2 Movies Directed by Herbert Wise

Skokie

Skokie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (259 Reviews)

Director:

Herbert Wise

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

This is the story of some Modern day Nazi activists who plan to march through the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie. The town officials tell the citizens to ignore them cause there's nothing that they can do. But one citizen (Kaye) who's a death camp survivor says that he was told this nearly forty years ago in Germany and before he knew it he was in a concentration camp. He says this time if they march, he will not ignore them; he will take action. So, the mayor does what he can to stop them, so the Nazi's leader (Dzundza) goes to the ACLU, and the Jewish lawyer (Rubinstein) he speaks to, says that this is a violation of the First Ammendment and takes the case to court.

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-12-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3525 Reviews)

Director:

Herbert Wise

Cast:

Writer:

Susan Hill (book)

Nigel Kneale

Fullplot:

When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing. Ignoring the towns-people's cryptic warnings, he goes to the house where he discovers its horrible history and becomes ensnared in its even more horrible legacy.

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