Screenplay: Morris West

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


The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968 · Movie · 157 min. · United States

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Anthony Quinn · Laurence Olivier · Oskar Werner · David Janssen

Plot After twenty years in a Siberian labor camp, Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov, is set free by USSR president Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Laurence Olivier). The Catholic...

6.8

4K votes

6.8

4K votes

The Devil's Advocate

1977 · Movie · 109 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Guy Green

Cast John Mills · Paola Pitagora · Stéphane Audran · Jason Miller

Plot A high ranking RC priest finds out he has terminal cancer. His faith is tested when faced with imminent death. At the same time he is asked to travel to...

5.8

32 votes

5.8

32 votes

The Crooked Road

1965 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

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The Second Victory

1987 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gerald Thomas

Cast Anthony Andrews · Helmut Griem · Mario Adorf · Renée Soutendijk

Plot The adroitly plotted tale takes place in 1945. No sooner does Anthony Andrews, as a British major with a conscience as big as the Alps, arrive to head the Occupation...

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The Naked Country

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia

Direction Tim Burstall

Cast John Stanton · Rebecca Gilling · Ivar Kants · Tommy Lewis

Plot A rancher comes in conflict with a gang of renegade Aborigines on the run from their tribe's posse. They try to kill him, but he gets away and hides in...

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Not rated