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Writer 1918 - 1992

Wendell Mayes

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

16 titles
Death Wish

Death Wish

Eli Roth 2018 1h 47m 6.4

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

Love and Bullets

Love and Bullets

John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg 1979 1h 43m 6.0

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

Ted Post 1978 1h 54m 9.0

A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before.

Death Wish

Death Wish

Michael Winner 1974 1h 33m 6.8

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.

The Revengers

The Revengers

Daniel Mann 1972 1h 46m 5.0

The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang responsible for the deaths of his loved ones.

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

Ronald Neame 1972 1h 57m 7.4

The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship.

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

Mark Robson 1965 1h 57m 7.0

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way

Otto Preminger 1965 2h 45m 7.0

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

Otto Preminger 1962 2h 19m 6.8

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

Henry Hathaway 1960 2h 2m 6.0

Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

Delmer Daves 1959 1h 47m 8.8

Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realising that he can exploit his secret.

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

Otto Preminger 1959 2h 41m 8.0

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her.

The Hunters

The Hunters

Dick Powell 1958 1h 48m 5.5

In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelve their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle.

From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

Henry Hathaway 1958 1h 40m 7.0

The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita.

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

Billy Wilder 1957 2h 15m 6.5

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below

Dick Powell 1957 1h 37m 7.3

The American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes commanded by Robert Mitchum, detects a German U-Boat, commanded by Curt Jürgens, resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

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