Screenplay: Tom Gries

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


Will Penny

1967 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast Charlton Heston · Joan Hackett · Donald Pleasence · Lee Majors

Plot Rambling along at its own measured pace, Will Penny is a vivid western character study, completely dominated by the rapport between stars (Charlton Heston) and (Joan Hackett). Heston plays Will...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

100 Rifles

1969 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast Jim Brown · Raquel Welch · Burt Reynolds · Dan O'Herlihy

Plot Reynolds plays Yaqui Joe, an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his people who are being savagely repressed by the government. Set in turn of...

4.9

303 votes

4.9

303 votes

King Dinosaur

1955 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Bert I. Gordon

Cast William Bryant · Wanda Curtis · Douglas Henderson · Patti Gallagher

Plot Blasting off to a newly discovered planet called Nova, which moved into our solar system, four explorers behold a fantastic adventure. The mysterious new planet has similar characteristics of Earth,...

4.0

49 votes

4.0

49 votes

The Man and the Challenge (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Marton · Tom Gries · Herman Hoffman · Richard Carlson

Cast George Nader · Raymond Bailey · Michael Keith · Joyce Meadows

Plot Dr. Glenn Barton is a scientist, explorer and all around adventurer which makes him perfect for the assignments the government sends him on. Whether it's testing space equipment or attempting...

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The Rat Patrol (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries · John Peyser · Lee H. Katzin · Robert Sparr

Cast Christopher George · Gary Raymond · Eric Braeden · Lawrence P. Casey

Plot Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. Armed with jeeps equipped with...

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Hell's Horizon

1955 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast John Ireland · Marla English · Bill Williams · Hugh Beaumont

Plot Interaction among men of a bombing squad in the Korean War.

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The Westerner (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah · André De Toth

Cast Brian Keith · John Dehner · Hank Gobble · Jimmy Lee Cook

Plot TV Series (1960-). 13 Episodes. Laconic cowboy Dave Blasingame wanders the Wild West with his faithful dog Brown and the occasional companionship of pal Burgundy Smith.

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The Bushwhackers

1951 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Rod Amateau

Cast John Ireland · Wayne Morris · Lawrence Tierney · Dorothy Malone

Plot Plot here has Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arriving in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, and intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor,...

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