Will Wright

All Movies of Will Wright

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  8.3
  Cape Fear
  Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize...
  Character: Dr. Pearsall

   1962

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  8.0
  The Raid
  A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont.
   1954

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  7.8
  Adam's Rib
  Domestic and professional tensions mount when husband Adam Bonner and his wife Amanda work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
   1949

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  7.5
  They Live by Night
  In the '30s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mou...
  Character: Mobley

   1948

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  7.3
  All the King's Men
  All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the spotlight. Along the way, he loses his initial innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those who he assaulted before for this...
   1949

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  7.1
  The Blue Dahlia
  When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Helen admits her drunkenness caused their son's death. He pulls a gun on her but decides ...
  Character: 'Dad' Newell

   1946

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  7.0
  Rawhide (TV Series)
  TV Series (1959-1965). 8 Seasons. 217 Episodes. Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
  Character:  Grandfather / ... 2 episodes, 1959-1961

   1959

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  7.0
  Niagara
  George and Rose Loomis are honeymooning at a Niagara Falls motel. She plots with Ted Patrick to do him in, but all does not go smoothly. For one thing, after Loomis is reported missing Polly Cutler spies him at the motel but her h...
  Character: Boatman

   1953

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  7.0
  The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airpl...
  Character: Adm. William S. Sims

   1955

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  7.0
  River of No Return
  Matt Calder, who lives on a remote farm with his young son Mark, helps two unexpected visitors who lose control of their raft on the nearby river. Harry Weston is a gambler by profession and he is racing to the nearest town to reg...
   1954

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  6.8
  The Wild One
  Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
  Character: Art Kleiner

   1953

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  6.7
  The Last Posse
  Character: Todd Mitchell

   1953

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  6.6
  Rhapsody in Blue
  Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic relationships with singer Julie Adams, who is desperately in love with him, and aloof socialite Christine Gilbert
  Character: Rachmaninoff

   1945

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  6.5
  Green Grass of Wyoming
  "Thunderhead," a roving, big white stallion, causes problems for the Wyoming ranchers when he leads their blue-blooded racing mares off to join his wild horse herd in the mountains. Escaping gunfire, he runs off one nigh...
  Character: Jake Willis

   1948

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  6.4
  Excuse My Dust
  Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. When he...
   1951

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  6.4
  The Tall Men
  Ben Allison and his brother Clint journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark who talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive to Montana. As they travel to Texas, they com...
  Character: Gus - Bartender

   1955

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  6.0
  The Wayward Bus
  Alice Chicoy (Joan Collins) is the wife of driver Johnny (Rick Jason). He owns a small and rundown little bus that makes side trips. Alice is the owner of a little restaurant and likes liquor a bit too much. Unhappy with what has ...
   1957

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  6.0
  Johnny Tremain
  In colonial Boston, a young silversmith's apprentice injures his hand, and finds himself befriended by the Sons of Liberty and caught up in events of the American Revolution.
   1957

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  6.0
  Paula
  Distraught after her second miscarriage & learning definitively she could never have children Paula, while driving at night, accidentally injures a child. Confused and due to her commitment to attend a function that honors her...
   1952

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  6.0
  A Ticket to Tomahawk
  In 1876 Dawson wants to prevent a train from getting to Tomahawk CO on time, to keep it from competing with his stage coach line. Kit, who must get the train to its goal, forces Johnny aboard as the needed passenger. Madame Adelai...
  Character: Marshal Kit Dodge

   1950

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  5.7
  My Forbidden Past
  Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. Barbara's family is of the high society stra...
  Character: Luther Toplady

   1951

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  5.6
  The Deadly Companions
  Character: Doctor Acton

   1961

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  Alias Jesse James
  The outlaw T.J. 'Jesse' James (Wendell Corey) tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
   1959

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  The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
  In one of his rare performances without Bud Abbott, Lou Costello plays a rubbish collector and inventor. When radiation in a nearby cave turns his girlfriend into a giantess, antics ensure as he tries to shrink her using one of hi
  Character: Pentagon General

   1959

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  General Electric Theater (TV Series)
  TV Series (1953-1962). 10 seasons. 300 episodes. General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and varitey music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/E...
  Character:  Grandpaw / ... 5 episodes, 1953-1961

   1953

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  Holiday for Sinners
  Three men, reared together in New Orleans, but whose paths have drifted apart, each face a crisis during the last weekend of Mardi Gras: Dr. Jason Kent must decide between accepting a chance to become famous as a research scientis...
   1952

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  Lure of the Wilderness
  A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog.
   1952

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  I Love Lucy (TV Series)
  TV Series (1951-1957). 6 Seasons. 181 Episodes. A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations. Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his...
   1951

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  House by the River
  The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his hou...
   1950

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  The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
  Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship with new colleague Deborah Brown promises ...
   1945

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  Cracked Nuts
  A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men who are trying to sell a fake "robot.
   1941

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  The Tell-Tale Heart (S)
  In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.
   1941