Screenplay: John Meehan
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Meehan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Boys Town
1938 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Norman Taurog
Cast Spencer Tracy · Mickey Rooney · Henry Hull · Leslie Fenton
Plot Spencer Tracy won his second Oscar for his portrayal of Father Edward J. Flanagan--then promptly turned the statuette over to the real Father Flanagan out of gratitude. The priest's philosophy...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
The Miracle Woman
1931 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · David Manners · Sam Hardy · Beryl Mercer
Plot Stanwyck's particularly fine as evangelist Florence "Faith" Fallon, who becomes very successful thanks to her way with words, some fake miracles, and the talents of shady promoter Hornsby (Sam Hardy)....
6.7
318 votes
6.7
318 votes
Sadie McKee
1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Joan Crawford · Gene Raymond · Franchot Tone · Edward Arnold
Plot The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Lawyer Michael Alderson likes Sadie but...
6.7
82 votes
6.7
82 votes
The Painted Veil
1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Greta Garbo · Herbert Marshall · George Brent · Warner Oland
Plot In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her...
6.6
320 votes
6.6
320 votes
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Greer Garson · Gregory Peck · Donald Crisp · Lionel Barrymore
Plot Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the...
6.6
208 votes
6.6
208 votes
The Divorcee
1930 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Norma Shearer · Chester Morris · Conrad Nagel · Robert Montgomery
Plot Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York 'in-crowd'. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Distraught Paul gets drunk and wrecks his...
6.4
157 votes
6.4
157 votes
Seven Sinners
1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Marlene Dietrich · John Wayne · Albert Dekker · Broderick Crawford
Plot Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for insighting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes...
6.2
120 votes
6.2
120 votes
A Free Soul
1931 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Norma Shearer · Clark Gable · Leslie Howard
Plot Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight...
6.1
137 votes
6.1
137 votes
When Ladies Meet
1933 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Harry Beaumont · Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Ann Harding · Robert Montgomery · Myrna Loy · Alice Brady
Plot Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the...
6.0
24 votes
6.0
24 votes
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Howard Hawks
Cast Myrna Loy · Max Baer · Primo Carnera · Jack Dempsey
Plot Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by...
5.9
32 votes
5.9
32 votes
Kismet
1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Ronald Colman · Marlene Dietrich · James Craig · Edward Arnold
Plot Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle...
5.6
130 votes
5.6
130 votes
His Brother's Wife
1936 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Robert Taylor · Jean Hersholt · Joseph Calleia
Plot Rita Wilson meets epidemiologist Chris Claybourne and they fall in love with each other. When Claybourne leaves for the tropics to find a cure against a disease, Wilson gets her...
5.6
30 votes
5.6
30 votes
Hell Below
1933 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Jack Conway
Cast Robert Montgomery · Walter Huston · Madge Evans · Jimmy Durante
Plot On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Friction between the two officers...
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Madame X
1937 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast Gladys George · Warren William · John Beal · Reginald Owen
Plot Thrown out of her home after her husband discovers her infidelity, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on revealing her...
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Letty Lynton
1932 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Joan Crawford · Robert Montgomery · Nils Asther · Lewis Stone
Plot Wealthy socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-tine lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting...
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The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Charles Brabin
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Karen Morley · Diane Sinclair · Nils Asther
Plot US senator falls in love with a young woman, without realizing she's using him to back the lobbyist she works for.
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Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Fred M. Wilcox
Cast Jeanette MacDonald · José Iturbi · Jane Powell · Edward Arnold
Plot It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't there. Louise,...
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Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction George Fitzmaurice
Cast Norma Shearer · Robert Montgomery · Neil Hamilton · Marjorie Rambeau
Plot Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve, who wants to marry her and Alan, who wants her...
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What Every Woman Knows
1934 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Helen Hayes · Brian Aherne · Madge Evans · Lucile Watson
Plot The story takes place in Scotland, where plain Maggie Wylie's family, fearing she may become a spinster, finances young John Shand's studies in return for his agreement to marry her...
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The Lady Lies
1929 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Hobart Henley
Cast Walter Huston · Claudette Colbert · Charles Ruggles · Patricia Deering
Plot Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.
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