Screenplay: William Lively

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


Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Harold D. Schuster

Cast Gordon Scott · Vera Miles · Peter van Eyck · Jack Elam

Synopsis Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers. Their work has the blessing of the U.N.'s Dr. Celliers, close friend of the Sukulu chief. The hunters send the animals across a river where they can be...

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King of the Texas Rangers

1941 · Movie · 215 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Sammy Baugh · Neil Hamilton · Pauline Moore · Duncan Renaldo

Synopsis When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself.

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Lost Planet Airmen

1951 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Fred C. Brannon

Cast Tristram Coffin · Mae Clarke · Don Haggerty · House Peters Jr.

Synopsis Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as "Dr. Vulcan".

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King of the Rocket Men

1949 · Movie · 167 min. · United States

Direction Fred C. Brannon

Cast Tristram Coffin · Mae Clarke · Don Haggerty · House Peters Jr.

Synopsis Jeff King in his experimental rocket suit battles the evil Dr. Vulcan.

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G-Men vs. The Black Dragon

1943 · Movie · 243 min. · United States

Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · William Witney

Cast Rod Cameron · Roland Got · Constance Worth · Nino Pipitone

Synopsis American, British and Chinese secret agents battle the Japanese Black Dragon Society, a secretive ring that smuggles enemy agents into the U.S. disguised as mummies.

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Daredevils of the West

1943 · Movie · 196 min. · United States

Direction John English

Cast Allan Lane · Kay Aldridge · Eddie Acuff · William Haade

Synopsis Foster (Charles Miller (IV), owner of the local stagecoach line in Canyon City in the 1880s, has received a Federal Franchise Commission grant and is rushing to complete a new road through the lawless Comanche Strip with the aid of...

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Ramar of the Jungle (TV Series)

1952 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Paul Landres · Sam Newfield · Wallace Fox · Spencer Gordon Bennet

Cast Jon Hall · Ray Montgomery · Nick Stewart · James Fairfax

Synopsis Missionaries' kid Tom Reynolds returns to the jungle as a doctor where he treats natives ("Ramar" means "White Medicine Man") and takes care of bad guys, aided by Prof. Ogden.

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Unashamed: A Romance

1938 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Allen Stuart

Cast Rae Kidd · Robert Stanley · Lucille Shearer · Emily Todd

Synopsis Rae Lane entices her workaholic boss to come to a nudist camp in the hopes of winning his heart. Things go swimmingly, until attractive and pert blond Barbara captures his attention.

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Direction George W. Trendle · Fran Striker · Eddie Dew · Alan Crosland Jr.

Cast Dick Simmons · Paul McGuire · Francis De Sales · Terry Frost

Synopsis Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.

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Spy Smasher (TV Miniseries)

1942 · Series · 215 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Kane Richmond · Marguerite Chapman · Sam Flint · Hans Schumm

Synopsis Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.

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King of the Mounties

1942 · Movie · 196 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Allan Lane · Gilbert Emery · Russell Hicks · Peggy Drake

Synopsis King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called “The Falcon” first, but that’s not gonna happen if...

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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.

1941 · Movie · 263 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Ralph Byrd · Michael Owen · Jan Wiley · John Davidson

Synopsis Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

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Boys of the City

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Bobby Jordan · Leo Gorcey · Hal E. Chester · Frankie Burke

Synopsis Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

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Perils of Nyoka (TV Miniseries)

1942 · Series · 261 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Kay Aldridge · Clayton Moore · William 'Billy' Benedict · Lorna Gray

Synopsis It's intrepid Nyoka and her friends versus Vultura, Queen of the Desert, on a quest for the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates.

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Arizona Trail

1943 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction Vernon Keays

Cast Tex Ritter · Fuzzy Knight · Dennis Moore · Janet Shaw

Synopsis A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.

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Federal Man-Hunt

1938 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Robert Livingston · June Travis · John Gallaudet · Charles Halton

Synopsis By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies and local police are out to catch him with roadblocks and every car searched,...

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East Side Kids

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Robert F. Hill

Cast Leon Ames · Dennis Moore · Joyce Bryant · Hal E. Chester

Synopsis A young street kid grows up and becomes a cop when he realizes that crime doesn't pay. One of his childhood friends is in prison for a murder he didn't commit, and the cop looks for evidence to free him....

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That Gang of Mine

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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Trail Guide

1952 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Mary Jo Tarola · Frank Wilcox · Robert Sherwood

Synopsis In an effort to keep homesteaders off the open ranges near his and his sister Peg's ranch, young Kenny Masters hires crooked saloon owner Regan to steal their claims. As the settlers' wagonmaster is ambushed and robbed, and the town...

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