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William Beaudine
Director 1892 - 1970

William Beaudine

New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia William Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. In 1915 he was hired as an actor and... Read full bio →

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Fury of the Dragon

Fury of the Dragon

William Beaudine 1976 1h 29m 10.0

Several episodes of the 1966 TV series "The Green Hornet" edited together and released as a feature.

Flight of the Cougar

Flight of the Cougar

William Beaudine 1967 1h 12m 5.0

Unaware that a wild dog is responsible for preying on their livestock, a group of farmhands blames a cougar and her cubs--forcing Lassie to protect the animals. As if that wasn't enough work for the cuddly collie, she also decides to help tame a wild stallion that has been attacked by the trouble-causing canine.

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

William Beaudine 1966 1h 14m 3.5

Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.

Lassie: Look Homeward

Lassie: Look Homeward

William Beaudine, Jack Hively 1965 2h 8m

After being separated from her companions in a canyon plane crash, Lassie endures captivity, hops a freight train with runaway boys, battles a wolf, stops a stampede, saves a man, and overcomes injury—guided by a hawk—until she finally returns home.

Lassie: The Wayfarers

Lassie: The Wayfarers

Paul Nickell, William Beaudine 1964 1h 13m

Lassie's family moves to Australia, and rather than putting the dog in quarantine for six months, they leave her with an elderly neighbour. When he suffers a heart attack, Lassie and the neighbour's little dog Silky go off on an adventure

Lassie's Great Adventure

Lassie's Great Adventure

William Beaudine 1963 1h 13m

While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.

Disneyland After Dark

Disneyland After Dark

Hamilton Luske, William Beaudine 1962 1h 6.0

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

In the Money

In the Money

William Beaudine 1958 1h 1m

The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

William Beaudine 1957 1h 1m

The Bowery Boys: In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.

The Plausible Impossible

The Plausible Impossible

William Beaudine 1956 1h 7.0

Walt Disney explains some of the techniques of animation.

The Story of the Animated Drawing

The Story of the Animated Drawing

Wilfred Jackson, William Beaudine 1955 49m 7.0

Walt Disney discusses the history of animation.

Jail Busters

Jail Busters

William Beaudine 1955 1h 1m

Slip and Sach go to prison to help a reporter with a story.

High Society

High Society

William Beaudine 1955 1h 1m

Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pal Slip, he arrives at the Jones mansion to review the legal papers needed for him to claim his new fortune.

Yukon Vengeance

Yukon Vengeance

William Beaudine 1954 1h 8m

In this north-western set in the Yukon, a Mountie must investigate the violent deaths of three mail carriers.

Paris Playboys

Paris Playboys

William Beaudine 1954 1h 2m

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.

Jalopy

Jalopy

William Beaudine 1953 1h 2m

Those wacky Bowery Boys invent a superfast fuel, which will help them win an auto race (isn't this cheating?). However, the fuel is stolen by the bad guys just before the big race...

Yukon Gold

Yukon Gold

Frank McDonald, William Beaudine 1952 1h 2m

In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but justice prevails.

No Holds Barred

No Holds Barred

William Beaudine 1952 1h 5m

One of the Bowery Boys gains superhuman strength, and he cashes in by becoming a pro wrestler.

Hold That Line

Hold That Line

William Beaudine 1952 1h 7m

The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn the Boys into classy guys. Sach becomes a football star, and is kidnapped by gangsters to keep him out of the big game.

Here Come the Marines

Here Come the Marines

William Beaudine 1952 1h 6m

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road.

Feudin' Fools

Feudin' Fools

William Beaudine 1952 1h 3m

Sach discovers that he is heir to a farm in rural hillbilly country. He and the boys go to the farm to check it out, and find themselves mixed up with feuding hillbillies and a gang of bank robbers.

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

William Beaudine 1952 1h 14m 5.5

A mad scientist, a remote island..let the fun begin.

Let's Go Navy!

Let's Go Navy!

William Beaudine 1951 1h 8m

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

Ghost Chasers

Ghost Chasers

William Beaudine 1951 1h 9m

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

Crazy Over Horses

Crazy Over Horses

William Beaudine 1951 1h 5m

The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers

Bowery Battalion

Bowery Battalion

William Beaudine 1951 1h 9m

Slip, Sach and the gang think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.

Lucky Losers

Lucky Losers

William Beaudine 1950 1h 10m

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer.

Blues Busters

Blues Busters

William Beaudine 1950 1h 7m

The Bowery Boys (Bowery Boys) open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with a singing voice.

Blonde Dynamite

Blonde Dynamite

William Beaudine 1950 1h 6m

While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.

Trail of the Yukon

Trail of the Yukon

William Beaudine 1949 1h 7m

Matt Blaine and his son, Jim, and their men, rob John Dawson's bank, although Jim doesn't approve, even though Dawson jumped Matt's mining claim. Their accomplices double-cross them and the Blaines escape by canoe. They are followed and meet Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman Bob McDonald, who helps them fight until all three men are wounded.

The Golden Eye

The Golden Eye

William Beaudine 1948 1h 9m 6.5

Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life.

The Feathered Serpent

The Feathered Serpent

William Beaudine 1948 1h 8m

In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague, the only man able to read the ancient Aztec script that is supposed to reveal the location of the treasure. Charlie Chan and his #1 and #2 sons journey to the jungles of Mexico to find the victim and bring the kidnapper and his gang to justice.

Smugglers' Cove

Smugglers' Cove

William Beaudine 1948 1h 6m

Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Terrance Mahoney. The messenger has a letter for "Terrance Mahonoey, Esq." and mistakenly delivers it to Slip. The letter informs Slip that he has inherited a mansion in Long Island.

