Highest Rated Titles With William A. Wellman
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- On TV
- Release Year
1. The Movie Crazy Years (1971 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
Writer: Richard Schickel | Stars: Michael Tolan, Busby Berkeley, Joan Blondell, John Bright
2. Hollywood (1980 TV Mini-Series)
60 min | Documentary, History
The definitive documentary about the American silent film industry.
Stars: James Mason, Viola Dana, Byron Haskin, Colleen Moore
3. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Hollywood actor-director-producer Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars and sometimes appearing in the play himself.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
4. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Western
When a posse catches up three men suspected of killing a local farmer, some of them become strongly divided on whether or not to lynch the men.
Writers: Lamar Trotti, Walter Van Tilburg Clark | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn
5. Wings (1927)
PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
Writers: John Monk Saunders, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton, Julian Johnson | Directors: William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston
6. Beau Geste (1939)
TV-PG | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the uppercrust household grows tight... See full summary »
Writers: Robert Carson, Percival Christopher Wren | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
7. The Public Enemy (1931)
83 min | Crime, Drama
A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war.
Writers: Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Harvey F. Thew | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell
8. A Star Is Born (1954)
TV-PG | 154 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Writers: Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman | Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
9. Heroes for Sale (1933)
76 min | Drama, War
The saga of Tom Holmes - a man of principles - from the Great War to the Great Depression. Will he ever get a break? His war heroics earn fame and a medal for someone else, and his wounds ... See full summary »
Writers: Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott
10. Beggars of Life (1928)
100 min | Adventure, Drama
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal ... See full summary »
Writers: Benjamin Glazer, Jim Tully | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Blue Washington
11. This Is Your Life (1971–1973)
30 min | Biography, Reality-TV
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Carol Channing, Bette Davis, Rose Marie
12. Ladies of the Mob (1928)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A dead criminal's daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father.
Writers: Ernest Booth, John Farrow, Oliver H.P. Garrett, George Marion Jr. | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Helen Lynch, Mary Alden
13. A Star Is Born (1937)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Writers: Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman | Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
14. The Twins of Suffering Creek (1920)
Western
Writer: Jules Furthman | Directors: Scott R. Dunlap, William A. Wellman | Stars: William Russell, Louise Lovely, E. Alyn Warren, William Ryno
15. Battleground (1949)
TV-PG | 118 min | Action, War, Drama
A squad of the 101st Airborne Division copes with being trapped in the besieged city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Writer: Robert Pirosh | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy
16. Westward the Women (1951)
118 min | Western, Drama
A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently began settling there.
Writers: Charles Schnee, Frank Capra | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire
17. Yellow Sky (1948)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Western
Pistol-packing tomboy, and grandfather come to discover band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town.
Writers: Lamar Trotti, W.R. Burnett | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur
18. Nothing Sacred (1937)
TV-PG | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the news that her terminal case of radium poisoning from a workplace incident was a complete misdiagnosis with mixed emotions. She is happy not to be... See full summary »
Writers: Ben Hecht, James H. Street | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
19. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Drama
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.
Writers: Earl Baldwin, Daniel Ahern | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Dorothy Coonan Wellman
20. Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human... See full summary »
Writers: Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell
21. This Is Your Life (1952–1961)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Jack Benny, Penny Singleton, Axel Gruenberg
22. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
TV-G | 91 min | Family, Adventure
Misadventures of a mischievous boy in 1850 Missouri.
Writers: Mark Twain, John V.A. Weaver | Directors: Norman Taurog, George Cukor, H.C. Potter, William A. Wellman | Stars: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis, May Robson
23. Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Writers: Albert Sidney Fleischman, James H. Street | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Sidney Poitier
24. So Big! (1932)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Romance
Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school. As an adult she wants to be a teacher in farming country. She falls in love with ... See full summary »
Writers: Edna Ferber, J. Grubb Alexander, Robert Lord | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis
25. Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Writers: G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Gordon, Ben Hecht, David O. Selznick, Irwin Shaw, Max Shulman, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain | Directors: Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, William A. Wellman, Bud Yorkin | Stars: Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Benchley, Walter Brennan
26. Roxie Hart (1942)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don't seem to let dames swing, and even with top slippery lawyer Billy Flynn... See full summary »
Writers: Nunnally Johnson, Maurine Dallas Watkins | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman
27. Safe in Hell (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
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.
Writers: Houston Branch, Joseph Jackson, Maude Fulton | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray
28. Midnight Mary (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment ... See full summary »
Writers: Anita Loos, Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy Devine
29. The Happy Years (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have... See full summary »
Writers: Owen Johnson, Harry Ruskin | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames
30. Men with Wings (1938)
105 min | Drama
Writer: Robert Carson | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell, Andy Devine
31. The High and the Mighty (1954)
Approved | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Writer: Ernest K. Gann | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack
32. Island in the Sky (1953)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while... See full summary »
Writer: Ernest K. Gann | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness
33. Night Nurse (1931)
TV-G | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
Writers: Grace Perkins, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Charles Kenyon | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable
34. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure
An expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.
Writers: Cyril Hume, Edgar Rice Burroughs | Directors: Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz, William A. Wellman | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume
35. China Seas (1935)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize his ship.
Writers: Jules Furthman, James Kevin McGuinness, Crosbie Garstin | Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
36. The Light That Failed (1939)
Passed | 99 min | Drama
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.
Writers: Robert Carson, Rudyard Kipling | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino
37. You Never Know Women (1926)
60 min | Drama
Writers: Benjamin Glazer, Ernest Vajda | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, Clive Brook, El Brendel
38. Reaching for the Sun (1941)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
Writers: W.L. River, Wessel Smitter | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker
39. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
60 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Writers: Douglas Fairbanks, Joseph Henabery, Frank Condon, Theodore Reed | Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, William A. Wellman, Frank Campeau
40. The Call of the Wild (1935)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep ... See full summary »
Writers: Jack London, Gene Fowler, Leonard Praskins | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen
41. Frisco Jenny (1932)
Unrated | 73 min | Drama
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district ... See full summary »
Writers: Wilson Mizner, Robert Lord, Gerald Beaumont, Lillie Hayward, John Francis Larkin | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook
42. Chinatown Nights (1929)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much ... See full summary »
Writers: Samuel Ornitz, Ben Grauman Kohn, Oliver H.P. Garrett, William B. Jutte | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, Warner Oland, Jack McHugh
43. Female (1933)
Unrated | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Writers: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, Donald Henderson Clarke | Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown
44. The Last Gangster (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A organized crime big shot is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant and becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Writers: John Lee Mahin, William A. Wellman, Robert Carson | Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander
45. The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western, Romance
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Writers: W.L. River, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Seena Owen, Viña Delmar | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens
46. Small Town Girl (1936)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while ... See full summary »
Writers: Ben Ames Williams, John Lee Mahin, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Edith Fitzgerald | Directors: William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine
47. Viva Villa! (1934)
115 min | Biography, Western
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death. In 1910, he befriends American reporter Johnny Sykes. ... See full summary »
Writers: Ben Hecht, Edgecumb Pinchon, O.B. Stade | Directors: Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo, Donald Cook
48. Magic Town (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Writers: Robert Riskin, Joseph Krumgold | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks
49. Other Men's Women (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
Events take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife.
Writers: Maude Fulton, William K. Wells | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney
50. Looking for Trouble (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Writers: Leonard Praskins, Elmer Harris, J. Robert Bren | Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie, Constance Cummings, Arline Judge