Paul Wendkos
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 49 (Director)
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Titles you haven't rated - Director (49)
- The Mutation (1967) - S1 E2
- The Leeches (1967) - S1 E3
- Vikor (1967) - S1 E5
- Nightmare (1967) - S1 E6
- Doomsday Minus One (1967) - S1 E7
- Storm (1967) - S1 E12
A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer. (imdb)
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Alan Alda plays a classical piano player on the rise who befriends a famous player himself who's at death's door. Unknown to Alda, the guy is a satanist, who arranges to have thier souls switch places at his death, so that he can be young again and continue to play piano (thus needing a skilled piano player like Alda to switch bodies with). (imdb)
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The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) - TV Movie
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past - in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him. (imdb)
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Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? (imdb)
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975) - TV Movie
Elizabeth Montgomery stars as Lizzie Borden, a 19th-century Massachusetts woman, who is put on trial for the brutal slaughter of her father and step-mother in the family mansion. She is accused of hacking up her parents with an ax after carefully removing her clothes to avoid bloodstains. Based on fact and considered shocking at the time for a TV-movie. (imdb)
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Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) - TV Movie
A group of people, all of whom, we can only assume, are Very Rich, are on a plane flying to an island resort. When they land, they are greeted by a mysterious black man (Moses Gunn), and the plot thickens. Cloris Leachman gets a makeover from a mysterious black woman (all the mysterious characters in this film are either black or "native") in a scene laden with homoerotic undertones, and Lloyd Bridges falls in love with her... (imdb)
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The Death of Richie (1977) - TV Movie
A 70s teen, unable any longer to deal with school or home life, falls victim to the pernicious influence of irresponsible friends and drugs.
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A Mexican revolutionary hires an American gunslinger to organize the rescue of their leader from a brutal army prison. (imdb)
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Escaped convict Fred MacMurray assumes an alternate identity to evade the law and ends reforming himself in the process.
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Blind Faith (1990) - TV Movie
In 1984, Rob Marshall, a well-to-do businessman in New Jersey is accused of murdering his wife at a deserted picnic area. Although protesting his innocence, Rob's three sons, after supporting him, begin to doubt his innocence as his trial nears. (imdb)
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Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City. (imdb)
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Message from Nam (1993) - TV Movie
Inspired by her father, whom she lost at a young age, Paxton Andrews shuns a traditional Southern upbringing to follow her own path. Embarking on a career which will eventually change her entire life, she attends college at Berkeley. Whilst majoring in journalism, Paxton meets Peter Wilson, a young law student and against her family's wishes they become inseparable... (imdb)
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New high school teacher tries to help troubled students and falls in love with the principal's secretary. (imdb)
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The Bad Seed (1985) - TV Movie
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better. (imdb)
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In 1912, a Mexican rebel named Cordoba steals six cannons from the forces of General Pershing who's been sent to bring order to the Texas-Mexico border. Pershing assigns a soldier named Rod Douglas to retrieve the cannons. Douglas recruits a trio of misfits and they, along with a Mexican officer and an enigmatic woman, travel 200 miles south to Cordoba's mountain fortress. Explosions and gun battles soon erupt. (imdb)
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Good Against Evil (1977) - TV Movie
ABC-TV pilot about a writer, Andy Stuart, teaming up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin. (imdb)
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The Strangers in 7A (1972) - TV Movie
A building superintendent and his wife are held hostage in their apartment by a sadistic would-be bank robber and his spaced-out accomplices. (imdb)
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) - TV Movie
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis. (imdb)
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The Chase (1991) - TV Movie
In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which films the entire incident. Based on a true story. (imdb)
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Canadian commandos take on a Nazi post on the coast of France. (TCM.com)
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A U.S. submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major World War II battle. (TCM.com)
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Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York. (imdb)
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Fear No Evil (1969) - TV Movie
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror... (imdb)
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From the Dead of Night (1989) - TV Movie
After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day. (imdb)
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) - TV Movie
Eddie (Dennis Weaver) used to be a successful real estate agent but now has a son that doesn't respect him, dwindling funds, and a job that's leaving him behind... until he discovers cocaine! What ensues is the cautionary tale of Eddie Gant.
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Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself. (imdb)
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A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. (imdb)
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Six Against the Rock (1987) - TV Movie
In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five accomplices, falls apart when they can't obtain a key to unlock a door leading to the yard. (imdb)
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In this WW II actioner set in 1942, an American officer serving with the British Royal Navy attempts to blockade Malta and then destroy a German arsenal located in Sicily. (allrovi.com)
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Cross of Fire (1989) - TV Movie
Set in the 1920s, when the Ku Klux Klan was at the height of its political power in Indiana. Details the resurgence of the Klan under the leadership of David "Steve" Stephenson. Cloaking himself in the twin veils of patriotism and morality, Stephenson rails against such "deviates" as blacks, Jews and Catholics, gaining political clout and financial kickbacks as his "invisible empire" grows. Then the fall of Stephenson... because of a 1925 rape and murder charge. (rottentomatoes.com)
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Presumed Guilty (1991) - TV Movie
This story of one man's campaign to free his son from a lengthy jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit is based upon a true story. Bobby McLoughlin is the incorrectly jailed man, framed for a murder he didn't commit. His adopted father, Harold Hohne,and mother, Mary Hohne, stage a monumental campaign to clear Bobby's name, but taking on the legal system that incarcerated his son proves to be a sizeable task for Harold. (cduniverse.com)
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A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South - she to save souls and heal the sick, he to make as much money as he possibly can. (imdb)
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Cops and Robbers (1990) - TV Movie
Fact-based story about a rogue Boston police officer who plotted a bank heist. (imdb)
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Robert Taylor stars as teacher George Dean, who packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole Reservation in Florida. (imdb)
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A Woman Called Moses (1978) - TV Movie
A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
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Death Among Friends (1975) - TV Movie
A female homicide detective is assigned to solve the murder of an international banker. (imdb)
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Honor Thy Father (1973) - TV Movie
Story of the rise and fall of the Bonanno organized crime family. (imdb)
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A Little Game (1971) - TV Movie
A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the boy's next victim. (imdb)
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A Tattered Web (1971) - TV Movie
A "model cop" kills the mistress of his son-in-law in a fit of uncontrollable anger, then tries to pin the blame on an innocent wino. (cduniverse.com)
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Blood Vows: the Story of a Mafia Wife (1987) - TV Movie
Fashion designer Marian falls in love and marries attorney Edward. Her idyllic romance and marriage are shattered when she learns that Edward is the son of a powerful and feared mafia family. Edward's family begins to impose its illegal and dangerous activities upon Marian and her friends. When her best friend is murdered after confronting Edward's family, she wants out and begins to fight against the family's ominous power and reach.
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Trial: The Price of Passion (1992) - TV Movie
A promising attorney is desperate to revive his faltering career. An offer to join forces with a famous colleague on a high-profile case seems like a dream come true - but means dropping his current assignment of defending an immigrant on a murder charge. As Warren wrestles with his conscience, it becomes clear that there may be an unexpected connection between the two cases.
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986) - TV Movie
Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is unaware that James Moretti, an underworld figure, holds her responsible for the death of his brother. Moretti determines to blackmail her and Warner into halting a Justice Department indictment against another underworld figure. Further complicating Jennifer's life is her mother, who abandoning her as a child, reappears with a new identity. (tcm.com)
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The Invaders (1967) - TV Series
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I Spy (1965) - TV Series
A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world. (imdb)
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Act of Violence (1979) - TV Movie
Divorced career woman's life changes when she is beaten and robbed by a street gang.
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The Underground Man (1974) - TV Movie
A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.
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A marine sergeant witnesses a captain kill one of their men at Guadalcanal to cover his own incompetence, and fears he won't be believed because of rank. He then finds the captain has had him assigned to his next command, plus is cosying up to the family of his victim.
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Saints and Sinners (1962) - TV Series
Nick Alexander works for the New York Bulletin as an investigative reporter and is willing to go to great lengths for a story. His colleagues are supportive and take the place of any family or social life.
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A Death of Innocence (1971) - TV Movie
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
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