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William A. Wellman

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  • Clara Bow and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Wings (1927)

    1. Wings

    19272h 24mPG-1378Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
    DirectorsWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard Arlen
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

    2. The Ox-Bow Incident

    19431h 15mApproved
    8.0 (26K)
    Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel inspires an account of a lynch mob that seeks revenge for a rancher's murder.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHenry FondaDana AndrewsMary Beth Hughes
  • Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Marilyn Erskine, and Lenore Lonergan in Westward the Women (1951)

    3. Westward the Women

    19511h 58mApproved
    7.6 (4.2K)
    A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsRobert TaylorDenise DarcelHope Emerson
  • James Cagney and Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy (1931)

    4. The Public Enemy

    19311h 23mPassed80Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward Woods
  • Wallace Beery in Beggars of Life (1928)

    5. Beggars of Life

    19281h 24mNot Rated
    7.4 (1.5K)
    After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl escapes with a young vagabond and dresses as a boy. They hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and use a stolen car in their attempt to reach Canada.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsWallace BeeryRichard ArlenLouise Brooks
  • Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

    6. Wild Boys of the Road

    19331h 8mApproved
    7.5 (2.5K)
    In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsFrankie DarroRochelle HudsonEdwin Phillips
  • Battleground (1949)

    7. Battleground

    19491h 58mApproved
    7.4 (8.3K)
    True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsVan JohnsonJohn HodiakRicardo Montalban
  • Barbara Stanwyck and Ben Lyon in Night Nurse (1931)

    8. Night Nurse

    19311h 12mPassed
    7.0 (4.9K)
    A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckBen LyonJoan Blondell
  • Robert Mitchum, William 'Billy' Benedict, Wally Cassell, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Lloyd, Burgess Meredith, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, and Freddie Steele in Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

    9. Story of G.I. Joe

    19451h 48mApproved
    7.2 (4.1K)
    At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with, and reports on, the U.S. Army's 77th Infantry Division during their liberation of Italy.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBurgess MeredithRobert MitchumFreddie Steele
  • Carole Lombard and Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937)

    10. Nothing Sacred

    19371h 17mApproved78Metascore
    6.8 (7.6K)
    An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsCarole LombardFredric MarchCharles Winninger
  • George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Female (1933)

    11. Female

    19331hPassed
    6.7 (2K)
    Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
    DirectorsMichael CurtizWilliam DieterleWilliam A. WellmanStarsRuth ChattertonGeorge BrentLois Wilson
  • Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell (1931)

    12. Safe in Hell

    19311h 13mPassed57Metascore
    6.9 (2.3K)
    After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsDorothy MackaillDonald CookRalf Harolde
  • Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)

    13. Midnight Mary

    19331h 14mPassed
    7.0 (1.8K)
    An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungFranchot ToneRicardo Cortez
  • Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Buck in Call of the Wild (1935)

    14. Call of the Wild

    19351h 35mApproved
    6.8 (2.8K)
    During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a stranded widow.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsClark GableLoretta YoungJack Oakie
  • Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark in Yellow Sky (1948)

    15. Yellow Sky

    19481h 38mApproved
    7.4 (6.2K)
    A pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGregory PeckAnne BaxterRichard Widmark
  • Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent in The Purchase Price (1932)

    16. The Purchase Price

    19321h 8mTV-PG
    6.4 (2K)
    A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentLyle Talbot
  • John Wayne, Jan Sterling, David Brian, Laraine Day, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, Robert Stack, and Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty (1954)

    17. The High and the Mighty

    19542h 27mApproved
    6.6 (6.9K)
    When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorLaraine Day
  • Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)

    18. Beau Geste

    19391h 52mApproved69Metascore
    7.5 (6.8K)
    Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGary CooperRay MillandRobert Preston
  • Ginger Rogers and George Montgomery in Roxie Hart (1942)

    19. Roxie Hart

    19421h 15mApproved
    6.9 (2K)
    Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned?
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGinger RogersAdolphe MenjouGeorge Montgomery

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