List of the best William Challee movies: Desperate(1947), Zachariah(1971), Port of New York(1949), The Black Book(1949), Days of Glory(1944), This Woman Is Dangerous(1952), None but the Lonely Heart(1944), Noose for a Gunman(1960), Five Easy Pieces(1970), Billy the Kid vs. Dracula(1966), A Song to Remember(1945) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Reynolds
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
91 Minutes
Old Man
John Rubinstein Don Johnson Pat Quinn Elvin Jones Doug Kershaw William Challee Robert Ball Dick Van Patten
Two gunfighters separate and experience surreal visions on their journey through the west.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Leo Stasser
Scott Brady Richard Rober Yul Brynner K.T. Stevens Arthur Blake Lynne Carter John Kellogg William Challee
federal agent drug dealer smuggler gangsters informant suspenseful thrilling brooding profound gory police station criminal underworld new york drug cartel drug smuggling investigation going undercover shoot out revenge escape
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Adventure
1949
89 Minutes
Bourdon
Bob Cummings Richard Basehart Arlene Dahl Richard Hart Arnold Moss Jess Barker Norman Lloyd Wade Crosby William Challee Georgette Windsor Charles McGraw
marquis de lafayette robespierre secret agent political dissidents ex-lover villager thrilling fascinating paris countryside palace hideout france french revolution political intrigue rebellion historical events search assumed identity adventure
An enemy (Robert Cummings) of Robespierre (Richard Basehart) steals the secret book listing his candidates for the guillotine.
War
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Ducrenko
Tamara Toumanova Gregory Peck Alan Reed Maria Palmer Lowell Gilmore Hugo Haas Dena Penn Glen Vernon Lou Crosby William Challee Joseph Vitale
guerrilla leader ballerina factory worker drunk blacksmith farmer brutal confident fiery russia battlefield guerrilla warfare world war ii bombing nazis dangerous assignment moral dilemma underdog sacrifice revenge
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
100 Minutes
Ned Shaw
Joan Crawford Dennis Morgan David Brian Richard Webb Mari Aldon Philip Carey Ian MacDonald Katharine Warren George Chandler William Challee Sherry Jackson
A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Cary Grant Ethel Barrymore Barry Fitzgerald June Duprez Jane Wyatt George Coulouris Dan Duryea Konstantin Shayne Eva Lernard Boyne Morton Lowry Helene Thimig
mother son musician gangster wife brooding dark london shop house death business crime mother/son relationship fall discovery temptation forbidden love 1930s
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Western
USA
1960
90 Minutes
Jim Davis Barton MacLane Lyn Thomas Ted de Corsia Walter Sande Harry Carey Jr. Lane Chandler John Hart Leo Gordon William Tannen Jan Arvan
gunslinger outlaw bandit tycoon fiancée marshal suspenseful thrilling wild west small town rock valley robbery wrongfully accused old west reputation pursuit revenge love 19th century
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Drama
USA
1970
96 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Karen Black Susan Anspach Billy Green Bush Fannie Flagg Sally Struthers Ralph Waite Helena Kallianiotes Richard Stahl Marlena Macguire Lois Smith
blue-collar worker girlfriend sister father mother rebel quirky gutsy california washington state diner culture clash family class distinctions discovery 1970s
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Horror
USA
1966
84 Minutes
Chuck Courtney John Carradine Melinda Plowman Walter Janowitz Harry Carey Jr. Roy Barcroft Olive Carey Hannie Landman Marjorie Bennett William Forrest George Cisar
Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.
Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Paul Muni Merle Oberon Cornel Wilde Stephen Bekassy Nina Foch George Coulouris Sig Arno Howard Freeman George Macready Claire DuBrey Frank Puglia
composer soldier musician doctor writer creative bleak fascinating poland paris war illness music political repression frédéric chopin affair love rise 1840s
Biography of Frederic Chopin.