Cast: William Conrad
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Conrad. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 43
The Killers
1946 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Burt Lancaster · Ava Gardner · Edmond O'Brien · Albert Dekker
Synopsis Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede", who's expecting them. Insurance investigator Reardon pursues the case against the orders of his boss, who considers it trivial. Weaving together threads of the Swede's...
7.9
8K votes
7.9
8K votes
Body and Soul
1947 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Robert Rossen
Cast John Garfield · Lilli Palmer · Hazel Brooks · Anne Revere
Synopsis Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Anatole Litvak
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Burt Lancaster · Ann Richards · Wendell Corey
Synopsis Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for he 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...
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
Police Squad! (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction David Zucker · Jim Abrahams · Jerry Zucker · Joe Dante
Cast Leslie Nielsen · Alan North · Rex Hamilton · Ed Williams
Synopsis Sight-gags and non-sequiturs dominate this spoof of police dramas. The six episodes formed the basis for later very successful "Naked Gun" movies.
7.2
595 votes
7.2
595 votes
The Fugitive (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Roy Huggins · Jerry Hopper · Walter Grauman · Alexander Singer
Cast David Janssen · Barry Morse · William Conrad · Paul Birch
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder occurred,...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Tension
1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Berry
Cast Richard Basehart · Audrey Totter · Cyd Charisse · Barry Sullivan
Synopsis Warren Quimby, mad about his beautiful but unfaithful wife, Claire, plans to murder her lover, Barney Deager. He creates another identity so that when he commits the murder he will not be suspected. He is painstakingly precise in every detail...
6.9
159 votes
6.9
159 votes
East Side, West Side
1949 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · James Mason · Ava Gardner · Van Heflin
6.8
324 votes
6.8
324 votes
Four Faces West
1948 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast Joel McCrea · Frances Dee · Charles Bickford · Joseph Calleia
Synopsis Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for...
6.6
213 votes
6.6
213 votes
Cry Danger
1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Robert Parrish
Cast Dick Powell · Rhonda Fleming · Richard Erdman · William Conrad
Synopsis An innocent man just released from prison searches for the people who framed him and for the stashed $100,000 bankroll. Along the way he meets the wife of a fellow con still on the inside who was framed for the...
6.6
303 votes
6.6
303 votes
The Naked Jungle
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Byron Haskin
Cast Charlton Heston · Eleanor Parker · William Conrad · Abraham Sofaer
Synopsis A plantation owner, living in a South American jungle, sends off to New Orleans for a mail-order-bride. When the woman finally arrives, she finds life difficult in the steamy, uncivilized landscape. In addition to bearing the pain of a loveless...
6.5
8K votes
6.5
8K votes
The Racket
1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction John Cromwell
Cast Robert Mitchum · Lizabeth Scott · Robert Ryan · William Talman
Synopsis The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. There are only two problems: First, Nick is the violent type, preferring to do things the old-fashioned way instead of using the syndicate's...
6.5
573 votes
6.5
573 votes
Dial 1119
1950 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Gerald Mayer
Cast Marshall Thompson · Virginia Field · Andrea King · Sam Levene
Synopsis A former mental patient murders a bus driver, then takes refuge in a bar, where he holds the patrons hostage.
6.4
58 votes
6.4
58 votes
The Ride Back (The Way Back)
1957 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Allen H. Miner · Oscar Rudolph
Cast Anthony Quinn · William Conrad · Lita Milan · Victor Millan
Synopsis A Sheriff goes into Mexico in search of a man wanted back in the States. Finding him, he starts back. But it's a long way back, he has a reluctant captive, and there are unfriendly Indians along the way. The...
6.2
28 votes
6.2
28 votes
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Joseph H. Lewis
Cast Vittorio Gassman · Barry Sullivan · Polly Bergen · William Conrad
Synopsis A fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.
6.2
36 votes
6.2
36 votes
One Way Street
1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Hugo Fregonese
Cast James Mason · Märta Torén · Dan Duryea · Basil Ruysdael
Synopsis After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.
6.2
48 votes
6.2
48 votes
The Brotherhood of the Bell (TV)
1970 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Paul Wendkos
Cast Glenn Ford · Rosemary Forsyth · Dean Jagger · Maurice Evans
Synopsis A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past - in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
6.2
38 votes
6.2
38 votes
Any Number Can Play
1949 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Clark Gable · Alexis Smith · Wendell Corey · Audrey Totter
Synopsis Charlie King (Gable) runs a casino, but, in a business that thrives among the unscrupulous, Charlie takes pride in running an honest game and treating his customers with fairness and respect. However, Charlie's wife Lon (Alexis Smith) doesn't care if...
6.1
30 votes
6.1
30 votes
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Glen A. Larson · Leslie Stevens · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · David G. Phinney
Cast Gil Gerard · Erin Gray · Felix Silla · Mel Blanc
Synopsis 20th century astronaut is caught in a freak accident in deep space, causing his craft Ranger 3 to be blown into a trajectory that returns him to earth almost 5 centuries later. Earth is recovering from nuclear war and is...
6.1
213 votes
6.1
213 votes
Lone Star
1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Vincent Sherman
Cast Clark Gable · Ava Gardner · Broderick Crawford · Lionel Barrymore
Synopsis Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process...
6.0
235 votes
6.0
235 votes
Cannon (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Jimmy Sangster · E. Arthur Kean · George McCowan · Lawrence Dobkin
Cast William Conrad · Patrick Culliton · Tom Pittman · Charles Bateman
Synopsis The weekly adventures of Frank Cannon, an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures, who becomes a high-priced private investigator. Since Cannon's girth didn't allow for many fist-fights and gun battles (although there were...
5.9
135 votes
5.9
135 votes