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William A. Wellman
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The High And Mighty
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: John Wayne
Director: William A. Wellman
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John Wayne delivered one of his most memorable performances in THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, a suspenseful thrill ride that presaged the disaster films of the 1970s with the story of a commercial jetliner that suffers engine trouble on a transpacific flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. With pilot ..read more »
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Track Of The Cat
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Robert Mitchum
Director: William A. Wellman
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Set in the vast wilderness of northern California during the late 19th century, TRACK OF THE CAT centres on the Bridges family, who live out in the middle of nowhere. When a mountain cat attacks and kills one of the boys, older brother Curt (Robert Mitchum) vows to seek out the beast and avenge his ..read more »
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Battleground
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy
Director: William A. Wellman
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"Dedicated to the battered bastards of Bastogne," this dramatic historic film directed by William Wellman tells the story of a U.S. Army division in the European theatre near the end of World War II. In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, the Germans launch a final attack that became ..read more »
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Yellow Sky
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark
Director: William A. Wellman
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William Wellman deftly directed this wide-open Western packed with suspense and set in the Wild West during 1867. Gregory Peck plays Stretch, the leader of a gang of saddletramps who are robbing banks across the frontier. In their travels they come across an abandoned town strangely inhabited by ..read more »
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Magic Town
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Ann Doran
Director: William A. Wellman
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Jimmy Stewart plays Lawrence Smith in this Capraesque tale in which an ambitious pollster finds a small town whose citizens' opinions accurately reflect those of America at large. On discovering this oddity in the darling town of Grandview, Smith plots to exploit this "mathematical miracle." Posing ..read more »
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Buffalo Bill
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell
Director: William A. Wellman
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William Wellman skilfully directs the life story of William F. Cody, who's better known as Buffalo Bill. Based on a story by Frank Winch, there is plenty of action as the stages of his life unfold. The journey begins with his early years as an Indian fighter, jumps to his days as a scout and ..read more »
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The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes
Director: William A. Wellman
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Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done ..read more »
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Roxie Hart
(1942)
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Nigel Bruce, Ted North
Director: William A. Wellman
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To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don't seem to let dames swing, and even with top slippery lawyer Billy Flynn, it's all something of a gamble.
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Beau Geste
(1939)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Director: William A. Wellman
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Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
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Nothing Sacred
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger
Director: William A. Wellman
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In this classic screwball comedy, Carole Lombard plays Hazel Flagg, a small-town girl who pretends to be dying from radium poisoning so she can win a free trip to New York City. Fredric March plays Wally Cook, the big-city newspaper reporter who sets up the plan by breaking the story and then ..read more »
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A Star Is Born
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Frederic March, Adolphe Menjou
Director: William A. Wellman
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A classic which has been remade twice in 1954 featuring Judy Garland and in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand, this, the 1937 version is regarded by many to be the premier version of the tragic tale of a movie star declinig in popularity who marries a shy girl and helps her become a star.
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The Public Enemy 10 January 2008
...the '20s style, dialog's and desperation under the masterful directorial eye of William A. Wellman, this is a virtual time capsule of the prohibition era: taunt, gritty, hard-hit...
