Directing

William Hale

Born — Died

1934-07-11 — 2020-06-10

Place of birth

Rome, Georgia, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

William Hale was born on July 11, 1931 in Rome, Georgia, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Time Tunnel (1966), The Invaders (1967) and Night Gallery (1969). He was married to Trudy Dean. He died on June 10, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

Known for

Behind the camera

S.O.S. Titanic poster
6.0

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

Journey to Shiloh poster
5.4

At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Journey to Shiloh

1968

The Demon Murder Case poster
6.2

A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.

The Demon Murder Case

1983

Lace 2 poster
NR

While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.

Lace 2

1985

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die poster
7.0

After his wife is killed in a mysterious bomb explosion, a cop leaves the department and starts a charter boat service. When an undercover agent who is a close friend is killed, he is asked to look into it, and discovers a web of espionage and murder.

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

1976

Harem poster
5.4

A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly get to know and appreciate each other the difference between captor and captive dissolves.

Harem

1986

People Like Us poster
5.8

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enable his own form of justice.

People Like Us

1990

How I Spent My Summer Vacation poster
4.2

A man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling that he is becoming the victim of a conspiracy.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

1967

Stalk the Wild Child poster
9.0

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.

Stalk the Wild Child

1976

No artwork available
6.3

A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.

Liberace

1988

Gunfight in Abilene poster
6.5

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.

Gunfight in Abilene

1967

One Shoe Makes it Murder poster
7.1

Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer.

One Shoe Makes it Murder

1982

Red Alert poster
5.3

A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and receives erroneous information of a radiation leak. It seals off the compound, trapping the crew inside.

Red Alert

1977

The Towers poster
NR

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

The Towers

1957

Nightmare poster
7.0

A murder witness can't convince the police that the killer lives in the apartment across the courtyard from him, and he realizes he is the sniper's next victim.

Nightmare

1974

Crossfire poster
8.0

Vince Rossi is a cop who has been asked by the department to go undercover. Part of the process was being dismissed from the department and being branded a dirty cop. And his first job is to go after a mob boss.

Crossfire

1975

The Great Niagara poster
6.3

An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He endangers his sons' lives by forcing them to challenge the falls by going over them in a barrel.

The Great Niagara

1974

Grand Central Market poster
NR

This film portrays activity in Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, California. Highlighted are vendors that represent the melting pot that is America, selling their wares to people of all ages and all walks of life. The film was directed by William Hale. Notably, the film also showcases some early work of famous cinematographer, Haskell Wexler.

Grand Central Market

1963