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William Bendix

William Bendix

14/01/1906- 14/12/1964
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The Big Steal

The Big Steal
6.9/10
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 26/07/1940
  • Character: Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

Detective Story

Detective Story
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/11/1951
  • Character: Det. Lou Brody
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

Lifeboat

Lifeboat
7.6/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 28/01/1944
  • Character: Gus
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year
7.1/10
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/04/1946
  • Character: Buzz Wanchek
Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

Macao

Macao
6.6/10
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.

Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/05/1964
  • Character: Sheriff Ed Tanner
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/09/1944
  • Character: Danny O'Mara
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 01/01/1943
  • Character: Corp. Taxi Potts
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate
6/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 24/12/1952
  • Character: Ben Worley
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/06/1962
  • Character: Slattery
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.

The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/09/1948
  • Character: George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
The baseball player (William Bendix) goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.

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