Screenplay: Cyril Hume
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 29
Bigger than Life
1956 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast James Mason · Barbara Rush · Walter Matthau · Robert F. Simon
Synopsis James Mason plays Ed Avery, a small-town, '50s schoolteacher working two jobs and suffering debilitating illness who finds a cure - a new experimental wonder drug that seems to take away his pain and appears to free him from the...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Fred M. Wilcox
Cast Walter Pidgeon · Anne Francis · Leslie Nielsen · Warren Stevens
Synopsis An expedition is sent from Earth to Altair in the constellation of Aquilae (some 17 light years from Earth) to discover what happened to a colony of settlers on its fourth planet, Altair-4. What they discover is how and why...
7.0
6K votes
7.0
6K votes
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1932 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Maureen O'Sullivan · Neil Hamilton · C. Aubrey Smith
Synopsis Two white traders, James Parker and Harry Holt, are preparing to leave on a safari to find the fabled elephants' graveyard. The former's daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly and despite paternal protests insists on accompanying them. In the face of hostile...
6.7
21K votes
6.7
21K votes
Ransom!
1956 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Alex Segal
Cast Glenn Ford · Donna Reed · Leslie Nielsen · Juano Hernández
Synopsis The Stannard's son is kidnapped for ransom. Plot centres around Ford's (the father) efforts to find him.
6.3
183 votes
6.3
183 votes
The Rifleman (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Joseph H. Lewis · Arnold Laven · Arthur H. Nadel · Gene Nelson
Cast Chuck Connors · Johnny Crawford · Paul Fix · Bill Quinn
Synopsis The adventures of a Wild West rancher who wields a customized Winchester rifle.
6.1
94 votes
6.1
94 votes
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Maureen O'Sullivan · Johnny Sheffield · Ian Hunter
Synopsis A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young...
6.0
8K votes
6.0
8K votes
Tarzan Escapes
1936 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Maureen O'Sullivan · John Buckler · Benita Hume
Synopsis White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.
5.9
881 votes
5.9
881 votes
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Alan Ladd · Betty Field · Macdonald Carey · Ruth Hussey
5.8
75 votes
5.8
75 votes
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Dolores del Rio · Gene Raymond · Raul Roulien · Ginger Rogers
Synopsis Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His...
5.8
310 votes
5.8
310 votes
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Heisler
Cast Humphrey Bogart · Alexander Knox · Florence Marly · Sessue Hayakawa
Synopsis An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
5.7
116 votes
5.7
116 votes
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Robert Taylor · Anthony Newley · Anne Aubrey · Grégoire Aslan
Synopsis An engineer must overcome local tribesmen, Arab slave traders and wild animals to build the first East African railway
5.5
134 votes
5.5
134 votes
The Invisible Boy
1957 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Herman Hoffman
Cast Richard Eyer · Philip Abbott · Diane Brewster · Harold J. Stone
Synopsis Timmie is a typical ten-year-old boy: he loves fun and mischief and hates to study. When his scientist father, in an attempt to improve Timmie's mind, plops him in front of the Super Computer, the boy learns more than how...
5.1
54 votes
5.1
54 votes
Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Cy Endfield
Cast Lex Barker · Dorothy Hart · Patric Knowles · Charles Korvin
Synopsis Tarzan's cousin comes to Africa in hopes that Tarzan will help him secure a fortune in diamonds essential to England's military security. The cousin is immediately killed off by his guide Rokov who persuades Edwards to impersonate the cousin. Joey...
5.0
74 votes
5.0
74 votes
Law of the Plainsman (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Paul Landres · William F. Claxton · John Peyser · Bobby Gordon
Cast Michael Ansara · Dayton Lummis · Nora Marlowe · Gina Gillespie
Synopsis Sam Buckhart was an Apache Indian who had saved the life of a U.S. Cavalry officer after an Indian ambush. When the officer died, he left Sam money that was used for an education at private schools and Harvard University....
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Bride of Vengeance
1949 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Mitchell Leisen
Cast Paulette Goddard · John Lund · Macdonald Carey · Albert Dekker
Synopsis The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the...
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Limehouse Blues
1934 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Hall
Cast George Raft · Jean Parker · Anna May Wong · Kent Taylor
Synopsis Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a smoky nightclub. He falls for a low-class, white pickpocket,...
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Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Edwin L. Marin
Cast Paul Lukas · Leila Hyams · Patricia Ellis · Phillip Reed
Synopsis When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
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They Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Spencer Tracy · Gladys George · Franchot Tone · Edgar Dearing
Synopsis Jimmy is drafted and ends up in Fred's troop on his way to Europe. Jimmy becomes vicious with his gun, wins a medal, and weds Fred's nurse girlfriend, Rose. Back home years later, Rose discovers Jimmy is a gangster, has...
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Empire (TV Series)
1962 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Kathleen Hite · Bernard McEveety · Abner Biberman · John Farrow
Cast Richard Egan · Ryan O'Neal · Anne Seymour · Terry Moore
Synopsis TV Series (1962-1964). 33 Episodes. Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals with a specific interest in the...
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Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction George Fitzmaurice
Cast Robert Montgomery · Rosalind Russell · Robert Benchley · Helen Vinson
Synopsis Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the constant company of close friend...
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