William Bendix

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The Time Of Your Life review by from Croydon, England

William Bendix 30 August 2005
...It may be unfair to single out individuals in the uniformly excellent cast, but William Bendix is superb. Anyone who watches lots of older films is bound to run across him so... Read customer review

I'll Be Yours review by from Norwich, England

A Successful Re-modelling 26 October 2005
... and delivery. The real surprise of the film is the deftness and subtlety of William Bendix's timing as her mentor. The music - particularly Granada, shot with a fluid cam... Read customer review

The Blue Dahlia review by A customer from Preston

Nice one, Alan Ladd 27 July 2008
...ain and is marked by an agreeably light and assured performance from Alan Ladd. William Bendix, quite high up on the cast list, is as usual desperately difficult to take a li... Read customer review

For Love Or Money on DVD (1963)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young
Director: Michael Gordon
Certificate:
In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who gets an unusual assignment from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, owner of a successful hotel chain, and one of his most prominent clients. Chloe has three daughters, sensible Kate (Mitzi Gaynor), bohemian Jan (Leslie ..read more »

47% from 26 members

Macao on DVD (1952)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Certificate:
Jane Russell stars as a nightclub singer caught up with wanderer Mitchum in this story of intrigue set in the Far East.

34% from 5 members

Blackbeard The Pirate on DVD (1952)
Starring: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix
Director: Raoul Walsh
Certificate:
In 1674, reformed pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica. Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman.who's been supplanted by the notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on board ..read more »

57% from 48 members

Detective Story on DVD (1951)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
Director: William Wyler
Certificate:
Based on the smash Broadway hit, the gritty and gripping drama of Detective Story explodes onto the big screen under the capable direction of William Wyler (The Best Years Of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur). Set amidst the hectic activity of a New York City police station, Kirk Douglas stars as ..read more »

69% from 204 members

The Big Steal on DVD (1949)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer
Director: Don Siegel
Certificate:
When an army officer is wrongly accused of a theft, he sets off in pursuit of the real culprit.

61% from 165 members

The Time Of Your Life on DVD (1948)
Starring: Jeanne Cagney, Paul Draper, James Lydon
Director: H.C. Potter
Certificate:
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE is the film adaptation of William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble play about the various characters who populate Nick's Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace--a San Francisco waterfront dive. Joe (James Cagney), a champagne-soaked philosopher with a credo that ..read more »

55% from 112 members

The Dark Corner on DVD (1946)
Starring: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix
Director: Henry Hathaway
Certificate:
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A secretary tries to help her boss, who is being framed for a murder.

64% from 160 members

The Blue Dahlia on DVD (1946)
Starring: Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Veronica lake
Director: George Marshall
Certificate:
When a former pilot discovers that his unfaithful wife has been murdered, he is pursued by the police. In addition, a mysterious blonde woman has taken an interest in him.

69% from 644 members

Lifeboat (1944)
Starring: William Bendix, Tullulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
Seeking a creative challenge after several years' worth of fairly elaborate melodramas, director Alfred Hitchcock stages all of the action in Lifeboat in one tiny boat, adrift in the North Atlantic. The boat holds eight survivors of a Nazi torpedo attack: sophisticated magazine writer/photographer ..read more »

71% from 904 members
Not available for rental

Guadalcanal Diary on DVD (1943)
Starring: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix
Director: Lewis Seiler
Certificate:
Wartime account of the Marine invasion of the Solomon Islands during WWII. Clearly intended to bolster home-front morale, but the better-than-average cast of tough guys and the proximity of the release to the events themselves give the action an added urgency.

56% from 87 members

I'll Be Yours on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix
Director: William A. Seiter
Certificate:
Beautiful but inexperienced Louise Ginglebusher finds herself in over her head after she feels forced to invent a fictitious fiance when put under pressure by well-to-do businessman J. Conrad Nelson.

56% from 109 members

For Love Or Money - 2.5 stars
Macao - 1.5 stars
Blackbeard The Pirate - 3.0 stars
Detective Story - 3.5 stars
The Big Steal - 3.0 stars

Lifeboat - 3.5 stars
The Blue Dahlia - 3.5 stars
Detective Story - 3.5 stars
The Dark Corner - 3.0 stars
The Big Steal - 3.0 stars

Macao - 1.5 stars
For Love Or Money - 2.5 stars
Blackbeard The Pirate - 3.0 stars
The Time Of Your Life - 3.0 stars
Guadalcanal Diary - 3.0 stars

Mark Stevens - 2 times - show films
Clifton Webb - 2 times - show films
Robert Mitchum - 2 times - show films
Kirk Douglas - 2 times - show films
Lucille Ball - 2 times - show films

Alfred Hitchcock - 3 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 2 times - show films
Josef Von Sternberg - 1 times - show films
Raoul Walsh - 1 times - show films
William A. Seiter - 1 times - show films