Cinematography: William W. Spencer

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


Fame (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Gore · Robert Scheerer · Debbie Allen · William F. Claxton

Cast Debbie Allen · Lori Singer · Gene Anthony Ray · Dave Shelley

Plot (1982-1987). The Art School was always their dream.They want to dance, they want to sing, to play music, to act but above all they want to live their lives while...

6.2

5K votes

6.2

5K votes

The F.B.I. (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Don Medford · Jesse Hibbs · William Hale

Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · Philip Abbott · Marvin Miller · William Reynolds

Plot TV Series (1965-1974) 241 episodes. Cases, based on real FBI files, were handled by Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and several coworkers over the years.

6.1

23 votes

6.1

23 votes

Peter Gunn (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Lamont Johnson · Blake Edwards · David Orrick McDearmon

Cast Craig Stevens · Herschel Bernardi · Lola Albright · Byron Kane

Plot The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.

6.0

32 votes

6.0

32 votes

Barnaby Jones (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Michael Caffey · Kenneth Gilbert · Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Buddy Ebsen · Lee Meriwether · John Carter · Mark Shera

Plot Barnaby comes out of retirement to track down his son's murderer with the help of Betty, his son's widow. They continue the detective agency's work in Los Angeles, with the...

5.5

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

A Thunder of Drums

1961 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

5.5

178 votes

5.5

178 votes

The Mephisto Waltz

1971 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Paul Wendkos

Cast Alan Alda · Jacqueline Bisset · Curd Jürgens · William Windom

Plot Alan Alda plays a classical piano player on the rise who befriends a famous player himself who's at death's door. Unknown to Alda, the guy is a satanist, who arranges...

5.5

229 votes

5.5

229 votes

Hollywood Wives (TV Miniseries)

1985 · Movie · 270 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Candice Bergen · Joanna Cassidy · Mary Crosby · Angie Dickinson

Plot A three-part, six-hour adoptation of Jackie Collins' book about a group of very wealthy, attractive, snobbish women who are caught up in the low life and high society of Hollywood.

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

Countdown

1968 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Robert Altman · William Conrad

Cast James Caan · Joanna Moore · Robert Duvall · Barbara Baxley

Plot The Apollo 3 crew are training when it is discovered that the Russians plan a moon landing. The Americans enact a makeshift plan to land a man on the moon...

4.7

181 votes

4.7

181 votes

The Thousand Plane Raid

1969 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

4.3

55 votes

4.3

55 votes

Custer (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Laslo Benedek · Lawrence Dobkin · Leo Penn · Herschel Daugherty

Cast Wayne Maunder · Slim Pickens · Robert F. Simon · Peter Palmér

Plot In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like...

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Incident in San Francisco (TV)

1971 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford

Cast Richard Kiley · Leslie Nielsen · Dean Jagger · John Marley

Plot A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the...

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If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

1968 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Charles Martin

Cast Dana Wynter · Raymond St. Jacques · Kevin McCarthy · Barbara McNair

Plot The film takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism. Living in...

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The Thin Man (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Rudolph · Don Weis · Andrew McCullough · William Asher

Cast Peter Lawford · Phyllis Kirk · Jack Albertson · Patricia Donahue

Plot Nick Charles, an ex-private detective, marries Nora and lives in a luxurious Park Avenue apartment in New York City. Nick's former underworld friends still hang around and get him involved...

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Mission of Danger

1960 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

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Cain's Hundred (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Tom Gries · Boris Sagal · Robert Gist

Cast Peter Mark Richman · Gene Coogan · Eddie Hice · Gavin MacLeod

Plot A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring one hundred top criminals to justice.

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Pony Express (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frank McDonald · Jean Yarbrough · Franklin Adreon · Lewis R. Foster

Cast Grant Sullivan · Don Dorrell · Boyd 'Red' Morgan · Douglas Kennedy

Plot Adventures of an itinerant researcher and a young rider, while solving mysteries in the 1860 Pony Express.

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The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler

Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon

Plot TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.

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12 O'Clock High (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Sy Bartlett · Beirne Lay Jr.

Cast Frank Overton · Paul Burke · Chris Robinson · Robert Lansing

Plot TV Series (1964-1967). 3 seasons. 78 episodes. Based on the motion picture Twelve O'Clock High (1949), directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck.

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The Murder Men

1961 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Mickey Rooney · Patricia Breslin · Fay Holden · Cecilia Parker

Plot Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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Not rated