Screenplay: Michael Fessier
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Michael Fessier. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 34
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...
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
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Robert Paige · Louise Allbritton · Diana Barrymore · Walter Abel
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Knockout
1941 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction William Clemens
Cast Arthur Kennedy · Olympe Bradna · Virginia Field · Anthony Quinn
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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
Direction William Keighley
Cast Wayne Morris · Claire Trevor · Frank McHugh · Alan Hale
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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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