Screenplay: William W. Norton
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by William W. Norton. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Mckenzie Break
1970 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lamont Johnson
Cast Brian Keith · Helmut Griem · Ian Hendry · Jack Watson
Plot A British intelligence agent investigates an impending escape by a group of unruly German prisoners of war.
6.2
330 votes
6.2
330 votes
The Scalphunters
1968 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Burt Lancaster · Shelley Winters · Telly Savalas · Ossie Davis
6.1
775 votes
6.1
775 votes
The Hunting Party
1971 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Medford
Cast Oliver Reed · Gene Hackman · Candice Bergen · Simon Oakland
Plot The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of his property, subdued to his will. But one day she's kidnapped by the...
6.1
300 votes
6.1
300 votes
Brannigan
1975 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Douglas Hickox
Cast John Wayne · Richard Attenborough · Judy Geeson · Mel Ferrer
Plot Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up...
5.4
600 votes
5.4
600 votes
White Lightning
1973 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Sargent
Cast Burt Reynolds · Jennifer Billingsley · Bo Hopkins · Ned Beatty
Plot An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
5.2
146 votes
5.2
146 votes
Big Bad Mama
1974 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Steve Carver
Cast Angie Dickinson · William Shatner · Tom Skerritt · Susan Sennett
Plot After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. She soon meets up with bank robber Fred, who convinces her and her daughters...
5.0
46 votes
5.0
46 votes
Gator
1976 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Burt Reynolds
Cast Burt Reynolds · Jack Weston · Lauren Hutton · Jerry Reed
Plot Agents force an ex con to help them nab a corrupt politician.
4.7
84 votes
4.7
84 votes
Day Of The Animals
1977 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction William Girdler
Cast Christopher George · Leslie Nielsen · Lynda Day George · Richard Jaeckel
4.7
100 votes
4.7
100 votes
Sam Whiskey
1969 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Arnold Laven
Cast Burt Reynolds · Angie Dickinson · Clint Walker · Ossie Davis
Plot Sam Whiskey (Burt Reynolds) is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura (Angie Dickinson) offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead...
4.6
112 votes
4.6
112 votes
Moving Violation
1976 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Charles S. Dubin
Cast Steven McChattie · Kay Lenz · Eddie Albert · Lonny Chapman
Plot A young drifter (Stephen McHattie) and his newly acquired girlfriend (Kay Lenz) witness a corrupt local Sheriff kill his deputy, soon becoming the prime suspects they set off across country...
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Night of the Juggler
1980 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Robert Butler · Sidney J. Furie
Cast James Brolin · Cliff Gorman · Richard S. Castellano · Linda Miller
Plot A tough cop goes on a citywide rampage when his daughter is mistakenly kidnapped by a psycho. The psycho had originally targeted someone else's daughter, but is just as prepared...
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Dirty Tricks
1981 · Movie · 95 min. · Canada
Direction Alvin Rakoff
Cast Elliott Gould · Kate Jackson · Rich Little · Arthur Hill
Plot A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered...
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A Small Town in Texas
1976 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Jack Starrett
Cast Timothy Bottoms · Susan George · Bo Hopkins · Morgan Woodward
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Exiled in America
1992 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Paul Leder
Cast Maxwell Caulfield · Edward Albert · Viveca Lindfors · Kamala Dawson
Plot A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a...
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The Eleventh Commandment
1986 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Paul Leder
Cast Bernard White · Marilyn Hassett · Greg Mullavy · Dick Sargent
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Poor Albert and Little Annie
1972 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Paul Leder
Cast David Hall · Geri Reischl · Joanne Moore Jordan · Greg Mullavy
Plot Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that...
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Trader Horn
1973 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Reza Badiyi
Cast Rod Taylor · Anne Heywood · Jean Sorel · Don Knight
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The Farmer's Other Daughter
1965 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction John Hayes
Cast Judy Pennebaker · William Michael · William Guhl · Harry Lovejoy
Plot Farmer Brown wants to sell his daughter, June, to the dastardly Cyrus P. Barksnapper in order to save his farm. But, Jim Huckleberry would like to to do some plowing...
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Big Bad Mama II
1987 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Jim Wynorski
Cast Angie Dickinson · Robert Culp · Danielle Brisebois · Julie McCullough
Plot It's 1934, and the evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime. A reporter witnesses their...
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