The best Whit Bissell’s drama movies on Apple iTunes

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

25/10/1909- 05/03/1996
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The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/10/1962
  • Character: Medical Officer
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

Brute Force

Brute Force
7.6/10
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Hud

Hud
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 28/05/1963
  • Character: Mr. Burris
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/07/1962
  • Character: Dr. Ellis
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe
6.3/10
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 12/02/1964
  • Character: Sen. Frederick Prentice
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/07/1955
  • Character: Dr. Dietrich
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 19/06/1957
  • Character: Josiah Quincy
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice Johnny Tremain (Hal Stalmaster) finds a new life in the ranks of the Sons of Liberty army, taking part in the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's legendary ride. Based on the novel by Ester Forbes, this Disney classic was originally crafted for "Walt Disney Presents" in two segments, which have been blended into a single film for viewing.

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/02/1954
  • Character: Guard Snader
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/05/1963
  • Character: Dr. Campbell
Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he and Clay get into a bit of trouble. If he has one dream in life it's to build his wife Olivia a beautiful house on a piece of land he inherited on Spender's mountain. When his eldest son, Clayboy, graduates at the top of his high school class and has the opportunity to go to college, Clay has only one option left to him.

Casey's Shadow

Casey's Shadow
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 01/01/1978
  • Character: Dr. Williamson
Casey's family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey's Shadow does not seem to have a lot going for it, but may turn out to be a champion.

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
6.6/10
This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.

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