Direction: W. Lee Wilder

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by W. Lee Wilder. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Pretender

1947 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Albert Dekker · Catherine Craig · Charles Drake · Alan Carney

Plot Kenneth Holden (Albert Dekker), a banker steals funds from an estate and decides to marry the heiress,Claire Worthington ('Catherine Craig (I)' Qv)) to safeguard his position. He arranges for her...

6.4

21 votes

6.4

21 votes

Killers from Space

1954 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

4.5

38 votes

4.5

38 votes

Phantom from Space

1953 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Ted Cooper · Tom Daly · Steve Acton · Burt Wenland

Plot An alien being with the power of invisibility lands in Santa Monica. Killing two people who attacked him due to the menacing appearance of his spacesuit, the creature takes it...

4.5

28 votes

4.5

28 votes

Three Steps North

1951 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Lloyd Bridges · Lea Padovani · Aldo Fabrizi · William Tubbs

Plot After a prison sentence an American GI stationed in Italy discovers that his hidden loot has disappeared and goes searching for it.

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The Man Without a Body

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Saunders · W. Lee Wilder

Cast Robert Hutton · George Coulouris · Julia Arnall · Nadja Regin

Plot A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The...

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Fright

1956 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Eric Fleming · Nancy Malone · Frank Marth · Humphrey Davis

Plot A woman believes herself to be the reincarnated spirit of an ancient prince's lover. Meanwhile, a murderer turns out to be the reincarnated spirit of the prince himself.

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The Snow Creature

1954 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Paul Langton · Leslie Denison · Teru Shimada · Robert Kino

Plot American botanical expedition in the Himalayas stumbles across a Yeti den, capture one and transport it back to Los Angeles, where it escapes while customs officials are debating whether it...

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Spy in the Sky!

1958 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Steve Brodie · Sandra Francis · Andrea Domburg · George Coulouris

Plot A captive German, engaged on the Russian satellite program, holds the secret of Sputnik's beep signals. He escapes into the Free World where he is kidnapped by agents who want...

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Once a Thief

1950 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Cesar Romero · June Havoc · Marie McDonald · Lon Chaney Jr.

Plot A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as...

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The Vicious Circle

1948 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Conrad Nagel · Fritz Kortner · Reinhold Schünzel · Philip Van Zandt

Plot In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him,...

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The Big Bluff

1955 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast John Bromfield · Martha Vickers · Robert Hutton · Rosemarie Stack

Plot When scheming fortune hunter and erstwhile Latin lover Ricardo De Villa learns that a wealthy but sickly widow has terminal heart disease, he seduces and marries the vulnerable millionairess. Playing...

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Yankee Fakir

1947 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Douglas Fowley · Joan Woodbury · Clem Bevans · Ransom M. Sherman

Plot "Yankee" Davis and his partner,"Shaggy" Hartley, a couple of carny-type traveling (usually just ahead of the law) pitchmen with their own tent to pitch from, arrive in a small Arizona...

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Manfish

1956 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast John Bromfield · Lon Chaney Jr. · Victor Jory · Barbara Nichols

Plot The film features three deep-sea divers who are involved in a murder during a search for a lost treasure.

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Bluebeards Ten Honeymoons

1960 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

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The Glass Alibi

1946 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction W. Lee Wilder

Cast Paul Kelly · Douglas Fowley · Anne Gwynne · Maris Wrixon

Plot Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. He and his girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne Gwynne), are planning...

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Gang Busters (TV Series)

1952 · Series · 30 min. · United States

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