Cinematography: William V. Skall
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by William V. Skall. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Rope
1948 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast James Stewart · John Dall · Farley Granger · Cedric Hardwicke
Plot Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder...
8.1
35K votes
8.1
35K votes
Quo Vadis
1951 · Movie · 171 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Robert Taylor · Deborah Kerr · Peter Ustinov · Leo Genn
Plot Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything...
7.3
11K votes
7.3
11K votes
Ramona
1936 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Loretta Young · Don Ameche · Kent Taylor · Pauline Frederick
6.9
53 votes
6.9
53 votes
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Henry Fonda · Gene Tierney · Jackie Cooper · Henry Hull
Plot Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
Northwest Passage (Book I - Rogers' Rangers)
1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction King Vidor
Cast Spencer Tracy · Robert Young · Walter Brennan · Ruth Hussey
Plot Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy...
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
1944 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Plot Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the "Memphis Belle". The "Memphis Belle" took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhelmshafen, Germany. On...
6.7
128 votes
6.7
128 votes
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast John Wayne · Paulette Goddard · Ray Milland · Raymond Massey
Plot In 1840, America's line life is the sea, with an intense commerce. In Key West shore, two ship savage companies dispute the wrecked vessels. The honest one belongs to the...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
Life with Father
1947 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast William Powell · Irene Dunne · Elizabeth Taylor · Edmund Gwenn
Plot In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is...
6.4
312 votes
6.4
312 votes
Kim
1950 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Errol Flynn · Dean Stockwell · Paul Lukas · Robert Douglas
Plot During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
6.2
679 votes
6.2
679 votes
Joan of Arc
1948 · Movie · 145 min. · United States
Direction Victor Fleming
Cast Ingrid Bergman · José Ferrer · Francis L. Sullivan · Ward Bond
Plot In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to...
6.1
734 votes
6.1
734 votes
Night and Day
1946 · Movie · 128 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Cary Grant · Alexis Smith · Monty Woolley · Mary Martin
Plot With Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) as director, Cary Grant in the lead, and wall-to-wall songs by Cole Porter, how could Night and Day lose? Why, by taking broad liberties with the...
6.0
533 votes
6.0
533 votes
The Little Princess
1939 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Walter Lang
Cast Shirley Temple · Richard Greene · Anita Louise · Ian Hunter
Plot Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s popular children’s book and stage play, THE LITTLE PRINCESS features one of Shirley Temple’s most memorable performances and her first Technicolor appearance. Temple stars as...
5.9
529 votes
5.9
529 votes
Billy the Kid
1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction David Miller · Frank Borzage
Cast Robert Taylor · Brian Donlevy · Ian Hunter · Mary Howard
Plot It's Pat Garrett vs. Billy the Kid again in a remake of the 1930 Johnny Mack Brown starrer. At least this one's in vibrant Technicolor.
5.9
653 votes
5.9
653 votes
The Mikado
1939 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Victor Schertzinger
Cast Kenny Baker · Martyn Green · Sydney Granville · John Barclay
Plot The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
5.9
27 votes
5.9
27 votes
The Forest Rangers
1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction George Marshall
Cast Fred MacMurray · Paulette Goddard · Susan Hayward · Lynne Overman
Plot Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. Butch loves Don...
5.8
27 votes
5.8
27 votes
The Golden Hawk
1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Salkow
Cast Sterling Hayden · Rhonda Fleming · Helena Carter · John Sutton
Plot Kit Gerardo, also known as The Hawk, is one of Frances's most daring privateers, rescues Rouge from a Spanish ship. She is also a pirate, working to restore the fortune...
5.3
50 votes
5.3
50 votes
The Twilight Zone: Mr. Dingle, the Strong (TV)
1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Burgess Meredith · James Westerfield · Eddie Ryder · Douglas Spencer
Plot A timid vacuum-cleaner salesman is given the strength of 300 men by some experimenting aliens.
5.3
83 votes
5.3
83 votes
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast John Payne · Maureen O'Hara · Randolph Scott · Nancy Kelly
Plot Sergeant Dixie Smith has more raw recruits to turn into Marines, if he can. Among them is cocky casanova Chris Winters, son of an officer, who's just tried to "mash"...
5.0
94 votes
5.0
94 votes
Cripple Creek
1952 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Ray Nazarro
Cast George Montgomery · Karin Booth · Jerome Courtland · William Bishop
Plot Lawmen infiltrate bandit gang to catch mining crooks.
4.8
42 votes
4.8
42 votes
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Movie · 142 min. · United States
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Paul Newman · Virginia Mayo · Pier Angeli · Jack Palance
Plot A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem...
4.6
400 votes
4.6
400 votes