William Wyler
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- 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.