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Oct 20, 2016 · TV stalwart Paul Wendkos' biggest success in movies was as the director of the Gidget series.I'm Scottish so I don't know what that was. But it turns out he had a real gift for expressionistic noir, as demonstrated in his debut film The Burglar, which was scripted by pulp noir icon David Goodis, whose novels provided source material for Delmer Daves' Dark Passage, Jacques Tourneur's Nightfall ...
Release date. July 1976. Running time. 99 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Special Delivery is a 1976 American neo-noir [1] comedy crime film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Bo Svenson and Cybill Shepherd.
Nov 15, 2009 · Director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and covered some 100 films and television shows, including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died due to a lung infection that followed a stroke.
Nov 14, 1972 · The Strangers in 7A: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With Andy Griffith, Ida Lupino, Michael Brandon, James A. Watson Jr.. Metropolitan area building superintendent Artie Sawyer and his wife Iris are held hostage in their apartment by sadistic would-be bank robber Billy and his accomplices, all of whom are Vietnam veterans turned social misfits.
Nov 12, 2009 · After TV work, Wendkos made his big screen bow with The Burglar (1957), a highly regarded low-budget melodrama. Soon, however, Wendkos seemingly abandoned his cult fans by moving to conventional projects, including Columbia's trio of Gidget films. Once firmly established in the mainstream, Wendkos joined the tight fraternity of TV-movie ...
The Burglar: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers, Peter Capell. Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.
Nov 12, 2009 · Paul Wendkos, who directed the 1959 surfing classic "Gidget" and two sequels, died early Thursday at his home in Malibu. ... Wendkos was a prolific director, with credits on more than 110 projects ...
