Screenplay: Irving Wallace
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Irving Wallace. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Prize
1963 · Movie · 136 min. · United States
Direction Mark Robson
Cast Paul Newman · Edward G. Robinson · Elke Sommer · Anna Lee
7.2
5K votes
7.2
5K votes
Split Second
1953 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Dick Powell
Cast Stephen McNally · Alexis Smith · Jan Sterling · Keith Andes
Plot Sam Hurley, "Nation's No. 1 killer" with a cold contempt for "heroes," escapes prison with two companions and takes a mixed bag of hostages to Nevada ghost town Lost Hope...
6.5
34 votes
6.5
34 votes
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Irving Rapper
Cast Charlton Heston · Lizabeth Scott · Dianne Foster · Mildred Dunnock
Plot A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between setting up a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
6.2
46 votes
6.2
46 votes
The Chapman Report
1962 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Shelley Winters · Claire Bloom · Jane Fonda · Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Plot Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives...
6.1
214 votes
6.1
214 votes
Gun Fury
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Rock Hudson · Donna Reed · Phil Carey · Lee Marvin
6.1
459 votes
6.1
459 votes
The West Point Story
1950 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast James Cagney · Virginia Mayo · Doris Day · Gordon MacRae
Plot Broadway director Bix Bixby, down on his luck (thanks to gambling), is reluctantly persuaded to go to West Point military academy (with Eve, his gorgeous assistant and on-and-off love) to...
5.6
29 votes
5.6
29 votes
The Burning Hills
1956 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Heisler
Cast Tab Hunter · Natalie Wood · Skip Homeier · Eduard Franz
Plot Trace Jordan's brother has been killed by a group of outlaws and they are now closing in on her. But little do they suspect that she is leading them to...
5.6
209 votes
5.6
209 votes
The Big Circus
1959 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Joseph M. Newman
Cast Victor Mature · Red Buttons · Rhonda Fleming · Kathryn Grant
Plot When circus owner Hank Whirling tries to get his bankrupt show back on the road, he is thwarted by bad luck and accidents. As the mishaps increase, it becomes obvious...
5.5
122 votes
5.5
122 votes
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Henry Levin
Cast Dale Robertson · Debra Paget · Thomas Gomez · Lisa Daniels
5.5
63 votes
5.5
63 votes
Bombers B-52
1957 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast Natalie Wood · Karl Malden · Marsha Hunt · Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Plot Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
4.9
151 votes
4.9
151 votes
Desert Legion
1953 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Pevney
Cast Alan Ladd · Richard Conte · Arlene Dahl · Akim Tamiroff
4.8
119 votes
4.8
119 votes
Sincerely Yours
1955 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast Liberace · Joanne Dru · Dorothy Malone · Alex Nicol
Plot Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary...
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Jive Junction
1943 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast Dickie Moore · Tina Thayer · Gerra Young · John Michaels
Plot A young, classical-trained musician, Peter Crane, transfers from the Conservatory to Clinton High School, where he finds his music in conflict to that of the high school's world of jive...
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Jump Into Hell
1955 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction David Butler
Cast Jacques Sernas · Kurt Kasznar · Arnold Moss · Peter van Eyck
Plot Four young French Army officers volunteer to join the Foreign Legion to fight in Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam) in 1954.
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Suspense (TV Series)
1949 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens · Robert Mulligan · John Peyser · Byron Paul
Cast Rex Marshall · Robert Emhardt · Robert H. Harris · John Baragrey
Plot Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from...
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The Man
1972 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Sargent
Cast James Earl Jones · Martin Balsam · Burgess Meredith · Lew Ayres
Plot When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas...
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The Word (TV Miniseries)
1978 · Series · 480 min. · United States
Direction Richard Lang
Cast David Janssen · James Whitmore · Florinda Bolkan · Eddie Albert
Plot A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus Christ. A public relations executive is hired to publicize this document as a...
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Meet Me at the Fair
1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Douglas Sirk
Cast Dan Dailey · Diana Lynn · Chet Allen · Scatman Crothers
Plot In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft)...
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The Seven Minutes
1971 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Russ Meyer
Cast Wayne Maunder · Marianne McAndrew · Phil Carey · Jay C. Flippen
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Celebrity Playhouse (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Anton Leader · James Neilson · Gerald Freedman · James Sheldon
Cast Scott Brady · Angela Lansbury · Howard Duff · Phil Carey
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