Screenplay: Wellyn Totman

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


The Dawn Rider

1935 · Movie · 53 min. · United States

Direction Robert N. Bradbury

Cast John Wayne · Marion Burns · Dennis Moore · Reed Howes

Synopsis When John Mason's father is killed, John (John Wayne) is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice (Marion Burns), a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father...

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Waterfront Lady

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Ann Rutherford · Frank Albertson · J. Farrell MacDonald · Barbara Pepper

Synopsis When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.

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Boys' Reformatory

1939 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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One Frightened Night

1935 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Christy Cabanne

Cast Charley Grapewin · Mary Carlisle · Arthur Hohl · Wallace Ford

Synopsis An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter, decides to divide his estate among a group of people less close to him: his niece and nephew, his attorney, his doctor, and his housekeeper. But complications and murder arise when...

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Gangs of New York

1938 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Charles Bickford · Ann Dvorak · Alan Baxter · Wynne Gibson

Synopsis The undercover cop Rocky Thorpe infiltrates a crime syndicate being run by the incarcerated mob boss John Franklin. Franklin conducts his business via a short-wave radio concealed in his cell. One day Franklin is caught and placed in solitary confinement....

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Mystery Liner

1934 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Noah Beery · Astrid Allwyn · Edwin Maxwell · Gustav von Seyffertitz

Synopsis Captain Holling is relieved of command of his ship after he suffers a nervous breakdown. His replacement, Captain Downey, takes over the liner just as it is about to be used for an experiment in remote control. Professor Grimson has...

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The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Howard Bretherton

Cast Lew Ayres · Isabel Jewell · James Ellison · James Burke

Synopsis A tough ex-marine joins a smuggler shipping arms to Chinese bandits. When his old outfit takes on the outlaws,he has a change of heart.

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Exiled to Shanghai

1937 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Wallace Ford · June Travis · Dean Jagger · William Bakewell

Synopsis Two rival newspaper men battle over a beautiful woman while covering an overseas civil war.

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Tough Kid

1938 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

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Fighting Thoroughbreds

1939 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Salkow

Cast Ralph Byrd · Mary Carlisle · Robert Allen · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky Derby against another horse owned by its sire.

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The Thirteenth Hour

1927 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Chester M. Franklin

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Jacqueline Gadsden · Charles Delaney · Fred Kelsey

Synopsis A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.

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Confidential

1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Donald Cook · Evalyn Knapp · Theodore von Eltz · Warren Hymer

Synopsis A Federal agent seeks to avenge the murder of his friend by going undercover in a numbers racket. But one of the gang thinks the new man seems familiar...

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Forgotten Women

1931 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Marion Shilling · Beryl Mercer · Rex Bell · Virginia Lee Corbin

Synopsis A drama set in filmland, following the triumphs and heartaches of women who try to succeed in the movie industry.

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