William C. Thomas

Nacimiento : 1903-08-11, Los Angeles, California, USA

Muerte : 1984-04-03

Películas

High Seas Hijack
Producer
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Cat Murkil and the Silks
Writer
A street-gang member kills the gang's leader and blames it on a rival gang.
Bailout at 43,000
Producer
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.
The Big Caper
Producer
A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.
Noche de pesadilla
Producer
Un hombre sufre una pesadilla donde asesina a un hombre en una habitación llena de espejos, y lo oculta dentro de un armario; todo ello en presencia de una hermosa mujer. Cuando despierta, en su mano se halla una llave. La pesadilla parecía real, y el hombre empieza a atormentarse hasta que le pide ayuda a su cuñado, un agente de policía. Juntos empiezan a investigar cuál es el misterio que envuelve aquella terrorífica pesadilla y el origen de la llave, pero se encontrarán con algo diabólico que no esperaban. (FILMAFFINITY)
Orgullo contra orgullo
Producer
Tras ser plantada en el altar, Lucy Gallant se muda a un destartalado poblado de Texas donde abre una tienda de ropa. Un granjero se convierte en su mayor detractor y, a la vez, en su más grande admirador.
Horizontes azules
Producer
Virginia, 1803. Después de que los Estados Unidos de América adquieran de Francia el inmenso territorio de Luisiana, una gran expedición, encabezada por William Lewis y Meriwether Clark, es enviada con el objetivo de explorar las nuevas tierras y llegar a donde ningún hombre blanco ha llegado antes.
La Isla del Infierno
Producer
Después de ser abandonado por su novia, bebedor y deprimido Mark Cormack (John Payne) pierde su trabajo en la oficina del fiscal de distrito de Los Ángeles y sirve como gorila en un casino de Las Vegas. Barzland (Francis L. Sullivan), un extraño inválido, lo contrata para localizar un rubí que desapareció en un accidente de avión en el Caribe. El ex-detective vuela a la remota isla de Santo Rosario para encontrar la piedra e investigar el misterio y....
Busca tu refugio
Producer
Matt Dow, un condenado que viene de cumplir seis años en prisión por un delito que no cometió, es confundido por el maquinista de un tren con un peligroso atracador.
Los vencidos
Producer
Tras la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865), un oficial confederado llega a su pueblo y se encuentra con que está dominado por una banda de criminales. (FILMAFFINITY)
La mansión de Sangaree
Producer
Tras la muerte del general Darby, dueño de las tierras de Sangaree, el Dr. Carlos Morales es nombrado administrador de los bienes de la familia. Aunque cuenta con el apoyo del primogénito de los Darby, no será bien recibido por el resto de la familia, que hará lo imposible por recuperar el dominio sobre Sangaree. (filmaffinit) Adaptación cinematográfica de una novela de Frank Slaughter situada en 1780. La reconstrucción de los escenarios propios de la época, el vestuario y la acción, dejan buen sabor de boca. Rodeado de bellezas protagonistas de películas de serie B, aparece el latin lover Fernando Lamas. No es broma. Originalmente, esta película fue rodada en en 3-D. Fue la primera película tridimensional en Technicolor, dirigida por el veterano de Hollywood Edward Ludwig.
The Blazing Forest
Producer
Estranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired by a feisty widow to clear the timber from her Nevada property.
Hong Kong
Producer
El aventurero estadounidense Jeff Williams está huyendo del avance comunista en China cuando se enreda con un joven huérfano chino, Wei Lin, y un hermoso voluntario de la Cruz Roja, que organiza su desgarradora fuga a Hong Kong.
Pasaje al oeste
Producer
Un grupo de pioneros de la misma religión, conducidos por un ministro pacifista, deben atravesar el desierto en busca de un lugar donde instalarse. Durante el recorrido, los peregrinos se verán obligados a compartir el camino con seis fugitivos que se unen a su caravana.
Garras de codicia
Producer
Un antiguo aviador compra una goleta para dedicarse al comercio en las islas del sur del Pacífico, pero es víctima de una estafa y se queda sin su barco, que pasa a manos de unos aventureros que planean usarlo para apoderarse de un cargamento de oro.
El último destacamento
Producer
Dos hermanos que combatieron durante la Guerra Civil (1861-1865) en distintos bandos no tienen más remedio que aliarse para hacer frente a un ataque de los indios. (FILMAFFINITY)
El águila y el halcón
Producer
Durante la revolución mexicana, los franceses planean invadir los Estados Unidos, así que el gobierno norteamericano ordena enviar agentes a México para buscar evidencias de una posible invasión de Texas.
El forajido
Producer
Únicamente el periodista Larry Wilder cree en la inocencia de Pablo Rodriguez, un bracero chicano que trabaja en California. El joven se ve obligado a huir tras un violento altercado.
Captain China
Producer
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
Special Agent
Producer
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Special Agent
Director
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
La maltratada
Producer
Merl Kramer trabaja como taquígrafa para un psiquiatra. La joven se está viendo con Karl Benson, un detective privado y ex policía. Merle menciona de pasada que uno de los pacientes de su jefe es un escritor que tiene sueños recurrentes en los que asesina a su esposa, quien es dueña de una valiosa colección de joyas. Cuando la esposa del escritor es hallada muerta de manera idéntica a la del sueño de su marido, éste se convierte en el primer sospechoso. Pero a medida que avanza la investigación de la policía y de Joe Cooper, el investigador de la compañía aseguradora de las joyas, varias personas se irán incorporando al círculo de sospechosos, incluida la propia Merl...
El Paso
Producer
Al ex oficial confederado Clay Fletcher se le concede la oportunidad de reunirse de nuevo con una amiga muy querida para él, Susan Jeffers, cuando su padre, el juez Fletcher, le manda un documento.
Dynamite
Producer
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their co-workers.
Big Town Scandal
Director
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
Mr. Reckless
Producer
An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.
Albuquerque
Producer
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
Big Town After Dark
Director
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
Jungle Flight
Producer
Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line.
Fear in the Night
Producer
The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.
I Cover Big Town
Director
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
Swamp Fire
Producer
Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.
Big Town
Producer
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
Big Town
Director
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
They Made Me a Killer
Producer
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
They Made Me a Killer
Director
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Midnight Manhunt
Producer
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
Midnight Manhunt
Director
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
Scared Stiff
Producer
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
High Powered
Producer
Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in which he was injured and another workman was killed.
Double Exposure
Producer
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to prove her own innocence.
One Body Too Many
Producer
An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
Gambler's Choice
Producer
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
Tornado
Producer
The owner of an Illinois coal mine struggles to keep his business in operation, all the while unaware that among his employees is a saboteur planning destruction and chaos.
Cowboy in Manhattan
Story
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
The Price of Victory
Producer
U.S. Vice-President Henry Wallace narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II.
A Letter From Bataan
Producer
A soldier pleads to the folks to home to conserve scarce wartime resources.
Wildcat
Producer
Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.
No Hands on the Clock
Producer
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
The Farmer's Daughter
Associate Producer
Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham. When flighty starlet Sheldon finds out he has a new girlfriend, she takes off, leaving North and Trimble to find a new leading lady.
$1,000 a Touchdown
Associate Producer
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
Million Dollar Legs
Producer
En la universidad de Middleton, controlada por un rico donante, el presidente de los estudiantes ha de destacar en algún deporte para conquistar el corazón de su amada. El problema es que todos son de pago.
Sudden Money
Producer
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.
Illegal Traffic
Associate Producer
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the lion's share of their loot. Through an old friend, whom he once barnstormed in an air circus, Martin joins the gang as a pilot. He becomes interested in Carol Butler, a beautiful girl involved with the gang through the activities of her ne'er-do-well father.
You're a Sweetheart
Story
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
This Way Please
Story
A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she becomes engaged to a wealthy young man, he realizes he's fallen for her and plots to break up her impending marriage.