Screenplay: Norman Houston

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


High Tension

1936 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Brian Donlevy · Glenda Farrell · Norman Foster · Helen Wood

Plot Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

7.3

25 votes

7.3

25 votes

The Broadway Melody

1929 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Harry Beaumont

Cast Charles King · Anita Page · Bessie Love · Jed Prouty

Plot Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. Eddie was in love...

5.9

512 votes

5.9

512 votes

A Game of Death

1945 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast John Loder · Audrey Long · Edgar Barrier · Russell Wade

Plot A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.

5.4

28 votes

5.4

28 votes

Bar 20

1943 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast William Boyd · Andy Clyde · George Reeves · Dustine Farnum

Plot Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.

4.7

29 votes

4.7

29 votes

The Frontiersmen

1938 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast William Boyd · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Russell Hayden · Evelyn Venable

Plot Hoppy helps schoolmarm June Lake run her schoolhouse, attended by members of the St. Brendan Boys Choir. The Bar 20 gang capture rustler Sutton and his gang after a fierce...

4.3

79 votes

4.3

79 votes

Cherokee Strip

1940 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

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Crashing Through Danger

1936 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Sam Newfield

Cast Ray Walker · Sally Blane · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams · James Bush

Plot Three electric-company linemen are constantly reprimanded by their supervisor, "Pop" Foster, for their behavior, which is a bit too "happy-go-lucky" for Pop's tastes. Complications ensue.

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Buckskin Frontier

1943 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Richard Dix · Jane Wyatt · Albert Dekker · Lee J. Cobb

Plot A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.

Not rated

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Code of the West

1947 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction William Berke

Cast James Warren · Debra Alden · John Laurenz · Steve Brodie

Plot Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton...

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Riders of the Range

1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Richard Martin · Jacqueline White · Reed Hadley

Plot Two cowboys are hired by a rancher to save her brother from a gambler.

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Masked Raiders

1949 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Richard Martin · Marjorie Lord · Gary Gray

Plot Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Martin learn that the raiders are...

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Young Buffalo Bill

1940 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

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Gun Smugglers

1948 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Frank McDonald

Cast Tim Holt · Richard Martin · Martha Hyer · Gary Gray

Plot Young Danny leads an Army detail into a trap enabling his brother Steve and his gang to capture their load of gattling guns. Tim and Chito capture the brothers but...

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Nevada

1944 · Movie · 62 min. · United Kingdom

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Trail Street

1947 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Randolph Scott · Robert Ryan · Anne Jeffreys · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Plot The Liberal Kansas area is in trouble. The town is without a Marshal and the nearby farmers are unable to grow crops due to the summer drought and trail riders...

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Charter Pilot

1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

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Cassidy of Bar 20

1938 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast William Boyd · Russell Hayden · Frank Darien · Nora Lane

Plot Against a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.

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Manhattan Tower

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Frank R. Strayer

Cast Mary Brian · Irene Rich · James Hall · Hale Hamilton

Plot The lives of a number of the workers and executives in a Manhattan skyscraper are affected by the actions of a philandering and crooked company boss.

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Rio Grande Patrol

1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Jane Nigh · Douglas Fowley · Cleo Moore

Plot Fowler is smuggling guns across the border and his buyer is the outlaw Bragg. The guns are hidden in the luggage of the girls that come to work in his...

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The College Coquette

1929 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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Not rated