Cinematography: William E. Snyder

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


Disneyland (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 120 min. · United States

Direction Hamilton Luske · Norman Tokar · James Neilson · Wilfred Jackson

Cast Walt Disney · Paul Frees · Clarence Nash · Roger Mobley

Plot The Walt Disney anthology television series is a television series that has been produced by the Walt Disney Company under several different titles since 1954. These include Disneyland (1954–1958), Walt...

7.3

61 votes

7.3

61 votes

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Dana Andrews · Joan Fontaine · Sidney Blackmer · Arthur Franz

Plot Writer sets himself up to take murder rap to show the errors of circumstantial evidence. With a friend holding back evidence so he can prove his innocence at the last...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

Great Day in the Morning

1956 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

6.7

667 votes

6.7

667 votes

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Laraine Day · Signe Hasso · Dennis O'Keefe

Plot As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a...

6.5

709 votes

6.5

709 votes

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Richard Carlson · Julie Adams · Richard Denning · Antonio Moreno

Plot The Creature, an amphibious, prehistoric man-monster, inhabits the primordial depths of a tropical lagoon undisturbed until scientists intrude upon his domain. Variously interpreted as a monster from hell and a...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Star Trek: The Cage - Pilot Episode (TV)

1988 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Robert Butler

Cast Jeffrey Hunter · Susan Oliver · Leonard Nimoy · Majel Barrett

Plot Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.

6.4

162 votes

6.4

162 votes

Wonder Man

1945 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Danny Kaye · Virginia Mayo · Vera-Ellen · Donald Woods

Plot Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in...

6.4

309 votes

6.4

309 votes

Star Trek (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 47 min. · United States

Direction Gene Roddenberry · Marc Daniels · Joseph Pevney · Vincent McEveety

Cast William Shatner · Leonard Nimoy · DeForest Kelley · Grace Lee Whitney

Plot TV Series (1966-1969). 3 Seasons. 80 Episodes. Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise explore space and defend the United Federation of Planets. It is the 23rd...

6.3

16K votes

6.3

16K votes

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

1966 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Byron Paul

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Nancy Kwan · Akim Tamiroff · Arthur Malet

Plot Lt. Robin Crusoe (Dick Van Dyke) is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house,...

6.2

185 votes

6.2

185 votes

The Man from Colorado

1949 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Henry Levin

Cast Glenn Ford · William Holden · Ellen Drew · Ray Collins

Plot Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war,...

6.2

384 votes

6.2

384 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

Red Sundown

1956 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Rory Calhoun · Martha Hyer · Dean Jagger · Robert Middleton

Plot When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding...

6.1

163 votes

6.1

163 votes

The Princess and the Pirate

1944 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction David Butler · Sidney Lanfield

Cast Bob Hope · Virginia Mayo · Walter Brennan · Walter Slezak

Plot Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked...

5.9

350 votes

5.9

350 votes

Flying Leathernecks

1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast John Wayne · Robert Ryan · Don Taylor · Janis Carter

Plot Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined...

5.8

658 votes

5.8

658 votes

Blue Skies

1946 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Heisler

Cast Bing Crosby · Fred Astaire · Joan Caulfield · Billy De Wolfe

Plot Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't...

5.8

68 votes

5.8

68 votes

Never a Dull Moment

1968 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

5.7

56 votes

5.7

56 votes

The Swordsman

1948 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

5.6

27 votes

5.6

27 votes

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (TV)

1957 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Bretaigne Windust

Cast Van Johnson · Claude Rains · Lori Nelson · Jim Backus

Plot The Pied Piper (Van Johnson) is first spotted working magic in Hamelin by a disabled boy, Paul, and playing his signature tune In the Hall of the Mountain King. Paul...

5.5

45 votes

5.5

45 votes

5.5

164 votes

The Loves of Carmen

1948 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast Rita Hayworth · Glenn Ford · Victor Jory · Arnold Moss

Plot Don Jose Lizarabengoa (Glenn Ford), a soldier in the Dragoons, has just arrived in Seville from Nevara. Soon after his arrival, he takes a walk to familiarize himself with the...

5.5

244 votes

5.5

244 votes