Screenplay: Bill S. Ballinger
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Bill S. Ballinger. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Pushover
1954 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Richard Quine
Cast Fred MacMurray · Phil Carey · Kim Novak · Dorothy Malone
Plot A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop,...
7.2
859 votes
7.2
859 votes
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)
1974 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Don Weis · Allen Baron · Alexander Grasshoff · Don McDougall
Cast Darren McGavin · Simon Oakland · Jack Grinnage · Ruth McDevitt
Plot A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago.
6.6
98 votes
6.6
98 votes
Ironside (TV Series)
1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Collier Young · Don Weis · Don McDougall · Russ Mayberry
Cast Raymond Burr · Don Galloway · Don Mitchell · Barbara Anderson
Plot Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield (later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he...
6.3
445 votes
6.3
445 votes
The Strangler
1964 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Burt Topper
Cast Victor Buono · David McLean · Diane Sayer · Davey Davison
Plot Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is...
6.2
28 votes
6.2
28 votes
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Hughes
Cast Arlene Dahl · Phil Carey · Herbert Marshall · Michael Goodliffe
Plot A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
Operation C.I.A.
1965 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Christian Nyby
Cast Burt Reynolds · Danielle Aubry · John Hoyt · Kieu Chinh
Plot Secret Agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon where he prevents the assassination of the American Ambassador.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Road Hog (TV)
1959 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Rosenberg
Cast Raymond Massey · Robert Emhardt · Ray Teal · Richard Chamberlain
Plot A very rude traveling salesman forces a truck off the road, causing a delay in emergency care for an injured young man, who dies.
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The Aquanauts (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction David Friedkin · David Orrick McDearmon · John Rich · Allen H. Miner
Cast Ron Ely · Keith Larsen · Jeremy Slate · Joyce Meadows
Plot Professional salvage divers Larry and Drake (later replaced by Mike) made their livings braving the dangers of the deep recovering sunken wrecks off the Southern California coast. Frequently, these assignments...
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Alfred Hitchcock presents: Dry Run (TV)
1959 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Walter Matthau · Robert Vaughn · David White · Tyler McVey
Plot A crime boss gives a new employee an assignment to kill another man, but the intended victim tempts him with another offer.
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Alfred Hitchcock presents: The Day of the Bullet (TV)
1960 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Norman Lloyd
Cast Barry Gordon · Glenn Walken · John Craven · Alfred Hitchcock
Plot When a young boy reports a mob beating to the police, and his father does not encourage him, he is adversely affected for the rest of his life.
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The Tooth and the Nail
2017 · Movie · 109 min. · South Korea
Direction Jeong Sik · Kim Whee
Cast Go Soo · Kim Ju-hyuk · Park Sung-woong · Moon Sung-Geun
Plot Seok-jin, a magician working in a club, one day meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon. She starts working as an assistant in Seok-jin's show and soon they get engaged. However Ha-yeon...
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