The best Dave Willock’s movies

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

13/08/1909- 12/11/1990
Today we present the best Dave Willock’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Dave Willock’s movies.
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
8/10
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.

Emperor of the North Pole

Emperor of the North Pole
7.2/10
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Spellbound

Spellbound
7.5/10
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/10/1939
  • Character: Senate Guard (uncredited)
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.5/10
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Send Me No Flowers

Send Me No Flowers
6.9/10
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.

Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature
5.6/10
Men from an oceanarium capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.

Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 25/12/1941
  • Character: Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic
7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 12/06/1943
  • Character: Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space
6.5/10
Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/06/1961
  • Character: Assistant TV Director
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 19/11/1942
  • Character: Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

Hustle

Hustle
6.2/10
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.

4 for Texas

4 for Texas
5.5/10
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.

Black Friday

Black Friday
6.3/10
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

The Patsy

The Patsy
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/06/1964
  • Character: Alec
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy Stanley Belt (Lewis), can't do anything right. The TV show is getting closer, and Stanley is getting worse.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 12/07/1972
  • Character: Mr. Burns
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.

The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/06/1957
  • Character: William C. Goerner
Sidney Pythias (Jerry Lewis) is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon (Darren McGavin) as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.

Golden Boy

Golden Boy
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 05/09/1939
  • Character: Arena Call Boy
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter -- much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him he begins to have second thoughts.

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal
7/10
  • Genre: MusicRomanceWar
  • Release: 21/10/1942
  • Character: Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

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