Movies starring William Campbell

The High and the Mighty (1954)

141 mins Action , Adventure , Disaster, Drama

When you think of airplane orientated disaster movies the chances are you will think of "Airport" and most likely the disaster spoof "Airplane" but the chances are you wont think of "The High and the Mighty" starring John Way...

Man Without a Star (1955)

89 mins Western

Movie review "Man Without a Star" � Kirk Douglas stars as banjo playing wanderer Dempsey Rae who along with Jeff Jimson (William Campbell) who he saves from a hanging find work as the ranch of Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain). But ...

Battle Cry (1955)

149 mins Drama, Romance, War

I can dream up the perfect pitch for when "Battle Cry" was originally released: "Guys you wanna take your girl to the flicks for a date but want to watch a war movie then come see Battle Cry as it has war for you and romance ...

Love Me Tender (1956)

89 mins Drama, Musical, Romance, Western

Best known for being Elvis's first movie "Love Me Tender" is in fact a competent movie in its own right. With a storyline surrounding betrayal and love between two brothers and a woman it is a movie full of drama and with jus...

Backlash (1956)

84 mins Western

The clue to "Backlash" is there right at the start of the movie, a piece of music which doesn't fit in with the western genre but much more at home in the world of thrillers. And that is that "Backlash" is, it's a thriller se...

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

103 mins Comedy, Western

In "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw" Kenneth More stars alongside Jayne Mansfield as a fish out of water English Gentleman who to his surprise is made sheriff of a town in the wild west....

Money, Women and Guns (1958)

80 mins Western

I've got my cliche list in hand and as I watch "Money, Women and Guns" I find my pencil filling in the indentations left from the last 1950s western I watched, not something which surprises me in the slightest. But neither do...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name William Campbell as one of the principle cast members.