Cinematography: William A. Sickner

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by William A. Sickner. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Mike Hammer (TV Series)

1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Richard Irving · William Witney · John English

Cast Darren McGavin · Bart Burns · Vito Scotti · Johnny Seven

Plot TV Series (1956-1959) 78 episodes. The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm...

6.5

28 votes

6.5

28 votes

Loophole

1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Harold D. Schuster

Cast Barry Sullivan · Dorothy Malone · Charles McGraw · Don Haggerty

Plot The film tells the story of a bank teller Mike Donovan (Sullivan) who failed to report a $49,000 shortage from his drawer. He's accused of theft and quickly fired from...

6.3

23 votes

6.3

23 votes

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Alibi Me (TV)

1956 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Jules Bricken

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Lee Philips · Chick Chandler · Harvey Stephens

Plot Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.

6.2

21 votes

6.2

21 votes

Cry Vengeance

1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Mark Stevens

Cast Mark Stevens · Martha Hyer · Skip Homeier · Joan Vohs

Plot Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding...

6.2

35 votes

6.2

35 votes

Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Joe Connelly · Dick Conway · Bob Mosher · Norman Tokar

Cast Barbara Billingsley · Jerry Mathers · Hugh Beaumont · Tony Dow

Plot TV Series (1957-1963). Join the Cleavers, America's quintessential family. Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) can't seem to avoid trouble, and his older brother Wally (Tony Dow), and mischievous pal Eddie...

5.5

38 votes

5.5

38 votes

The Falcon in San Francisco

1945 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Tom Conway · Rita Corday · Edward Brophy · Sharyn Moffett

Plot On vacation, Tom Lawrence--The Falcon--and his Brooklyn-born sidekick 'Goldie' Locke meet cute with a little girl named Annie whose nurse has just been murdered. Accompanying Annie home, The Falcon is...

5.4

27 votes

5.4

27 votes

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Reginald Le Borg

Cast John Carradine · Lon Chaney Jr. · Robert Lowery · Ramsay Ames

Plot An Egyptian high priest (John Carradine) travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.).

5.0

100 votes

5.0

100 votes

The Undead

1957 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Billy Barty · Pamela Duncan · Val Dufour · Richard Garlan

Plot Two psychical researchers procure the services of a lady of the night and send her back in time under hypnosis. She finds herself in the body of a past existence...

4.9

194 votes

4.9

194 votes

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1940 · Series · 195 min. · United States

Direction Ford Beebe · Ray Taylor

Cast Buster Crabbe · Carol Hughes · Charles Middleton · Anne Gwynne

Plot On Earth, people are suddenly being killed by the Purple Death, a mysterious deadly infection so named because it leaves a purple spot on victims’ foreheads. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden...

4.8

140 votes

4.8

140 votes

The Phantom Creeps

1939 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Ford Beebe · Saul A. Goodkind

Cast Bela Lugosi · Robert Kent · Dorothy Arnold · Edwin Stanley

Plot A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.

4.7

93 votes

4.7

93 votes

Desert Pursuit

1952 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction George Blair

Cast Wayne Morris · Virginia Grey · George Tobias · Anthony Caruso

Plot In the mid-late 1800's camels were imported to various regions of the American southwestern deserts as pack animals and natives from the middle eastern countries came along as drivers and...

Not rated

Not rated

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (TV Series)

1943 · Series · 265 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Tom Brown · Rose Hobart · Edgar Barrier · Marjorie Lord

Plot Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.

Not rated

Not rated

Torpedo Alley

1952 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Mark Stevens · Dorothy Malone · Charles Winninger · Bill Williams

Plot Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian...

Not rated

Not rated

Don't Gamble with Strangers

1946 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine

Cast Kane Richmond · Bernadene Hayes · Peter Cookson · Gloria Warren

Plot Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.

Not rated

Not rated

Belle Starr's Daughter

1948 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast George Montgomery · Rod Cameron · Ruth Roman · Wallace Ford

Plot When Bob "Bitter Creek" Yauntis (Rod Cameron)is accused by Belle Starr (Isabel Jewell), Queen of the outlaws of Cherokee Flats, of disobeying her orders and killing the local Marshal, he...

Not rated

Not rated

Louisiana

1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

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The Shadow Returns

1946 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Phil Rosen · William Beaudine

Cast Kane Richmond · Barbara Read · Tom Dugan · Joseph Crehan

Plot People are literally flying off balconies to their deaths as Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, tries to make sense out of a confusing jumble of murders, disappearances, jewels that aren't...

Not rated

Not rated

Cimarron City (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Richard Bartlett · John Meredyth Lucas · John Brahm

Cast George Montgomery · John Smith · Audrey Totter · Dan Blocker

Plot TV Series (1958–1960). Cimarron City is booming due to oil and gold and hopes to become capital of the future state of Oklahoma. Matthew Rockford is the son of the...

Not rated

Not rated

Johnny Staccato (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction John Cassavetes · Robert B. Sinclair · Boris Sagal · Richard Whorf

Cast John Cassavetes · Eduardo Ciannelli · Frank London · Dennis Sallas

Plot Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.

Not rated

Not rated

Black Midnight

1949 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

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Not rated