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,...

Not rated

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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...

Not rated

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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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

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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

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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

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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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