Shanghai Chest

Shanghai Chest

William Beaudine 1948 1h 5m 6.5

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Jinx Money

Jinx Money

William Beaudine 1948 1h 8m

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.

Incident

Incident

William Beaudine 1948 1h 6m

An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target -- a gangster-- and warn him.

Angels' Alley

Angels' Alley

William Beaudine 1948 1h 6m

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.

Too Many Winners

Too Many Winners

William Beaudine 1947 1h 1m

Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.

The Chinese Ring

The Chinese Ring

William Beaudine 1947 1h 8m 5.3

Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

Philo Vance Returns

Philo Vance Returns

William Beaudine 1947 1h 4m

Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.

News Hounds

News Hounds

William Beaudine 1947 1h 8m

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Hard Boiled Mahoney

William Beaudine 1947 1h 3m

Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.

Bowery Buckaroos

Bowery Buckaroos

William Beaudine 1947 1h 6m

The Bowery Boys head west to clear Louie of an old murder charge that he had killed his gold-mine partner. Sach has the map to the gold mine painted on his back, and Blackjack McCoy has him kidnapped by Indian Joe. Gabe poses as a dangerous gunman, the Klondike Kid, while Slip is in charge of all the remaining loose ends.

The Shadow Returns

The Shadow Returns

Phil Rosen, William Beaudine 1946 1h 1m

The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.

The Face of Marble

The Face of Marble

William Beaudine 1946 1h 12m 6.0

In his isolated seaside home, Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with re-animating the dead in his lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his assistant. The web of intrigue grows when Randolph sends for his assistant's fiancée.

Spook Busters

Spook Busters

William Beaudine 1946 1h 8m

Newly graduated from exterminator college, Slip and the boys open a pest control business. Their first job leads to a doctor who wants to transplant Sach's brain.

Mr. Hex

Mr. Hex

William Beaudine 1946 1h 3m

Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

Phil Karlson, William Beaudine 1946 1h 8m

Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

William Beaudine 1945 1h 37m

A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl discovers she is pregnant with his child.

Come Out Fighting

Come Out Fighting

William Beaudine 1945 1h 2m

The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.

Black Market Babies

Black Market Babies

William Beaudine 1945 1h 11m

Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!

Voodoo Man

Voodoo Man

William Beaudine 1944 1h 2m 4.0

After several female motorists begin disappearing en route to Twin Falls, a Hollywood screenwriter and the cousin of his bride-to-be discover that they've all been abducted by the mysterious Dr. Marlowe, who is attempting to resurrect his dead wife.

Follow the Leader

Follow the Leader

William Beaudine 1944 1h 5m

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works.

Bowery Champs

Bowery Champs

William Beaudine 1944 1h 2m

Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.

The Ape Man

The Ape Man

William Beaudine 1943 1h 4m 6.0

Scientist turned into an ape man

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

William Beaudine 1943 1h 3m

Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a penchant for picking up trouble-prone servants. At an engagement party for Mrs. Murray's spoiled daughter Brenda, Muggs enlists his pals as extra help.

Ghosts on the Loose

Ghosts on the Loose

William Beaudine 1943 1h 7m 6.0

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

Clancy Street Boys

Clancy Street Boys

William Beaudine 1943 1h 6m

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to pose as his family. Things turn sour, however, when a local mobster finds out about Muggs' deception and threatens to expose it.

The Panther's Claw

The Panther's Claw

William Beaudine 1942 1h 10m

Members of an opera company are being blackmailed by someone called the Black Panther.

The Living Ghost

The Living Ghost

William Beaudine 1942 1h 1m

A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.

Phantom Killer

Phantom Killer

William Beaudine 1942 1h 1m 6.0

Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.

Men of San Quentin

Men of San Quentin

William Beaudine 1942 1h 20m 4.0

A corrupt official at San Quentin tries to frame an innocent guard for several murders within the prison.

Federal Fugitives

Federal Fugitives

William Beaudine 1941 1h 6m 6.0

A government agent goes undercover in order to apprehend a saboteur who caused a plane crash.

Emergency Landing

Emergency Landing

William Beaudine 1941 1h 4m 5.0

A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.

Blonde Comet

Blonde Comet

William Beaudine 1941 1h 7m 6.0

A tire manufacturer's daughter becomes a champion auto racer.

Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest

William Beaudine 1937 1h 26m 6.0

An employee of a record manufacturing company comes up with a hit song.

Windbag the Sailor

Windbag the Sailor

William Beaudine 1936 1h 27m 5.0

A bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked.

Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will

William Beaudine 1936 1h 20m 5.0

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later.

Dandy Dick

Dandy Dick

William Beaudine 1935 1h 14m 6.0

A church vicar tries to come up with 1,000 pounds to fix the church's crooked steeple. After a variety of schemes fails to raise the required amount of money, he decides to bet what little savings he has on Dandy Dick, a nag running at the local racetrack who's a 10-to-1 shot.

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

William Beaudine 1935 1h 20m 6.0

Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton (J.B. Morton, "Beachcomber")

The Old Fashioned Way

The Old Fashioned Way

William Beaudine 1934 1h 11m

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

Three Wise Girls

Three Wise Girls

William Beaudine 1932 1h 9m 8.0

Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps.

Sparrows

Sparrows

William Beaudine 1926 1h 34m 8.3

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

William Beaudine 1925 1h 35m 8.0

A tough slum girl faces a crisis of the heart when the boy she loves is accused of shooting her cop father. Her brother stalks the accused slayer and finally shoots him down in the street. Mary rushes to the hospital and offers her blood for a life-saving transfusion, even though she thinks she'll die.

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