Cast: William Bendix
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Bendix. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Time Element (TV)
1958 · Movie · 54 min. · United States
Direction Allen Reisner
Cast William Bendix · Martin Balsam · Darryl Hickman · Jesse White
Plot Though not the pilot episode of Rod Serling's series, "The Twilight Zone," it was Rod Serling's production that lead to "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Because TV viewers at the...
7.6
64 votes
7.6
64 votes
Lifeboat
1944 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Tallulah Bankhead · John Hodiak · William Bendix · Hume Cronyn
Plot In the Atlantic during WWII, a ship and a German U-boat are involved in a battle and both are sunk. The survivors from the ship gather in one of the...
7.3
5K votes
7.3
5K votes
Detective Story
1951 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Kirk Douglas · Eleanor Parker · Lee Grant · William Bendix
Plot On a day in the life of the 21st Precinct detective squad, we meet a batty old lady; petty embezzler Arthur, and the wonderful girl whose unrequited love may redeem...
7.3
2K votes
7.3
2K votes
The Web
1947 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Ella Raines · Edmond O'Brien · William Bendix · Vincent Price
Plot Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret...
7.1
145 votes
7.1
145 votes
Woman of the Year
1942 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Fay Bainter · Reginald Owen
Plot Tess and Sam work on the same newspaper and don't like each other very much. At least the first time, because they eventually fall in love and get married. But,...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
The Dark Corner
1946 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast Lucille Ball · Clifton Webb · William Bendix · Mark Stevens
Plot Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved to New York from San Fransisco after serving a jail term on account of his lawyer partner Tony Jardine. When he finds someone is...
6.9
656 votes
6.9
656 votes
Crashout
1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Lewis R. Foster
Cast William Bendix · Arthur Kennedy · Luther Adler · William Talman
Plot The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.
6.8
58 votes
6.8
58 votes
Macao
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast Robert Mitchum · Jane Russell · William Bendix · Thomas Gomez
Plot In the anything-goes Macao, Nick Cochran is mistaken for a U.S. agent who is trying to arrest mobster Halloran, so Halloran makes the first move against him. A pretty nightclub...
6.6
628 votes
6.6
628 votes
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction George Marshall
Cast Alan Ladd · Veronica Lake · William Bendix · Howard Da Silva
Plot When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Helen admits her drunkenness caused their...
6.5
797 votes
6.5
797 votes
The Glass Key
1942 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Heisler
Cast Brian Donlevy · Veronica Lake · Alan Ladd · Bonita Granville
Plot Dashiel Hammett's The Glass Key, a tale of big-city political corruption, was first filmed in 1935, with Edward Arnold as a duplicitous political boss and George Raft as his loyal...
6.4
618 votes
6.4
618 votes
Cover Up
1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast William Bendix · Dennis O'Keefe · Barbara Britton · Art Baker
Plot An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion...
6.4
21 votes
6.4
21 votes
Race Street
1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Edwin L. Marin
Cast George Raft · William Bendix · Marilyn Maxwell · Frank Faylen
Plot Nice-guy bookie Dan Gannin plans to quit the racket; he's opening a new night club with his torch-singing sister as main attraction. But Dan's best friend Hal runs afoul of...
6.4
54 votes
6.4
54 votes
The Big Steal
1949 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Robert Mitchum · Jane Greer · William Bendix · Ramon Novarro
Plot Accused of robbing the army payroll, Lt. Duke Halliday heads to Mexico to clear his name with the police on his tail. He pursues Jim Fiske, the man who actually...
6.3
709 votes
6.3
709 votes
Blackbeard the Pirate
1952 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Robert Newton · Linda Darnell · Keith Andes · William Bendix
Plot Set in 1674 reformed pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a government official in Jamaica. A man posing as a ship's surgeon is out to prove that Morgan is still a...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Alan Ladd · Brian Donlevy · William Bendix · Barry Fitzgerald
Plot The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged...
6.2
24 votes
6.2
24 votes
Wake Island
1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Brian Donlevy · Macdonald Carey · Robert Preston · William Bendix
Plot In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes...
6.0
53 votes
6.0
53 votes
Calcutta
1946 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Alan Ladd · Gail Russell · William Bendix · June Duprez
Plot Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while...
6.0
40 votes
6.0
40 votes
Guadalcanal Diary
1943 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Preston Foster · Lloyd Nolan · William Bendix · Richard Conte
Plot Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
6.0
295 votes
6.0
295 votes
A Bell for Adano (John Hersey's A Bell for Adano)
1945 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Gene Tierney · John Hodiak · William Bendix · Glenn Langan
6.0
77 votes
6.0
77 votes
The Crystal Ball
1943 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Ray Milland · Paulette Goddard · Gladys George · Virginia Field
Plot Toni Gerard lands in New York with 38 cents to her name and is befriended by fortune teller Madame Zenobia and a neighboring shooting gallery owner. Toni is smitten with...
5.8
26 votes
5.8
26 votes