6 Best Whit Bissell Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 18, 2026

Whit Bissell built a remarkable six-decade career as one of Hollywood’s most familiar, versatile character actors. I Was a Teenage Werewolf unleashes a teenager’s primal self through hypnosis, Monster on the Campus transforms a professor into a prehistoric creature, The Hallelujah Trail pursues a whiskey wagon train with temperance activists, and 5 Card Stud investigates poker-game murders. The Desperate Hours and It Should Happen to You round out the list.

5 Card Stud (1968)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A gambler investigates murders targeting the players of a fatal poker game.

Directed by Henry Hathaway · 1h 43m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Whit Bissell appears as a wagon train hauling whisky to Colorado miners is pursued by temperance activists.

Directed by John Sturges · 2h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

Monster on the Campus (1958)

TMDB ★ 5.3

A university professor is transformed into a savage prehistoric creature after contact with a prehistoric fish.

Directed by Jack Arnold · 1h 17m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

TMDB ★ 5.6

A troubled teenager undergoes an experimental hypnosis treatment that unleashes a monstrous side.

Directed by Gene Fowler Jr. · 1h 16m

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

The Desperate Hours (1955)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Whit Bissell appears as a family is held hostage in their own home by escaped convicts.

Directed by William Wyler · 1h 52m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

It Should Happen to You (1954)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An unemployed model rents a billboard to advertise her own name, unexpectedly becoming a celebrity.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 26m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Whit Bissell Movies

5 Card Stud (1968)

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

Monster on the Campus (1958)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

The Desperate Hours (1955)

It Should Happen to You (1954)

You might also like

11 Best Bulgarian Movies to Watch

9 Best Algerian Movies to Watch

6 Best Hot Air Balloon Movies

12 Best Dutch Movies to Watch

11 Best Serbian Movies to Watch

12 Best Lebanese Movies to Watch