Willis Goldbeck

Writing

Willis Goldbeck

Born — Died

1898-10-24 — 1979-09-17

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster
7.8

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

Freaks poster
7.8

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Freaks

1932

The Lone Ranger poster
6.2

The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.

The Lone Ranger

1956

Ten Tall Men poster
6.2

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.

Ten Tall Men

1951

Sergeant Rutledge poster
7.0

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

Tiger by the Tail poster
6.3

On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.

Tiger by the Tail

1955

Behind the camera

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster
7.8

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster
7.8

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

Freaks poster
7.8

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Freaks

1932

The Lone Ranger poster
6.2

The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.

The Lone Ranger

1956

Ten Tall Men poster
6.2

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.

Ten Tall Men

1951

Sergeant Rutledge poster
7.0

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

Sergeant Rutledge poster
7.0

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

Tiger by the Tail poster
6.3

On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.

Tiger by the Tail

1955

Calling Dr. Kildare poster
6.6

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case poster
6.0

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

I Died a Thousand Times poster
6.2

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

Two in the Dark poster
6.1

When Mr. X wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to a murder of a well-known producer, fast talking Marie Smith takes pity on him. They solve the case and discover his identity.

Two in the Dark

1936

Diamond Handcuffs poster
10.0

In South Africa, a worker in a diamond mine is sentenced to death for stealing a huge diamond he found in the mine. Before he dies he passes the stone to a local girl, Musa. Known as the "Shah" diamond, it eventually winds up in New York City. Complications ensue, involving a wealthy society matron, her jealous husband, a gang of vicious jewel thieves and a brutal gangster who owns a nightclub. A lost film.

Diamond Handcuffs

1928

A Kiss for Cinderella poster
6.0

An adaption of a novel by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.

A Kiss for Cinderella

1925

Murder on the Blackboard poster
6.4

There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.

Murder on the Blackboard

1934

Peter Pan poster
6.9

Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.

Peter Pan

1924

The Penguin Pool Murder poster
5.9

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.

The Penguin Pool Murder

1932

The Colossus of New York poster
5.6

A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

The Colossus of New York

1958

3 Men in White poster
6.4

Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competition. Lee's assignment is a small girl who falls ill whenever she eats candy. Red has to cure a girl's mother of a debilitating case of arthritis. But when Red needs Lee's help, will either one live with Gillespie's choice?

3 Men in White

1944

The Secret of Dr. Kildare poster
6.1

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

She Went to the Races poster
6.0

A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.

She Went to the Races

1945

Dr. Kildare Goes Home poster
6.8

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

Jamboree poster
NR

While riding on horseback with fellow actor Bill Demarest near the vast Irvine Ranch in Southern California, Jimmy Stewart pauses to explain that Irvine will be the location of the 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree.

Jamboree

1954

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy poster
5.9

Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

Dr. Kildare's Crisis poster
6.7

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare poster
7.0

An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941

The Side Show of Life poster
8.0

An English circus clown finds he's lost his touch after returning from war.

The Side Show of Life

1924

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day poster
6.8

A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941

Between Two Women poster
6.1

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

Between Two Women

1945

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant poster
6.5

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant poster
6.5

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

Mare Nostrum poster
5.9

The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.

Mare Nostrum

1926

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case poster
4.8

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

The Garden of Allah poster
10.0

Father Adrien had taken the vows of eternal silence, prayer and, of course, celibacy, when he entered the Trappist Monastry of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algeria. One day, he chopped down a tree that blocked a part of the Monastery wall, but as it fell it knocked a young girl senseless. As Father Adrien bathes her face she regains consciousness and in a mischievous mood embraces him. The embrace was seen by another monk but the Monastic discipline imposed is as nothing compared to the torturing penances of mind and body which the contrite Father Adrien has imposed upon himself. In the end it is all too much for poor Father Adrien and he abandons his vows and escapes into the desert, resuming his secular name Androvsky. On the way to the oasis of Beni-Mora he encounters Domini Enfilden who has been brought up as a Catholic. Androvsky rescues Domini from a rioting crowd and she finds herself deeply attracted to him.

The Garden of Allah

1927

Dark Delusion poster
6.8

Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.

Dark Delusion

1947

Rationing poster
4.0

A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.

Rationing

1944

Dr. Kildare's Victory poster
6.2

Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

Open All Night poster
8.5

Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou). Isabelle Fevre (Gale Henry) suggests that Edmond go to the bicycle races and stay out all night. Then she takes Therese there and introduces her to manly Petit Mathieu, one of the racers (Maurice B. Flynn). Since he has just quarreled with his sweetheart, Lea (Jetta Goudal), he is glad to have Therese's attention and offers to run away with her after he wins the six-day race. Lea, meanwhile, is spending her time with Edmond. Therese eventually decides she doesn't care for brutes like Mathieu, and Edmond gains a temper and wins his wife back. Lea and Mathieu are reunited, while Isabelle goes back to helping her own alcoholic sweetheart, Igor (Raymond Griffith), break into the movies.

Open All Night

1924

Calling Dr. Gillespie poster
7.0

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

Calling Dr. Gillespie

1942

Wild Orchids poster
6.3

A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.

Wild Orchids

1929