Screenplay: Gordon McDonell

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


Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Teresa Wright · Joseph Cotten · Macdonald Carey · Henry Travers

Synopsis Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting wold happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie...

7.6

11K votes

7.6

11K votes

They Won't Believe Me

1947 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel

Cast Susan Hayward · Robert Young · Jane Greer · Rita Johnson

Synopsis On trial for murder, Larry Ballantyne regurgitates an unbelievable story. He recounts how he philanders to other women while his rich loving wife Gretta tries to keep him in line. According to Larry, his girlfriend Verna dies accidentally in a...

6.7

235 votes

6.7

235 votes

The Executioner

1970 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sam Wanamaker

Cast George Peppard · Joan Collins · Judy Geeson · Oskar Homolka

Synopsis A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

5.0

54 votes

5.0

54 votes

Shadow of a Doubt (TV)

1991 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Karen Arthur

Cast Mark Harmon · Margaret Welsh · Norm Skaggs · William Lanteau

Synopsis Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall Street financier," has a deep, dark secret. And knowledge of that secret by...

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Step Down to Terror

1958 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Colleen Miller · Charles Drake · Rod Taylor · Josephine Hutchinson

Synopsis Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious,...

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Not rated