Screenplay: Gladys Atwater
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Gladys Atwater. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Naked Alibi
1954 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Jerry Hopper
Cast Sterling Hayden · Gloria Grahame · Gene Barry · Marcia Henderson
Plot Questioned by the police, a drunk Al Willis attacks his police questioners. He gets beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only...
6.2
85 votes
6.2
85 votes
Siege at Red River
1954 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast Van Johnson · Joanne Dru · Richard Boone · Milburn Stone
Plot Cavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.
5.5
116 votes
5.5
116 votes
In Old California
1942 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction William McGann
Cast John Wayne · Binnie Barnes · Albert Dekker · Helen Parrish
Plot Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine,...
5.3
72 votes
5.3
72 votes
The treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction George Sherman
Cast Rory Calhoun · Shelley Winters · Gilbert Roland · Joseph Calleia
Plot An American adventurer competes with the famed Mexican bandit to recover a lost gold shipment.
5.2
79 votes
5.2
79 votes
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Jeff Chandler · Faith Domergue · Lyle Bettger · Peter Whitney
Plot Joan Britton, improbably gorgeous frontier horse dealer, and the much less scrupulous Stephen Cook are friendly competitors supplying horses to the Union Army in Wyoming Territory during the Civil War....
5.0
71 votes
5.0
71 votes
Overland Pacific
1954 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Jock Mahoney · Peggie Castle · Adele Jergens · William Bishop
Plot Railroad investigator tries to find the reason behind constant Indian attacks on the railroad.
4.8
23 votes
4.8
23 votes
Underground Agent
1942 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Bruce Bennett · Leslie Brooks · Frank Albertson · Julian Rivero
Plot A government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier by his newest invention, a word scrambler which makes it difficult for...
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El Paso
1949 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Lewis R. Foster
Cast John Payne · Gail Russell · Sterling Hayden · George 'Gabby' Hayes
Plot Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas...
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Crime Ring
1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Allan Lane · Frances Mercer · Clara Blandick · Inez Courtney
Plot Newspaper reporter Joe Ryan and District Attorney Thomas Redwine strike a deal. In exchange for having access to jailed actress Judy Allen, Joe must help Thomas on a tough racketeering...
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Sorority House
1939 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Anne Shirley · James Ellison · Barbara Read · Pamela Blake
Plot A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she’s trying to join.
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The Lone Wolf (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Bernard Girard · Christian Nyby · Alfred E. Green · Seymour Friedman
Cast Louis Hayward · John Doucette · James Anderson · Adele Mara
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Argentine Nights
1940 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Albert S. Rogell
Cast Patty Andrews · Maxene Andrews · Laverne Andrews · Al Ritz
Plot An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors.
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American Empire
1942 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction William McGann
Cast Richard Dix · Leo Carrillo · Preston Foster · Frances Gifford
Plot This "Big Country" adventure follows three Civil War vets who head to Texas and build a cattle empire. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the...
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Casey Jones (TV Series)
1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction George Blair · Lew Landers · Abby Berlin · Sidney Salkow
Cast Alan Hale Jr. · Eddy Waller · Dub Taylor · Bobby Clark
Plot Television version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
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Crashing Hollywood
1938 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Lee Tracy · Joan Woodbury · Paul Guilfoyle · Lee Patrick
Plot An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating...
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First Yank Into Tokyo
1945 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast Tom Neal · Barbara Hale · Marc Cramer · Richard Loo
Plot An American agent undergoes plastic surgery to make him look Japanese so he can infiltrate Japan and help to free an American POW.
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