William Wyler

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Dodsworth (1936): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas…; While on a European holiday, businessman Walter Huston's marriage reaches crisis point. A mature, highly–rated studio pic with especially…
Dead End (1937): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea…; Highly watchable account of life in the slum tenements of NYC – if you can accept the sentimental touches. With Humphrey Bogart as a gangster…
Jezebel (1938): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Henry Fonda; A classic, Oscar–winning role for Bette Davis, as a southern belle who defies the arch conventions of 19th century New Orleans high society…
Wuthering Heights (1939): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon; Emily Bronte's passionate romantic classic is immortalised in celluloid with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon unforgettable as doomed lovers Kathy…
Westerner, The (1940): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan; Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
Letter, The (1940): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson; Although not quite of the first rank, this sultry melodrama counts as one of Bette Davis' most interesting 1940s works. Set among the frustrated…
Little Foxes, The (1941): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall; Masterful period drama adapted from a stageplay by one the great directors. Bette Davis is in brilliant form as Regina, the scheming matron…
Mrs. Miniver (1942): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon; An unabashed patriotic war drama, so effective in that capacity it garnered political commendation as well as six Oscars, including Best Picture and…
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews…; Uncommonly accurate portrait of small–town America after WW2 focuses on three war veterans attempting to adjust to civilian life. Historically…
Heiress, The (1949): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson…; A near perfect adaptation, this Henry James tale of a naive young girl, her abusive father and fortune–hunting suitor, is considered one of the…
Detective Story (1951): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, Cathy O'Donnell…; Kirk Douglas is his grizzled, hard–bitten self as one of several detectives trying to get through the work day at a busy Brooklyn…
Carrie (1952): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins…; Tough–minded and unusual "male melodrama" follows middle aged restauranteer Olivier's descent from riches to rags when he falls for Jones'…
Roman Holiday (1953): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck; Audrey Hepburn's Oscar–winning and breakthrough performance is her princess who abandons regal responsibilities while abroad to run off with…
Desperate Hours, The (1955): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy…; A bunch of escaped convicts, led by Bogart, hold a family hostage in this domestic noir thriller based on the Broadway play by Joseph Hayes.…
Friendly Persuasion (1956): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins…; Gary Cooper headlines this sentimental yet atmospheric and beautifuly crafted drama about a Quaker family in southern Indiana whose pacifist beliefs…
Big Country, The (1958): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston; A big Western – where feuding families with rival patriarchs fight it out to the bitter end.
Ben-Hur (1959): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd; Spectacular production of the Jews plight against the Roman empire, complete with landmark chariot race, awesome sea battle and a cast of thousands…
Children's Hour, The (1961): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner…; Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
Collector, The (1965): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar; Terence Stamp plays a disturbed butterfly collector who kidnaps a girl in the hope that she will grow to love him. Truly memorable chiller maintains…
How to Steal a Million (1966): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach…; A top cast lifts this romantically–inclined suspense caper, wherein Hepburn must steal a forged sculpture belonging to her own family before it…
Funny Girl (1968): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif; Barbra Streisand's bravura debut, playing real–life showbiz celeb Fanny Brice, won her an Oscar. Rates also as a well–executed musical.
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors…; The final film by William Wyler, depicting racial tensions in a fictional Tennessee town, where a successful African–american businessman…

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