List of the best Paul Wendkos movies: The Great Escape II: The Untold Story(1988), The Burglar(1957), Gidget(1959), The Mephisto Waltz(1971), Gidget Goes Hawaiian(1961), Guns of the Magnificent Seven(1969), Attack on the Iron Coast(1968), Hell Boats(1970), Gidget Goes to Rome(1963), The Strangers in 7A(1972), The Execution(1985), A Woman Called Moses(1978) ... ...
Adventure, War
USA|Canada
1988
93 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Paul Wendkos Judd Hirsch Donald Pleasence Ian McShane Michael Nader Anthony Sarrero Ronald Lacey
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Crime, Drama
UK
1957
90 Minutes
Director
Dan Duryea Jayne Mansfield Stewart Bradley Martha Vickers Peter Capell Mickey Shaughnessy Phoebe Mackay
Czinner recorded, using a multiple cameras technique, the performance of prima ballerina Galina Ulanova of the Russian Bolshoi, doing "Giselle, " while the troupe was on tour in England in 1956.
Romance
USA
1959
95 Minutes
Director
Sandra Dee James Darren Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell The Four Preps Mary LaRoche Joby Baker Tom Laughlin Sue George Bobby Ellis
teenager teen girl surfer father mother amusing charming southern california surfing romance summer love discovery forbidden love growing up underdog 1950s
A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
Horror
USA
1971
115 Minutes
Director
Alan Alda Jacqueline Bisset Curt Jurgens Barbara Parkins Bradford Dillman William Windom Kathleen Widdoes Pamelyn Ferdin Curt Lowens Gregory Morton Janee Michelle
pianist virtuoso wife journalist satanist daughter uneasy eerie dark california mansion music hall dreamworld cult piano musical performance supernatural satanism paranoia transformation
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Comedy
USA
1961
102 Minutes
Director
James Darren Deborah Walley Michael Callan Carl Reiner Peggy Cass Eddie Foy Jr. Jeff Donnell Vicki Trickett Joby Baker Don Edmonds
teenager teen girl surfer father mother dancer amusing lighthearted spirited hawaii surfing romance vacation growing up love rivalry 1960s
Francine (Gidget) is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggie" is home from College. When he... See full summary »
Western
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Director
George Kennedy James Whitmore Monte Markham Bernie Casey Joe Don Baker Scott Thomas Reni Santoni Michael Ansara Wende Wagner Frank Silvera Fernando Rey
revolutionary mexican mercenary cowboy bandit expert confident thrilling mexico mexican-american border town prison gunfight capture trial recruiting oppression jailbreak rescue adventure
A Mexican revolutionary hires an American gunslinger to organize the rescue of their leader from a brutal Army prison.
War
UK|USA
1968
89 Minutes
Director
Lloyd Bridges Andrew Keir Sue Lloyd Mark Eden Maurice Denham Glyn Owen Howard Pays George Mikell Simon Prebble Keith Buckley Bill Henderson
major captain lieutenant commander lieutenant nazi commando thrilling emotional england france english channel battleship coast port world war ii d-day vendetta troubled past suicide mission tragic death
During World War II, a commando leader named Major Jamie Wilson leads a group of soldiers on a suicide mission to destroy a Nazi naval stronghold on the French coast.
War
USA
1970
95 Minutes
Director
James Franciscus Elizabeth Shepherd Ronald Allen Reuven Bar-Yotam Mark Hawkins Magda Konopka Drewe Henley Inigo Jackson
naval officer wife enemy first mate american soldier tense gripping emotional boat italy sicily love triangle world war ii naval warfare bravery forbidden love pursuit rivalry 1940s
An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
Comedy
USA
1963
103 Minutes
Director
Carol Sydes James Darren Cesare Danova Jessie Royce Landis Danielle De Metz Joby Baker Trudi Ames Noreen Corcoran Peter Brooks Lisa Gastoni
Frances, 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 friends. However they have to take an... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1972
73 Minutes
Director
Andy Griffith Ida Lupino Michael Brandon James A. Watson Jr. Tim McIntire Susanne Benton Connie Sawyer Joseph Mell Victoria Carroll Squire Fridell Virginia Vincent
superintendent veteran bank robber wife girlfriend accomplice tense suspenseful new york city apartment building bar bank bank heist deception kidnapping guilt vietnam war temptation wretched excess 1970s
In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
Drama
USA
1985
100 Minutes
Director
Loretta Swit Rip Torn Jessica Walter Barbara Barrie Sandy Dennis Valerie Harper Martin Brooks Michael Lerner
A young man driven to insanity by his corrupt uncle breaks out of a mental hospital, and proceeds to kill his way through in order to save his 9-year-old cousin from her corrupt family and avenge his father's killing.
