5 Movies Starring Wendell Corey

The Search

The Search

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-03-26

Languages:

English, German, French, Polish, Hungarian, Czech

Countries:

Switzerland, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2621 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Schweizer (screen play)

David Wechsler (collaborator: on screen play)

Paul Jarrico (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. At the same time, the boy's mother, the sole surviving member of his family, searches refugee centers for her son. Time, distance, and the massive numbers of refugee children are factors hampering the reunion of mother and son.

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (6824 Reviews)

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Cast:

Writer:

Lucille Fletcher (radio play)

Lucille Fletcher (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented.

Rear Window

Rear Window

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (283273 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

John Michael Hayes (screenplay)

Cornell Woolrich (based on the short story by)

Fullplot:

Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

The Big Knife

The Big Knife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2244 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Cast:

Writer:

James Poe (adapted for the screen by)

Clifford Odets (stage play)

Fullplot:

Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, Castle is pressured by his studio boss and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-12-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2526 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Anthony

Cast:

Writer:

N. Richard Nash (screenplay)

N. Richard Nash (play)

Fullplot:

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

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