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Director 1903 - 1958

William Berke

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

William A. Berke (3 October 1903 – 15 February 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958. He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

24 titles
The Lost Missile

The Lost Missile

William Berke 1958 1h 10m 6.0

The Lost Missile 1958

Cop Hater

Cop Hater

William Berke 1958 1h 15m

Members of the 87th Precinct search for a cop killer who has already murdered two of their own.

Valley of Head Hunters

Valley of Head Hunters

William Berke 1953 1h 7m 5.0

Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.

The Jungle

The Jungle

William Berke 1952 1h 13m

An Indian princess (Marie Windsor), her adviser (Cesar Romero) and a white hunter (Rod Cameron) fight woolly mammoths. Filmed in sepia.

Fury of the Congo

Fury of the Congo

William Berke 1951 1h 9m 5.0

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.

F.B.I. Girl

F.B.I. Girl

William Berke 1951 1h 14m

G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.

Danger Zone

Danger Zone

William Berke 1951 56m

A San Francisco man (Hugh Beaumont) is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party.

Pygmy Island

Pygmy Island

William Berke 1950 1h 9m

Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.

Operation Haylift

Operation Haylift

William Berke 1950 1h 13m

A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to severe winter weather.

Mark of the Gorilla

Mark of the Gorilla

William Berke 1950 1h 8m 5.0

Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.

Captive Girl

Captive Girl

William Berke 1950 1h 13m 5.0

Jungle Jim is out to save Joan from an evil witch doctor whilst simultaneously fighting evil treasure hunter Barton.

Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen

William Berke 1950 1h 10m 3.0

Zara Montalvo, half Spanish and half American, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang.

Treasure of Monte Cristo

Treasure of Monte Cristo

William Berke 1949 1h 16m

A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.

The Lost Tribe

The Lost Tribe

William Berke 1949 1h 12m 5.0

Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.

Sky Liner

Sky Liner

William Berke 1949 1h 1m 5.0

Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!

Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim

William Berke 1948 1h 11m 5.0

Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold and buried treasure.

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

William Berke 1947 1h 4m

A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.

The Falcon's Adventure

The Falcon's Adventure

William Berke 1946 1h 1m

A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.

Sunset Pass

Sunset Pass

William Berke 1946 1h 4m

A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an undercover agent for the express company.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

William Berke 1945 1h 1m 8.0

Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).

The Falcon in Mexico

The Falcon in Mexico

William Berke 1944 1h 10m

The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.

Double Exposure

Double Exposure

William Berke 1944 1h 3m

A magazine editor (Chester Morris) tries to establish the innocence of a photojournalist (Nancy Kelly) accused of murder.

Dark Mountain

Dark Mountain

William Berke 1944 57m 6.0

A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend, who is now a park ranger, for help. He hides her out in a cabin up in the mountains, and her husband goes on the hunt for both of them.

Desert Justice

Desert Justice

William Berke 1936 58m 7.0

A gang of bank robbers holes up at a cowboy's ranch. One of the robbers turns out to be his brother. After the brother is killed by the gang, the cowboy tracks them across the desert.

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