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William Witney is a Actor, Director, Story, Second Unit Director and Editor American born on 15 may 1915 at Lawton (USA)
William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – 17 March, 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.
He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.
Quentin Tarantino has singled out Witney as one of his favorite directors and a "lost master", and considers four films as Witney's best work: The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle, Stranger at My Door (1956), The Bonnie Parker Story (1958), and Paratroop Command (1959). Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.
Whitney was also a director for Jim Davis' syndicated adventure television series, Rescue 8, which aired from 1958 to 1960.
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Birth name William Nuelsen Witney
Nationality USA
Birth 15 may 1915 at Lawton (USA)
Death 17 march 2002 (at 86 years) at Jackson (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 may 1915 at Lawton (USA)
Death 17 march 2002 (at 86 years) at Jackson (USA)
He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.
Quentin Tarantino has singled out Witney as one of his favorite directors and a "lost master", and considers four films as Witney's best work: The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle, Stranger at My Door (1956), The Bonnie Parker Story (1958), and Paratroop Command (1959). Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.
Whitney was also a director for Jim Davis' syndicated adventure television series, Rescue 8, which aired from 1958 to 1960.
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The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
, 1h38Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan, William Ching
Roles Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Rating62%
In 1943, Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert (Wendell Corey) is sent on a course at Smoky Hill, Kansas, to learn to fly a new bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. His instructor is his cousin, Major Tom West (Forrest Tucker), an officer who the other pilots think has shirked his duties by claiming engine trouble on the raid over the Ploesti oil fields. Cal stands up for Tom when a crewman taunts his cousin in front of Helen (Vera Ralston), a nurse that Tom has been seeing.
Home in Oklahoma (1946)
, 1h12Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ruby Dandridge, Frank Reicher, Dale Evans, William Witney
Rating60%
Dans cette entrée de Roy Rogers, mettant en vedette une chanson écrite par le gouverneur de l'Oklahoma Roy J. Turner (faisant de lui et de Jimmie Davis de Lousiania et de WE "Pappy" O'Daniel du Texas les seuls gouverneurs d'État à écrire des chansons utilisées dans un western), Flying U Le propriétaire du ranch, Sam Talbot, est tué par une chute de cheval. La journaliste de St. Louis Connie Edwards vient vérifier une rumeur selon laquelle il aurait pu être assassiné. Elle va chez Roy Rogers, rédacteur en chef du journal local, et il l'emmène à la lecture du testament de Talbot. Le ranch est laissé au pupille de Talbot, duc Lowery, âgé de 12 ans, au grand désarroi de la nièce de Talbot, Jan Holloway. Après quelques tentatives sur la vie de Duke, Roy prouve finalement que Jan, Steve McClory et le coroner Jim Judnick ont fait tuer Talbot et conspirent pour faire de même pour Duke, faisant de Jan le dernier héritier.
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
Directed by Armand Schaefer, Colbert Clark
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Noah Beery Sr., Noah Beery, Jr, Tully Marshall, Edmund Breese, Robert Warwick
Roles Settler / Indian / Trooper
Rating63%
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Darktown Strutters (1975)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Action
Actors Trina Parks, Shirley Washington, Roger E. Mosley, Zara Cully, Dick Miller, Milt Kogan
Rating48%
, 1h29Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Christopher George, James Luisi, Paul Richards, Richard Rust, Jan Merlin, Stephen Whittaker
Rating54%
Prison life on Devil's Island is no picnic so fellow prisoners Le Bras (Jim Brown) and Davert (Christopher George) go AWOL. Along their escape route, they encounter submissive native women and a colony of lepers.
