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

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

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

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

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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)...

Not rated

Not rated

The Seven Minutes

1971 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

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Celebrity Playhouse (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated