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic…

Genre: Drama, War
Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba
IMDb: 5.7
97

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US…

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
IMDb: 5.7
105

In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Monte Markham, Fernando…

Genre: Western
Fear No Evil

Fear No Evil

Fear No Evil
IMDb: 6.4
98

A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man’s fiance discovers that the…

Genre: Horror, TV Movie
Attack on the Iron Coast

Attack on the Iron Coast

Attack on the Iron Coast
IMDb: 5.5
89

Attack on the Iron Coast is a 1967 British-American Oakmont Productions international co-production war film directed by Paul Wendkos in the first of his five picture contract with Mirisch Productions,…

Genre: War
Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome
IMDb: 5.1
104

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
IMDb: 5.7
101

Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii – just during the two weeks when her beloved “Moondoggy” is home from…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Because They’re Young

Because They’re Young

Because They’re Young
IMDb: 5.9
102

Director Paul Wendkos’ 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel “Harrison High”, about an idealistic young high-school teacher dealing with over-sexed and troubled teenagers, is notable for its casting of…

Genre: Drama
Gidget

Gidget

Gidget
IMDb: 6.6
95

Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She’s fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Face of a Fugitive

Face of a Fugitive

Face of a Fugitive
IMDb: 6.6
81

A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot…

Genre: Drama, Western
Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea
IMDb: 5.6
86

A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Tarawa Beachhead

Tarawa Beachhead

Tarawa Beachhead
IMDb: 5.8
77

A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma…

Genre: Drama, War
The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn
IMDb: 6.5
82

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Burglar

The Burglar

The Burglar
IMDb: 6.6
90

Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune — including a renowned emerald necklace — from a Philadelphia…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller