William A. Wellman Movie Rankings
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 3.0706 out of 4 stars for Public Enemy
3.0706
Tom's bad way of life is constantly set up against his brother Mike's, who has a job during the day and goes to night school. Mike will enroll in the Marines to fight in WWI. He will come back and will constantly try to put Tom back on the right path. ... more about Public Enemy
DVD from $6.16 
(16 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 3.0181 out of 4 stars for Ox-Bow Incident
3.0181
A local farmer has been killed and his cattle stolen. The towns people ban together to catch the murdering thief. A couple of traveling cowboys get wrapped up in the comotion and join the mob hoping to serve justice. ... more about Ox-Bow Incident
DVD from $4.86 
(13 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 3.0035 out of 4 stars for Wings
3.0035
Two young men fall in love for the same same girl. After US enters WWi, both join the Air Corps and become ace. They remain friends, but the realtion to the girl threatens their friendship. ... more about Wings
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.9684 out of 4 stars for Island in the Sky
2.9684
A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue. ... more about Island in the Sky
DVD from $7.18 
(14 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.9569 out of 4 stars for Story of G.I. Joe
2.9569
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 interest material for his readers back in the States. ... more about Story of G.I. Joe
DVD from $18.74 
(7 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.8735 out of 4 stars for Nothing Sacred
2.8735
To redeem himself after a hoax, reporter Wallace Cook proposes a series of stories on doomed Hazel Flagg. Hazel discovers she really doesn't have radium poisoning, but still accepts the big fling in New York that Cook offers her. ... more about Nothing Sacred
DVD from $2.19 
(9 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.7938 out of 4 stars for High and the Mighty
2.7938
When a commercial airliner developes 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. ... more about High and the Mighty
DVD from $8.87 
(15 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.7696 out of 4 stars for Yellow Sky
2.7696
A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water they stumble into what appears to be a ghost town, only to discover an old prospector and his granddaughter living there. ... more about Yellow Sky
DVD from $5.99 
(14 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.7563 out of 4 stars for Beau Geste
2.7563
Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. ... more about Beau Geste
DVD from $17.27 
(15 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.6958 out of 4 stars for Blood Alley
2.6958
A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer. ... more about Blood Alley
DVD from $4.99 
(16 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.6483 out of 4 stars for Wild Boys of the Road
2.6483
At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father loses his job. Not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomore's decide to hop the freights and look for work. ... more about Wild Boys of the Road
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for College Coach
2.6026
A ruthless coach (Pat O'Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players (Lyle Talbot) and alienating students (Dick Powell). Along the way, the coach loses his wife (Ann Dvorak) to a grandstanding player. ... more about College Coach
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.5579 out of 4 stars for Battleground
2.5579
We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. ... more about Battleground
DVD from $4.85 
(17 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.5341 out of 4 stars for Love Is a Racket
2.5341
Jimmy writes the 'Up and Down Broadway' column for the New York Globe, and he is head over heels for Mary. But Mary is more interested in her career and is looking at starring on Broadway with the help of Boncour. ... more about Love Is a Racket
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.5159 out of 4 stars for Star Is Born
2.5159
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. ... more about Star Is Born
DVD from $0.01 
(17 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.5022 out of 4 stars for Purchase Price
2.5022
Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields, flees to North Dakota and becomes the mail-order bride of down-to-earth farmer Jim Gilson. ... more about Purchase Price
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.4054 out of 4 stars for Buffalo Bill
2.4054
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show. ... more about Buffalo Bill
DVD from $4.28 
(14 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.4017 out of 4 stars for So Big!
2.4017
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 and marries Pervus, a Dutch farmer she has been tutoring. ... more about So Big!
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.3682 out of 4 stars for Beggars of Life
2.3682
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 a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada. ... more about Beggars of Life
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.3579 out of 4 stars for Lady of Burlesque
2.3579
Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a burlesque theater. She's popular with the customers, although not with Lolita La Verne, a stuck-up diva who was hoping she'd get the top spot. ... more about Lady of Burlesque
DVD from $2.96 
(12 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.3515 out of 4 stars for Small Town Girl
2.3515
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 drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. ... more about Small Town Girl
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.3347 out of 4 stars for Magic Town
2.3347
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. ... more about Magic Town
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.3256 out of 4 stars for Roxie Hart
2.3256
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, it's all something of a gamble. ... more about Roxie Hart
DVD from $4.11 
(16 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.2444 out of 4 stars for Track of the Cat
2.2444
While Curt Bridges tracks down the panther that killed his brother Arthur, his family argues and bickers over whether younger brother Harold should marry a much-despised neighbor girl. ... more about Track of the Cat
DVD from $4.86 
(15 sellers)
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.1896 out of 4 stars for Next Voice You Hear...
2.1896
"Joe Smith, American" lives in a Los Angeles suburb and works at an aircraft plant. One night Joe hears a voice cut in on a radio program: "This is God. I'll be with you for the next few days. ... more about Next Voice You Hear...
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 2.1552 out of 4 stars for Night Nurse
2.1552
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, but something much more sinister is going on. ... more about Night Nurse
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 1.7807 out of 4 stars for Star Witness
1.7807
The Leeds family is thrown right in the middle of a war between the cops and gangland when they are the only witnesses to two murders committed by gang kingpin Maxey Campos. ... more about Star Witness
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 1.4956 out of 4 stars for Across the Wide Missouri
1.4956
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. ... more about Across the Wide Missouri
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Dangerous Paradise
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A young man named Heyst, soured on civilization, lives alone on a remote island "somewhere east of Suez". On one of his periodic visits to Sourabaya, he meets Alma, red-haired entertainer at Schomberg's bistro. ... more about Dangerous Paradise
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Big Dan
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Boob
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Idealistic farm boy Peter loves May whose fancy is urbane Harry. He discovers Harry is a rum runner and turns him over to prohibition agents, including Jane. May is at last impressed with Peter. ... more about Boob
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Frisco Jenny
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Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. ... more about Frisco Jenny
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gallant Journey
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Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford. ... more about Gallant Journey
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Good-bye
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Skeeter has found this dog and discovers no one knows what kind of dog it is. Discussing the matter with his uncle the desire to keep and train the dog for bird hunting after finding the dog has super senseing ability but does not bark. ... more about Good-bye
Not Available on DVD
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William A. Wellman scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hatchet Man
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San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun agrees to will him all his property if he will marry Sun's daughter Toya San. Years later she does marry Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. ... more about Hatchet Man
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