Drama, Biography, History
1978
200 Minutes
Director
Cicely Tyson Robert Hooks Jason Bernard Clifford David Judyann Elder John Getz Mae Mercer James Sikking Charles Weldon Richard Williams Jean Renee Foster
Escaped slave Harriet Tubman (Cicely Tyson) leads an underground railroad taking others north to freedom.
Drama
1960
102 Minutes
Director
Dick Clark Michael Callan Tuesday Weld Victoria Shaw Warren Berlinger Roberta Shore Doug McClure Wendell Holmes Rudy Bond
teacher secretary student principal mother father inspiring emotional united states high school household apartment market troubled youth traumatic past family dysfunction promiscuity football children vs. adults quest
A big-city high-school teacher (Dick Clark) tries to help wild students but only gets himself in trouble.
Western
1970
104 Minutes
Director
George Peppard Giovanna Ralli Raf Vallone John Russell Gabriele Tinti Pete Duel Don Gordon
military officer revolutionary gen. john j. pershing villager beautiful woman prisoner tense striking confident mexican-american border mexico army base prison village mexican revolution secret mission counterespionage battle manhunt quest
Gen. Pershing sends an Army captain (George Peppard) to stop a Mexican bandit (Giovanna Ralli) and his army on the Texas border.
Horror
1977
78 Minutes
Director
Dack Rambo Elyssa Davalos Richard Lynch Dan O'Herlihy John Harkins Jenny O'Hara Lelia Goldoni Peggy McCay Peter Brandon Kim Cattrall Natasha Ryan
A drifter (Dack Rambo) meets a San Francisco woman (Elyssa Davalos) picked by satanists to bear a child of the devil.
Drama
1977
100 Minutes
Director
Ben Gazzara Robby Benson Eileen Brennan Lance Kerwin Charles Fleischer Clint Howard Harry Gold Cynthia Eilbacher Rose Gregorio Sean Roche Shirley O'Hara
teenager mother father brother girlfriend friend disturbing intense tender suburbia drug addiction family dysfunction teen angst fall temptation 1970s
Parents (Ben Gazzara, Eileen Brennan) cannot cope with their teenage son's (Robby Benson) drug habit and strange behavior.
Drama, Romance, War
1959
80 Minutes
Director
officer naval officer submarine officer japanese soldier british soldier australian soldier engaging thrilling bleak brutal suspenseful emotional submarine japan sea fighting danger mission dangerous mission war
Drama
1991
96 Minutes
Director
Casey Siemaszko Ben Johnson Gerry Bamman Robert Beltran Barry Corbin Megan Follows Sheila Kelley Ricki Lake
Denver police and a helicopter news team chase an armed escaped convict (Casey Siemaszko) on a crime spree.
Drama
1981
100 Minutes
Director
child veteran prisoner of war mental patient pregnant wife brooding shocking sad mental institution courtroom prison camp korea multiple personality disorder korean war father/son relationship mental illness growing up transformation 1940s
Korean War veteran Henry Hawksworth (David Birney) has four alter egos locked in his mind, from a child to a wife beater.
Western
1959
81 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Lin McCarthy Dorothy Green Alan Baxter Myrna Fahey James Coburn
bank robber brother sheriff young girl widow suspenseful engaging wild west small town fugitives crime redemption guilt showdown transformation pursuit 19th century
A bank robber (Fred MacMurray) takes a new name in another town and falls for the lawyer-sheriff's (Lin McCarthy) sister (Dorothy Green).