Screenplay: Joseph F. Poland
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Joseph F. Poland. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Superman (TV Miniseries)
1948 · Series · 244 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · Thomas Carr
Cast Kirk Alyn · Noel Neill · Tommy Bond · Carol Forman
Plot Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.
6.2
88 votes
6.2
88 votes
Adventures of Captain Marvel (TV Miniseries)
1941 · Series · 216 min. · United States
Direction John English · William Witney
Cast Tom Tyler · Frank Coghlan Jr. · William 'Billy' Benedict · Louise Currie
Plot TV series (1941). 12 episodes. To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a boy is given the power to become an adult superhero with a single magic...
5.5
34 votes
5.5
34 votes
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950 · Movie · 252 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast Kirk Alyn · Noel Neill · Tommy Bond · Carol Forman
Plot Superman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.
5.3
34 votes
5.3
34 votes
Winds of the Wasteland
1936 · Movie · 54 min. · United States
Direction Mack V. Wright
Cast John Wayne · Phyllis Cerf · Lew Kelly · Douglas Cosgrove
Plot The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get...
4.8
66 votes
4.8
66 votes
Batman and Robin (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1949 · Series · 263 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast Robert Lowery · Johnny Duncan · Jane Adams · Lyle Talbot
Plot The plot dealt with the Dynamic Duo facing off against the Wizard, a hooded villain whose identity remains a mystery throughout the serial until the end.
4.7
138 votes
4.7
138 votes
Captain America (TV Miniseries)
1944 · Series · 244 min. · United States
Direction Elmer Clifton · John English
Cast Dick Purcell · Lorna Gray · Lionel Atwill · Charles Trowbridge
Plot Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
4.0
54 votes
4.0
54 votes
King of the Texas Rangers
1941 · Movie · 215 min. · United States
Direction John English · William Witney
Cast Sammy Baugh · Neil Hamilton · Pauline Moore · Duncan Renaldo
Plot When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself.
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The Masked Marvel
1943 · Movie · 197 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast William Forrest · Louise Currie · Johnny Arthur · Rod Bacon
Plot A mysterious detective called The Masked Marvel battles Japanese saboteurs intent on blowing up America.
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Haunted Harbor
1944 · Movie · 243 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · Wallace Grissell
Cast Kane Richmond · Kay Aldridge · Roy Barcroft · Clancy Cooper
Plot A sea captain about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen. They head for the island of Pulinan,...
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Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere
1951 · Movie · 287 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · Wallace Grissell
Cast Judd Holdren · Larry Stewart · George Eldredge · Gene Roth
Plot Space hero Captain Video, the leader of a group of crime-fighters known as the Video Rangers. Who battles the evil interplanetary menace, dictator Vultura on the planet Atoma, and his...
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G-Men vs. The Black Dragon
1943 · Movie · 243 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · William Witney
Cast Rod Cameron · Roland Got · Constance Worth · Nino Pipitone
Plot American, British and Chinese secret agents battle the Japanese Black Dragon Society, a secretive ring that smuggles enemy agents into the U.S. disguised as mummies.
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Daredevils of the West
1943 · Movie · 196 min. · United States
Direction John English
Cast Allan Lane · Kay Aldridge · Eddie Acuff · William Haade
Plot Foster (Charles Miller (IV), owner of the local stagecoach line in Canyon City in the 1880s, has received a Federal Franchise Commission grant and is rushing to complete a new...
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The Lawless Nineties
1936 · Movie · 55 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Kane
Cast John Wayne · Ann Rutherford · Harry Woods · George 'Gabby' Hayes
Plot Federal Agents Tipton and Bridger have been sent to Wyoming where the vote on statehood is imminent. Plummer and his gang are out to make sure the vote fails. When...
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One a Minute
1921 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Jack Nelson
Cast Douglas MacLean · Marian De Beck · Victor Potel · Frances Raymond
Plot Putting Barnum's axiom "There's one born every minute" to the test, a young man tries to boost business at his newly inherited drug store by concocting and selling a phony...
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Zorro's Black Whip
1944 · Movie · 211 min. · United States
Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet · Wallace Grissell
Cast George J. Lewis · Linda Stirling · Lucien Littlefield · Francis McDonald
Plot Hammond, owner of the town's stagecoach line and a leading citizen, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state, and kills Randolph Meredith, owner of the town's newspaper, for endorsing it.
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Blind Hearts
1921 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Hobart Bosworth · Wade Boteler · Irene Blackwell · Collette Forbes
Plot In 1898 friends John Thomas and Lars Larson travel to the Yukon with their wives to make their fortunes. While in Alaska Thomas' wife gives birth to a boy, and...
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Sailor's Holiday
1929 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast Alan Hale · Sally Eilers · George Cooper · Paul Hurst
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The Shadow
1940 · Movie · 285 min. · United States
Direction James W. Horne
Cast Victor Jory · Veda Ann Borg · Roger Moore · Robert Fiske
Plot The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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The Sea Lion
1921 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Hobart Bosworth · Emory Johnson · Bessie Love · Carol Holloway
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Spy Smasher (TV Miniseries)
1942 · Series · 215 min. · United States
Direction William Witney
Cast Kane Richmond · Marguerite Chapman · Sam Flint · Hans Schumm
Plot Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.
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