Film di Paul Wendkos

Different

A Wing and a Prayer

Message from Nam

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

The Chase

Golden Gate

The Five of Me

A Cry for Love

Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

Act of Violence

A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs.

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.

Betrayal

Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of therapy.

A Little Game

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.

Good Against Evil

Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as his own personal property. Desperately, Andy turns to a pair of priests, Fathers Kemschler and Wheatley, for spiritual guidance, not to mention a bit of brute force in purging poor Jessica of her demons.

Secrets

A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.

The Death of Richie

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Rapina... mittente sconosciuto

Quattro reduci del Vietnam, incapaci di reintegrarsi nella vita normale, compiono una rapina. Durante la fuga due di essi vengono acciuffati, uno muore e l'altro è costretto a sbarazzarsi della refurtiva nascondendola. Dopo svariate vicende riesce a recuperarla e parte con la nuova amichetta per una vacanza. Finale con colpo di scena per nulla disprezzabile.

Death Among Friends

Shirley investigates the murder of a millionaire who was strangled on his tennis court.

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

The Underground Man

A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.

Terror on the Beach

When their campsite is vandalized by troublemakers, a family fights fire with fire.

Honor Thy Father

Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill is compelled to take over the "empire," other mafiosi attempt to take what's theirs. Brenda Vaccaro and Richard S. Castellano fill out the impressive cast of this gripping crime tale.

The Strangers in 7A

A building superintendent and his wife are held hostage in their apartment by a sadistic would-be bank robber and his spaced-out accomplices.

Footsteps

A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.

Haunts of the Very Rich

A group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort. After experiencing a brush with death, they find themselves wondering about their existences.

The Family Rico

A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.

The Woman I Love

The love of King Edward VIII for American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson eventually leads to his abdication.

The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment

The Delphi Bureau is a top-secret spy cadre answerable only to the U.S. president. The organization may have just one field operative, a supposed researcher named Glenn Garth Gregory. He gets his orders from an in-the-know Washington, D.C. socialite, and he relies on a resource that makes him a one-of-a-kind asset: his photographic memory. This adventure-packed, tongue-in-cheek pilot sets the pace and style for the 1972-73 series it launched. In it, Gregory sets out to find who's behind the disappearance of jets, tanks and other surplus weaponry. He'll be variously hunted by an assassin, tossed in jail for murder, half-buried inside a grain elevator and forced to cling to the undercarriage of a tractor while the driver tries to shred him under its tilling blades. One breathless escape after another invariably seems to land our hero in another jam.

A Death of Innocence

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.

A Tattered Web

A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.

La Macchia Della Morte

Myles Clarkson , molto tempo fa frustrato nella sua speranza di una carriera come pianista da concerto , è ora un giornalista musicale e intervista Duncan Ely , forse il più grande virtuoso dello strumento al mondo. All'inizio infastidito dalla presenza di Myles, Duncan nota che le mani di Myles sembrano perfette per il pianoforte. Da quel momento, Duncan e sua figlia adulta, Roxanne, perseguono fortemente l'amicizia con Myles e la moglie Paula

Travis Logan, D.A.

Sand devises a scheme to murder his former business partner and maintains his innocence throughout the trial, as he is prosecuted by District Attorney Travis Logan.

4 per Cordoba

Nel 1912, durante la Rivoluzione messicana, il confine tra Texas e Messico è in fiamme a causa delle selvagge incursioni dei banditi messicani che si definiscono combattenti per la libertà, così il governo americano affida al generale Pershing la cattura del generale Héctor Córdoba, il più noto tra loro.

La congiura

Maturo professore deve gran parte del suo successo a una sorta di massoneria finalizzata a procurare denaro e potere ai suoi membri, cui si è iscritto molti anni prima. La società segreta, ovviamente anticomunista e particolarmente spietata con chiunque intralci i suoi ambiziosi progetti.

Hell Boats

A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.

Le pistole dei magnifici sette

Quintero, leader rivoluzionario messicano, è arrestato insieme ai suoi uomini e costretto in carcere. Per liberarlo, uno dei suoi seguaci contatta il pistolero Chris che mette insieme un gruppo di sette uomini e assalta la prigione.

Fear No Evil

A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a car accident, from the dead.

Cocoon

In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.

Attacco alla Costa di Ferro

The film depicts an account of Allied Combined Operations Headquarters commandos executing a daring raid on the German-occupied French coast during the Second World War. The story is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire.

Johnny Tiger

Teacher George Dean packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.

Recoil

Recoil is a feature film edited from two episodes of "The Detective" and released in Europe as a theatrical motion picture. A detective attempts to nail an underworld figure for the numbers game he is running, after he is acquitted of killing his brother.

Gidget a Roma

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.

Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll

An edited version of an episode of the television series, Five Fingers released in theaters.

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

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? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis...

Anonima peccati

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.

Because They're Young

Director Paul Wendkos' 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel "Harrison High", about an idealistic young high-school teacher dealing with over-sexed and troubled teenagers, is notable for its casting of newcomer Dick Clark in the starring role. Others in the cast include Tuesday Weld, Michael Callan, Victoria Shaw, Roberta Shore, Warren Berlinger, Doug McClure, Linda Watkins, Rudy Bond, Philip Coolidge, Stephen Talbot, Kathryn Card, James Darren, Duane Eddy, The Rebels and Bess Flowers.

La battaglia del Mar dei Coralli

L'equipaggio di un sommergibile americano si arrende ai nipponici per evitare una strage. Gli uomini, evasi dal campo di concentramento, raggiungono le loro linee: i dati strategici raccolti serviranno a battere i giapponesi nel Mar dei Coralli fermando così la loro avanzata verso l'Australia.

Il volto del fuggiasco

Un uomo accusato ingiustamente di omicidio sfugge agli sceriffi e inizia una nuova vita in una città al confine tra gli Stati Uniti e il Messico. Ma non può stabilirsi in pace perché i suoi inseguitori stanno cercando di trovarlo.

Gidget

A causa di un incidente mentre nuota in mare, Francis incontra il surfista Moondoggy. È affascinata dal suo sport e inizia a frequentare la sua cricca. Anche se all'inizio la prendono in giro, le insegnano a fare surf. Presto viene accettata e le viene dato il soprannome di "Gidget". Ma è difficile diventare qualcosa di più di un semplice amico di Moondoggy.

Bitter Heritage

A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love interest is Elizabeth Montgomery.

The Case Against Brooklyn

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

Lo scassinatore

Tre ladri e una ragazza rubano una preziosa collana a una chiromante, ma sono perseguitati da un poliziotto corrotto che vuole tenersi il bottino per sé. Riuscirà ad impossessarsene, ma non potrà goderselo.