40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
, 1h35Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Kenneth Tobey, Michael Burns, Michael Blodgett, James Beck, Kenneth MacDonald
Rating56%
The Arizona Territory 1868: The Apaches, led by Cochise (Michael Keep), are on the warpath. Army Captain Bruce Coburn (Audie Murphy) is tasked with escorting homesteaders to Apache Wells where they can concentrate their defense against the Apache. But there is dissension in the ranks as some of the men under Coburn’s command feel they are being driven too hard. Coburn has to discipline corporal Bodine (Kenneth Tobey) for stealing rationed water. In an attack at Apache Wells, one of the homesteaders, Harry Malone (Kenneth MacDonald), is killed. His two sons, Mike (Michael Blodgett) and Doug (Michael Burns), then join the Army.
The Girls on the Beach (1965)
, 1h20Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Noreen Corcoran, Linda Marshall, Ahna Capri, Aron Kincaid, Sheila Bromley, Lana Wood
Rating51%
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Buster Crabbe, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Rating59%
Clint is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.
Arizona Raiders (1965)
, 1h37Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Michael Dante, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Rating59%
Clint et son frère se joignent au gang des Quantrell's Raiders et parcourent l'Ouest des États-Unis. Mais ils sont aussitôt arrêtés par la cavalerie américaine. Cependant le chef Tom Andrews leur propose, pour éviter les travaux forcés, de rejoindre les Rangers pour lutter contre divers gangs de renégats qui sévissent dans tout le Far West...
Marnie (1964)
, 2h10Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, William Witney, Hilton A. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Mariette Hartley
Rating71%
Margaret "Marnie" Edgar (Tippi Hedren) steals $10,000 from her employer's company safe and flees. She had used her charms on Sidney Strutt (Martin Gabel), a tax consultant, to get a clerical job without references. After changing her appearance and identity, she makes a quick trip to a horse stable in Virginia, where she keeps a horse named Forio, and then to Baltimore for a surprise visit to her mother, Bernice (Louise Latham). Though Bernice seems to care more for a young neighbor named Jessie than she ever did her own daughter, Marnie shows her love for her and gives her money.
Apache Rifles (1964)
, 1h32Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, L. Q. Jones, Linda Lawson, Ken Lynch, J. Pat O'Malley
Rating63%
Captain Stanton is a renowned Indian Fighter with his animosity stirred by the fact that his career officer father was forced to resign after trusting a group of Indians who broke their word to him. Stanton is sent to the field to relieve the commander of a troop unsuccessfully hunting Apaches who have fled their reservation. Stanton quickly meets with success by having his new troop drop their excess equipment to move faster and longer. He defeats a war party of Apache by luring them with an unescorted wagon loaded with hidden soldiers who engage the enemy until Stanton's mounted troop surround and defeat them. Stanton captures Red Hawk, the son of Chief Victorio and uses him to negoitate a truce with the Apaches promising to stay on their reservation in return for white miners not trespassing on their land to mine gold.
Apache Rifles (1964)
, 1h33Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Guy Stockwell, Michael Dante, Linda Lawson, L. Q. Jones, BarBara Luna
Rating48%
Lured by Apache gold, two cavalry troopers desert their post, killing some of their fellow troopers in order to steal a Gatling Gun. The devious two use a pacifist pastor to bring the weapon across the country. A pursuing cavalry patrol kills one of the deserters and captures the other, however the recovered weapon has been made inoperable.
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
, 1h52Directed by William Witney, Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies, Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian Forte, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner
Rating67%
Roger Hobbs is an overworked banker whose wife Peggy plans a quiet seaside vacation with their family, including the grown daughters, family cook, sons-in-law and grandchildren.
Master of the World (1961)
, 1h42Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Steampunk films
Actors Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Richard Harrison, David Frankham, Vito Scotti
Rating58%
Un savant fou veut détruire les armées du monde entier pour devenir le maître du monde.
The Cat Burglar (1961)
, 1h5Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Jack Hogan, Billie Bird, Gregg Palmer, Gene Roth, Bruno VeSota, Tommy Ivo
Rating59%
A small time crook steals a briefcase full of plans belonging to enemy agents.