The best Jean Willes’s 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.

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven
6.5/10
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.7/10
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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.

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet
6.6/10
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

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.

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club
6.8/10
Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens
6.1/10
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
5.9/10
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Masterson of Kansas

Masterson of Kansas
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/12/1954
  • Character: Dallas Corey
Western lawman Bat Masterson (George Montgomery) sets out to prove a man standing trial for murder is innocent.

Down to Earth

Down to Earth
6.1/10
Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.

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.

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.

All Ashore

All Ashore
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/03/1953
  • Character: Rose
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.

These Thousand Hills

These Thousand Hills
6.3/10
A cowboy (Don Murray) tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's (Lee Remick) money.

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