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William Bowers
Writer 1916 - 1987

William Bowers

Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. His first credited screenplay was My Favorite Spy in... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

27 titles
The Wild Wild West Revisited

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Burt Kennedy 1979 1h 36m

The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Burt Kennedy 1969 1h 32m 8.3

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Way... Way Out

Way... Way Out

Gordon Douglas 1966 1h 41m 5.0

In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.

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Jack Webb 1959 1h 36m

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

The Sheepman

The Sheepman

George Marshall 1958 1h 25m 6.0

A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs

The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

John Sturges 1958 1h 26m 7.5

Marshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.

The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Michael Curtiz 1956 1h 44m

Director Michael Curtiz' 1956 showbiz musical, about the careers of the early-20th-century songwriting trio DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, stars Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan, Larry Keating, Murvyn Vye, Jacques D'Amboise and Phyllis Avery.

Tight Spot

Tight Spot

Phil Karlson 1955 1h 37m 6.5

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.

5 Against the House

5 Against the House

Phil Karlson 1955 1h 24m 5.6

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No

Lloyd Bacon 1954 1h 29m 4.0

An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

Split Second

Split Second

Dick Powell 1953 1h 25m 7.0

Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town that"s the target of a nuclear bomb test.

Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris

Robert Parrish 1952 1h 25m 6.0

Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary.

The Mob

The Mob

Robert Parrish 1951 1h 27m 6.5

An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.

Cry Danger

Cry Danger

Dick Powell, Robert Parrish 1951 1h 19m 6.0

A man is released from prison only to find himself involved with criminals who demand to know where he hid the money from the heist he was convicted for.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

Henry King 1950 1h 25m 7.7

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Convicted

Convicted

Henry Levin 1950 1h 31m 7.0

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

Robert Siodmak 1949 1h 28m 8.2

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

River Lady

River Lady

George Sherman 1948 1h 18m

During the 1850s, crooked lumber syndicate man Beauvais tries to take over the local mill while Sequin, the sensual owner of a gambling riverboat, tries to control the heart of Mississippi lumberjack Dan Corrigan.

Pitfall

Pitfall

André de Toth 1948 1h 26m 7.0

Based on Jay Dratler's novel The Pitfall, André de Toth's gripping film is a classic L.A. noir in the tradition of Detour, and shows the spiraling, epic consequences resulting from one fateful decision.

Larceny

Larceny

George Sherman 1948 1h 29m 5.5

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

Jungle Patrol

Jungle Patrol

Joseph M. Newman 1948 1h 11m

Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.

Black Bart

Black Bart

George Sherman 1948 1h 20m 8.0

Cheerful outlaw Charlie Boles leaves former partners Lance and Jersey and heads for California, where the Gold Rush is beginning. Soon, a lone gunman in black is robbing Wells Fargo gold shipments. One fateful day, the stage he robs carries old friends Lance and Jersey...and notorious dancer Lola Montez, coming to perform in Sacramento.

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Charles Barton 1947 1h 18m

Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal, Fred Hawkins, is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

The Web

The Web

Michael Gordon 1947 1h 27m 7.0

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term but high-paid job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind

Irving Pichel 1947 1h 34m 7.0

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.

Night and Day

Night and Day

Michael Curtiz 1946 2h 8m 5.0

A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.

Sing Your Way Home

Sing Your Way Home

Anthony Mann 1945 1h 12m

A war journalist escorts a spirited teen band back to NYC post-WWII, turning the journey into a musical comedy filled with memorable performances.

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