Paul Wendkos — Director (15)
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The Execution (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Execution
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Loretta Swit / Rip Torn …
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as young girls. To their horror they learn that he has already been tried as a war criminal and has served but a few years for his crimes. They decide that they will "execute" him, drawing lots to determine which one will perform the act, without letting the others know who it is.
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From the Dead of Night (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
From the Dead of Night
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Lindsay Wagner / Bruce Boxleitner …
other title: Entro la prima luna / Schattenreich des Todes
After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day.
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Special Delivery (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Special Delivery
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Bo Svenson / Cybill Shepherd …
other title: Rapina... mittente sconosciuto / Der lange Kalifornier …
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
director: Paul Wendkos actor: George Kennedy / James Whitmore …
other title: Le pistole dei magnifici sette / Syv mænd rider igen …
When Mexican revolutionary leader Quintero is left to rot in jail by the forces of President Diaz, it's up to his subordinate, Max, to bust him out. With $600 in hand, he crosses the border into America and hires Chris Adams, a mercenary of considerable skill, who uses the rest of the cash on more hired guns. After the team is rounded out by experts on close-combat fighting, explosives, and knife-throwing, they set off to free Quintero.
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Gidget (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Gidget
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Sandra Dee / James Darren …
other title: Gidget 17 år / Maldosamente Ingênua …
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.
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Cannon for Cordoba (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cannon for Cordoba
director: Paul Wendkos actor: George Peppard / Giovanna Ralli …
other title: 4 per Cordoba / Kanonen für Cordoba …
In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.
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Fear No Evil (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fear No Evil
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Louis Jourdan / Lynda Day George …
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a car accident, from the dead.
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Face of a Fugitive (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Face of a Fugitive
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Fred MacMurray / Lin McCarthy …
other title: Il volto del fuggiasco / Audácia de Um Forasteiro …
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him.
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The Burglar (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Burglar
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Dan Duryea / Jayne Mansfield …
other title: Lo scassinatore / Ein Toter lügt nicht …
Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.