The best Jean Willes’s drama movies

Jean Willes

Jean Willes

15/04/1923- 03/01/1989
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From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 28/08/1953
  • Character: Annette (uncredited)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

The Sniper

The Sniper
7.1/10
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

Gypsy

Gypsy
7.1/10
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

5 Against the House

5 Against the House
5.8/10
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail
7.4/10
A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination and their lives. Sent to Bataan, Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with untested nurses who expected an easy time in Honolulu, but who quickly become battle-weary veterans dealing with daily bombardments by the Japanese, overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded, and dwindling supplies. Some of "Davey's" unit also have to deal with romantic entanglements with men they met onboard ship. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find the Japanese assault just as intense.

These Thousand Hills

These Thousand Hills
6.2/10
A cowboy (Don Murray) tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's (Lee Remick) money.

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 12/03/1958
  • Character: Florence Cabot
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir. When the old man brings home a new wife, Anna, she becomes a fierce contender to inherit the farm. Two of the sons leave when Eben gives them the fare in return for their shares of the farm. Meanwhile, Anna tries to cause some sparks by rubbing up against Eben.

The FBI Story

The FBI Story
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/10/1959
  • Character: Anna Sage
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

The Revolt of Mamie Stover
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/05/1956
  • Character: Gladys
In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.

The Crowded Sky

The Crowded Sky
5.7/10
When Navy pilot Dale Heath (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett (Dana Andrews), whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't tell which way to turn in order to avoid a catastrophe.

By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/07/1961
  • Character: Junie McCarthy
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.

The Glass Web

The Glass Web
6.6/10
The ice-cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates. While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one-night-stand, she has a secret affair with Henry, who works as researcher for the weekly authentic TV show "Crime of the Week", which Don writes for. When Henry fails to help her to a role, she insults him deadly... and ends up dead herself. Now Don desperately tries to hide his traces, but Henry sabotages his efforts and suggests he write the unsolved murder case for next week's show...

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Bobby Ware Is Missing
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/10/1955
  • Character: Janet Ware
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom letter is received.

Hell on Devil's Island

Hell on Devil's Island
6/10
An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mining operation.

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