Paul Wendkos Movies

In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which...

A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia,...

A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the...

The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated...

A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the...

When their campsite is vandalized by troublemakers, a family fights fire with fire.

Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt....

A man seduces women to get their money. He has plenty of success, but this time he has met his match.

A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.

The love of King Edward VIII for American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson eventually leads to his abdication.

Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1976 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras.

A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.

An edited version of an episode of the television series, Five Fingers released in theaters.

A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.

Shirley investigates the murder of a millionaire who was strangled on his tennis court.

Recoil is a feature film edited from two episodes of "The Detective" and released in Europe as a theatrical motion picture. A detective attempts to...

Paul Wendkos was a bit of an auteurist fetish object in the early 1960's, when his career in theatrical features reached its pinnacle. He made his...