William Berke — Director (56)
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Dark Mountain (1944) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Dark Mountain
director: William Berke actor: Robert Lowery / Ellen Drew …
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.
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Why Girls Leave Home (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Why Girls Leave Home
director: William Berke actor: Lola Lane / Sheldon Leonard …
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
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The Lost Missile (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Lost Missile
director: William Berke actor: Robert Loggia / Phillip Pine …
other title: Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
A missile from parts unknown enters an orbit only 5 miles above Earth's surface and, due to friction from its intense speed through our atmosphere, proceeds to incinerate everything in its immediate wake.
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Speed to Spare (1948) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Speed to Spare
director: William Berke actor: Richard Arlen / Jean Rogers …
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry is Pete Simmons, son of the owner Al Simmons, and office secretary Jane Chandler, who is Pete's sweetheart. Before long, Cliff has made enemies of Pusher Wilks, a trucker whose run he takes over, and also Pete, whose girl he is trying to take over. Pusher sabotages Cliff's rig at every opportunity causing several near-fatal accidents.
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Dick Tracy (1945) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Dick Tracy
director: William Berke actor: Morgan Conway / Anne Jeffreys …
other title: Dick Tracy, détective / Detective Dick Tracy …
Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be 15 murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.