The best William Hansen’s movies on YouTube

William Hansen

William Hansen

02/03/1911- 23/06/1975
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best William Hansen’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about William Hansen.

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/07/1962
  • Character: Fred Daw (uncredited)
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.

Fail Safe

Fail Safe
8/10
  • Genre: DramaThrillerWar
  • Release: 07/10/1964
  • Character: Defense Secretary Swenson
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

1776

1776
7.6/10
The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most important documents in the History of the United States, the Declaration of Independence.

Willard

Willard
6.2/10
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 18/11/1969
  • Character: Dr. Weeks
Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune.

Save the Tiger

Save the Tiger
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/02/1973
  • Character: Meyer
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man
5.6/10
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.

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