Screenplay: Joel Sayre

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


Gunga Din

1939 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Cary Grant · Victor McLaglen · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Joan Fontaine

Synopsis Based loosely on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, this takes place in British India during the Thuggee uprising. Three fun loving sergeants are doing fine until one of them wants...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Fourteen Hours (14 Hours)

1951 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Paul Douglas · Richard Basehart · Barbara Bel Geddes · Debra Paget

Synopsis A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a...

6.8

253 votes

6.8

253 votes

The Road to Glory

1936 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Fredric March · Warner Baxter · Lionel Barrymore · June Lang

Synopsis The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber....

6.8

223 votes

6.8

223 votes

Annie Oakley

1935 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Preston Foster · Melvyn Douglas · Moroni Olsen

Synopsis In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. Result: Annie...

6.2

281 votes

6.2

281 votes

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The Toast of New York

1937 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Edward Arnold · Cary Grant · Frances Farmer · Jack Oakie

Synopsis The story starts just before the Civil War, showing Fisk, Boyd, and Luke conning Southern townsfolk into buying bars of soap that, might, have a $10 gold piece inside. Found...

5.9

160 votes

5.9

160 votes

His Family Tree

1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast James Barton · Margaret Callahan · Addison Randall · Maureen Delaney

Synopsis When his son doesn't respond to his many letters, Patrick Murphy decides to leave Ireland and visit his son in America. But upon arriving in Center City Patrick discovers that...

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The Hell Cat

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Robert Armstrong · Ann Sothern · Benny Baker · Minna Gombell

Synopsis Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge for...

Not rated

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Come On, Marines!

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Richard Arlen · Ida Lupino · Roscoe Karns · Grace Bradley

Synopsis "Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a Marine-squadron on an expedition through a Phillipine jungle where an outlaw bandit is leading a guerilla-war...

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Rackety Rax

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

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Parole!

1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

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