Paul Wendkos

Known for: Directing
Born: September 20, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: November 12, 2009
Movies: 77

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Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director.

Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953.

Best-Known Movies

5.4

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

6.0

The Mephisto Waltz

1971

6.0

Gidget

1959

5.7

The Burglar

1957

6.9

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975

6.1

The Bad Seed

1985

5.9

Battle of the Coral Sea

1959

5.7

Face of a Fugitive

1959

5.6

Cannon for Cordoba

1970

8.1

Hell Boats

1970

Filmography

2026

A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget

Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1999	Different	Director
1998	A Wing and a Prayer	Director
1998	Nobody Lives Forever	Director
1997	A Match Made in Heaven	Director
1993	Message from Nam	Director
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Director
1992	Trial: The Price of Passion	Director
1991	Guilty Until Proven Innocent	Director
1991	White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd	Director
1991	The Chase	Director, Producer
1990	Good Cops, Bad Cops	Director
1989	From the Dead of Night	Director
1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Director
1988	The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story	Director
1987	Right to Die	Director
1987	Six Against the Rock	Director
1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife	Director
1987	Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies	Director
1986	Rage of Angels: The Story Continues	Director
1985	Picking Up the Pieces	Director
1985	The Bad Seed	Director
1985	The Execution	Director
1984	Scorned and Swindled	Director
1983	The Awakening of Candra	Director
1983	Intimate Agony	Director
1983	Cocaine: One Man's Seduction	Director
1982	Farrell: For the People	Director
1981	Golden Gate	Director
1981	The Five of Me	Director
1980	A Cry for Love	Director
1980	The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd	Director
1979	Act of Violence	Director
1979	The Ordeal of Patty Hearst	Director
1978	Betrayal	Director
1977	A Little Game	Director
1977	Good Against Evil	Director
1977	Secrets	Director
1977	The Death of Richie	Director
1976	Stalk the Wild Child	Producer
1976	Special Delivery	Director
1975	Death Among Friends	Director
1975	The Legend of Lizzie Borden	Director
1974	The Underground Man	Director
1973	Terror on the Beach	Director
1973	Honor Thy Father	Director
1972	The Strangers in 7A	Director
1972	Footsteps	Director
1972	Haunts of the Very Rich	Director
1972	The Family Rico	Director
1972	The Woman I Love	Director
1972	The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment	Director
1971	A Death of Innocence	Director
1971	A Tattered Web	Director
1971	The Mephisto Waltz	Director
1971	Travis Logan, D.A.	Director
1970	Cannon for Cordoba	Director
1970	The Brotherhood of the Bell	Director
1970	Hell Boats	Director
1969	Guns of the Magnificent Seven	Director
1969	Fear No Evil	Director
1968	Cocoon	Director
1968	Attack on the Iron Coast	Director
1966	Johnny Tiger	Director
1963	Recoil	Director
1963	Gidget Goes to Rome	Director
1961	Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll	Director
1961	Gidget Goes Hawaiian	Director
1961	Angel Baby	Director
1960	Because They're Young	Director
1959	Battle of the Coral Sea	Director
1959	Face of a Fugitive	Director
1959	Gidget	Director
1958	Tarawa Beachhead	Director
1958	Bitter Heritage	Director
1958	The Case Against Brooklyn	Director
1957	The Burglar	Director

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