Highest rated movie: King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
Lowest rated movie: The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by William Witney? Cinafilm has a total of 58 reviews across 31 movies directed by William Witney.
Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 59%.
King of the Royal Mounted is William Witney's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 1 reviews.
The lowest rated film from William Witney is The Secret of the Purple Reef, with a score of 42% based on 1 reviews.
William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.
He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley.[1] Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.
Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle.[2] Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.
William Witney has directed films starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans and Al Taylor.
William Witney has collaborated with these film directors: John English and Fred C. Brannon.
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