List of the best Joseph Wiseman movies: Dr. No(1962), Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love(1977), The Happy Thieves(1962), With These Hands(1950), Bye Bye Braverman(1968), Lady Mobster(1988), Viva Zapata!(1952), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974), The Valachi Papers(1972), Seize the Day(1986), Journey Into Fear(1975), The Silver Chalice(1954) ... ...
Action, Adventure
UK
1962
110 Minutes
Dr. No
Sean Connery Ursula Andress Joseph Wiseman Jack Lord Zena Marshall Eunice Gayson Lois Maxwell Margaret LeWars John Kitzmiller Bernard Lee Anthony Dawson
secret agent beautiful woman mastermind villain thrilling sultry suspenseful jamaica england office beach destruction outer space disaster pursuit rescue 1960s
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Documentary
Canada
1977
90 Minutes
English Narrator
Jean Gascon James Mason Joseph Wiseman
artist wife curator filmmaker fascinating striking nice, france museum marc chagall art inspiration jewish culture family marriage love rise discovery 1970s
Comedy, Drama
USA
1962
88 Minutes
Jean Marie Calbert
Rex Harrison Rita Hayworth Joseph Wiseman Alida Valli Gregoire Aslan Virgilio Texeira Peter Illing Britt Ekland
In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
Drama, History
USA
1950
52 Minutes
Mike Deleo
Sam Levene Arlene Francis Joseph Wiseman Jack Arnold Julius Bing Rudy Bond Alexander Lockwood Alexander Scourby
Film produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union -- featuring several well-known Broadway actors -- recreates Triangle Fire of 1911 and compares working conditions of the 1910's with the 1950's.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1968
94 Minutes
Felix Ottensteen
George Segal Jack Warden Joseph Wiseman Jessica Walter Phyllis Newman Sorrell Booke Zohra Lampert Anthony Holland Susan Wyler Lieb Lensky Alan King
writer poet book critic intellectual widow cab driver witty offbeat gritty emotional manhattan, n.y. greenwich village brooklyn, n.y. synagogue cemetery death friendship jewish culture grief aging
Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.
Crime, Drama
1988
96 Minutes
Victor Castle
A corporate lawyer's (Susan Lucci) underworld benefactor (Joseph Wiseman) expects her to legitimize his family business.
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Fernando Aguirre
Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn Joseph Wiseman Arnold Moss Alan Reed Margo Harold Gordon Lou Gilbert Frank Silvera Florenz Ames
emiliano zapata pancho villa porfirio diaz military officer peasant brother brash confident gripping mexico small town palace family home countryside politics poverty revolution revenge rise underdog
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1974
121 Minutes
Uncle Benjy
Richard Dreyfuss Micheline Lanctôt Jack Warden Randy Quaid Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott Henry Ramer Joe Silver Zvee Scooler Robert Goodier Allan Rosenthal
jew father uncle girlfriend grandfather gangster cheeky confident witty rousing montreal quebec resort laurentian mountains anti-semitism ambition poverty family dysfunction love honor
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
Crime, Drama
Italy|France
1972
125 Minutes
Salvatore Maranzano
Charles Bronson Lino Ventura Jill Ireland Michael Callan Walter Chiari Joseph Wiseman Gerald S. O'Loughlin Amedeo Nazzari Fausto Tozzi Pupella Maggio Angelo Infanti
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Drama
USA
1986
93 Minutes
Dr. Adler
Robin Williams Richard B. Shull David Bickford Glenne Headly Stephen Strimpell Joseph Wiseman Jayne Heller Katherine Borowitz John Fiedler William Duell
salesman wife father doctor endearing sad brooding melodramatic new york city street loss relationships failing career divorce fall underdog 1950s
Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1975
97 Minutes
Colonel Haki
Sam Waterston Zero Mostel Yvette Mimieux Scott Marlowe Ian McShane Joseph Wiseman Shelley Winters Stanley Holloway Donald Pleasence Vincent Price
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkish mountains. An assassin is sent by someone to eliminate him because of that. He boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is the assassin.
Drama
1954
144 Minutes
Mijamin
Virginia Mayo Paul Newman Jack Palance Pier Angeli Alexander Scourby Joseph Wiseman E.G. Marshall Walter Hampden Jacques Aubuchon Herbert Rudley Albert Van Dekker
sculptor slave wife magician beautiful woman apostle melodramatic emotional rome jerusalem art slavery daunting task love triangle magic deception rise quest underdog 1st century
After the Last Supper, Christians fight Romans over Christ's cup, for which a Greek sculptor (Paul Newman) makes a holder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
88 Minutes
George Kovan
Lee J. Cobb Kerwin Mathews Gia Scala Richard Boone Valerie French Robert Loggia Joseph Wiseman Harold J. Stone Adam Williams
business owner gangster father son teamster henchman brutal fiery powerful factory new york city organized crime labor union family oppression change of heart violence fall revenge rivalry
The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1968
100 Minutes
Louis Minsky
Jason Robards Britt Ekland Norman Wisdom Elliott Gould Forrest Tucker Harry Andrews Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott
stripper amish man comedian club owner performer hilarious sultry unrestrained pennsylvania lower east side new york city nightclub burlesque running away amish culture love triangle father/daughter relationship dance escape love
A naive Amish young woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
Drama
USA
1978
126 Minutes
Jake Weinstein
Laurence Olivier Robert Duvall Tommy Lee Jones Katharine Ross Jane Alexander Lesley-Anne Down Joseph Wiseman Kathleen Beller Edward Herrmann Paul Rudd
The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
Western
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Abe Kelsey
Burt Lancaster Audrey Hepburn Lillian Gish Audie Murphy John Saxon Charles Bickford Albert Salmi Joseph Wiseman June Walker Kipp Hamilton Arnold Merritt
native american rancher racist brother adopted daughter mother tense gripping thrilling texas ranch racism family feud secret old west rivalry discovery 1860s
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Charley Gennini (burglar)
Kirk Douglas Eleanor Parker William Bendix Horace MacMahon Lee Grant Craig Hill Cathy O'Donnell Bert Freed George Macready Joseph Wiseman Gladys George
police detective abortionist wife burglar shoplifter colleague tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic police station household hospital new york city street obsession abortion investigation dark secrets death
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
Drama
1956
88 Minutes
Ray Milland Ernest Borgnine Frank Lovejoy Nina Foch Dean Jagger Virginia Christine Edward Andrews Frank Faylen Diane Jergens Warren Berlinger Andrew Duggan
government official lawyer judge naval officer wife suspect emotional solemn melodramatic courtroom house naval base suburbia cold war paranoia communism trial navy redemption underdog
A lawyer (Ray Milland) represents a Navy worker (Ernest Borgnine) who has been unjustly fired as a security risk.