Screenplay: Michael Fessier

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Michael Fessier. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Woman They Almost Lynched

1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Lund · Brian Donlevy · Audrey Totter · Joan Leslie

Plot Kate Quantrill (Audrey Totter), wife of infamous Confederate raider Quantrill (Brian Donlevy), and Sally Maris (Joan Leslie), virginal sister of Kate's ex-lover, saloonkeeper Bitteroot Bill (Reed Hadley). Sally herself falls...

7.3

47 votes

7.3

47 votes

You Were Never Lovelier

1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · Adolphe Menjou · Isobel Elsom

Plot The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put...

6.5

618 votes

6.5

618 votes

The High Chaparral (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Dortort · William F. Claxton · Leon Benson · Phil Rawlins

Cast Leif Erickson · Cameron Mitchell · Mark Slade · Linda Cristal

Plot The High Chaparral is a Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association...

6.4

172 votes

6.4

172 votes

You'll Never Get Rich

1941 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · John Hubbard · Robert Benchley

Plot After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet, impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of...

6.3

310 votes

6.3

310 votes

It All Came True

1940 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Ann Sheridan · Jeffrey Lynn · Humphrey Bogart · ZaSu Pitts

Plot Nightclub entertainer Sarah Ryan and songwriter Tommy Taylor move in to the boardinghouse run by their mothers Maggie and Norah. Tommy brings along Mr. Grasselli, a "nervous wreck" who keeps...

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5.6

23 votes

5.6

23 votes

Mister Ed (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sonia Chernus · Walter Brooks · Arthur Lubin · Ira Stewart

Cast Alan Young · Connie Hines · Edna Skinner · Allan Lane

Plot Mister Ed is a horse who is owned by Wilbur Post. Mister Ed is not just any horse, he talks to Wilbur! But this gets Wilbur in all kinds of...

5.4

202 votes

5.4

202 votes

Espionage Agent

1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Joel McCrea · Brenda Marshall · Jeffrey Lynn · George Bancroft

Plot When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to...

5.3

22 votes

5.3

22 votes

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Will Rogers Jr. · Nancy Olson · Lon Chaney Jr. · Anthony Caruso

Plot Tom Brewster, handy with a rope but not a gun, rides into town and mails his lawyer's exam. When his lack of ability with a gun is exposed, the town...

5.0

157 votes

5.0

157 votes

Frontier Gal

1945 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Rod Cameron · Andy Devine · Fuzzy Knight

Plot Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a...

4.8

88 votes

4.8

88 votes

Slave Girl

1947 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Yvonne De Carlo · George Brent · Broderick Crawford · Albert Dekker

Plot Early in the 19th century, a young American is sent, with a seaman bodyguard, to Tripilo to buy the freedom of American sailors held as hostages by the Pasha. The...

4.7

70 votes

4.7

70 votes

That's the Spirit

1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Peggy Ryan · Jack Oakie · June Vincent · Gene Lockhart

Plot A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.

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Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Allen H. Miner · Sidney Lanfield · Robert Florey

Cast Jane Wyman · Paul Bryar · Edith Evanson · Anthony Eustrel

Plot TV Series (1955-1958). 3 seasons. 94 episodes. This filmed drama anthology featured Academy Award winner Jane Wyman as the series hostess introducing each weekly installment, as well as starring in...

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Fired Wife

1943 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

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Knockout

1941 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Norman Tokar · William J. Hole Jr. · Richard Kinon · Philip Rapp

Cast Tab Hunter · Richard Erdman · Jerome Cowan · Reta Shaw

Plot TV Series (1960-1961). 32 Episodes. Paul Morgan makes his living through his cartoon strip "Bachelor at Large", which largely describes his amorous adventures in and around California's Malibu Beach. His...

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Song of the City

1937 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Errol Taggart

Cast Margaret Lindsay · Dean Jagger · J. Carrol Naish · Nat Pendleton

Plot Idle San Franciscan falls overboard and is rescued by Italian fishermen. He gets involved with family, including aspiring opera singer (Margaret Lindsay) and learns about life and love.

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Wings of the Navy

1939 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast George Brent · Olivia de Havilland · John Payne · Frank McHugh

Plot Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with...

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Valley of the Giants

1938 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

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The Merry Monahans

1944 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Donald O´Connor · Peggy Ryan · Jack Oakie · Ann Blyth

Plot The Merry Monahans is one of the higher-budgeted Universal musicals of the 1940s, even though the storyline is strictly grade-B material. During the first two decades of the 20th century...

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The Angels Wash Their Faces

1939 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Ann Sheridan · Billy Halop · Bernard Punsly · Leo Gorcey

Plot A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local...

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