Screenplay: Douglas Heyes

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Douglas Heyes. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Direction Douglas Heyes · Allen Reisner

Cast Richard Jordan · Perry King · Patty Duke · Henry Fonda

Synopsis Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant. Joseph Armagh was a poor Irish immigrant who came to the United States in the mid-19th century, and proceeded, through struggle, heartache and hard work, to become one of the richest and most powerful...

7.1

103 votes

7.1

103 votes

North and South (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard T. Heffron

Cast Patrick Swayze · James Read · Lesley-Anne Down · Wendy Kilbourne

Synopsis North and South (TV Series) (1985) follows the intertwined lives of two families, the Hazards from the North and the Mains from the South, during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War. As friendships and romances blossom, the rising...

7.1

14K votes

7.1

14K votes

Ice Station Zebra

1968 · Movie · 148 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Rock Hudson · Patrick McGoohan · Ernest Borgnine · Jim Brown

Synopsis Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Beau Geste

1966 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Heyes

Cast Guy Stockwell · Doug McClure · Leslie Nielsen · Telly Savalas

Synopsis Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.

5.6

177 votes

5.6

177 votes

Masterson of Kansas

1954 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction William Castle

Cast George Montgomery · Nancy Gates · James Griffith · Jean Willes

Synopsis Dodge City Sheriff Bat Masterson (George Montgomery) is out to prove that a group of cattlemen have framed Merrick (John Maxwell) for murder because he negotiated a treaty granting the Kiowas a reserve in the grass country that the cattlemen...

5.1

49 votes

5.1

49 votes

Battle of Rogue River

1954 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction William Castle

Cast George Montgomery · Richard Denning · Martha Hyer · John Crawford

Synopsis The Indians, under Chief Mike, have been defeating the Army in Oregon for years. The new commander, Major Archer, plans to defeat the Indians once and for all, but his orders are changed to attempt a peaceful settlement. But there...

5.1

74 votes

5.1

74 votes

Direction William Beaudine · Robert G. Walker · Earl Bellamy · Douglas Heyes

Cast Lee Aaker · James Brown · Joe Sawyer · William Forrest

Synopsis TV Series (1954-1959). 5 Seasons. 164 Episodes. Rust was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache AZ and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa...

5.1

876 votes

5.1

876 votes

Bearcats! (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Herb Wallerstein · Richard Donner · Robert Totten

Cast Rod Taylor · Dennis Cole · Henry Darrow · John Anderson

Synopsis Two honorable men-for-hire look for adventure in the pre-World War I American southwest in their fancy Stutz Bearcat.

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

Barbary Coast (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Grasshoff · Herb Wallerstein · Bill Bixby · Don Weis

Cast William Shatner · Doug McClure · Richard Kiel · Dave Turner

Synopsis 19th-century government agent and master of disguise Jeff Cable operates out of a secret room in a San Francisco casino owned by his best pal Cash Conover. Conover is sort of a dandy, and would rather avoid trouble at all...

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Direction Roy Huggins · Douglas Heyes · Richard T. Heffron · Alexander Singer

Cast Burl Ives · Joseph Campanella · James Farentino · John Milford

Synopsis Walter Nichols, a self respecting attorney who hires two young brothers who both are lawyers and help him with his cases.

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Direction Rod Serling · Douglas Heyes · John Meredyth Lucas

Cast Carl Betz · Jeff Corey · Louise Sorel · Michael Blodgett

Synopsis Dr. Redford's patient John Fearing can mimic any disease's symptoms, and is having an affair with Mrs. Redford. / Cedric Acton, a student of the black arts, plans to replace his cruel wife Carlotta's soul with that of a kind...

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City of Angels (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford · Robert Douglas · Douglas Heyes · Hy Averback

Cast Wayne Rogers · Pepper Martin · Meredith Baxter · Steve Kanaly

Synopsis TV Series (1976-). 13 episodes. Wayne Rogers plays a determined but unethical private detective, Jake Axminster, who looks out for himself -and somewhat less aggressively for his clients- amid the corruption of Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1930s. He is...

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Direction Douglas Heyes · Robert G. Walker · Lew Landers · George Archainbaud

Cast Phil Carey · Warren Stevens · Patrick Whyte · Michael Carr

Synopsis TV Series (1956-1957). 1 seasons. 26 episodes. The show tells the story of two lieutenants, Michael Rhodes and William Storm, assigned to the 77th Bengal Lancers in India during the late 19th century. Colonel Standish is the commanding officer of...

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Aspen (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1977 · Series · 288 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Heyes

Cast Sam Elliott · Perry King · Gene Barry · Martine Beswick

Synopsis This sprawling miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl--a crime for which Bishop is not guilty. As the years pass...

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The Million Dollar Face (TV)

1981 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Michael O'Herlihy

Cast Tony Curtis · David Huffman · Herschel Bernardi · Gayle Hunnicutt

Synopsis Chester Masteron owns a famous cosmetics company. For years, he has sought the perfect face to model his company's products. He finds it in Brett Devereaux and falls in love with her in this tale of greed and glamour.

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Kitten with a Whip

1964 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Heyes

Cast Ann-Margret · John Forsythe · Peter Brown · Patricia Barry

Synopsis Jody, a juvenile delinquent, escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and attempting to burn down the building and then takes refuge in a house owned by an ambitious politician David Patton. Despite the hellcat's ample charms, the would-be...

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Drums of Tahiti

1954 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction William Castle

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Patricia Medina · Francis L. Sullivan · George Keymas

Synopsis In 1877, Tahiti secretly plans to revolt against France, aided by British gun-runners who are no match for police commissioner Duvois. Now, prosperous American Mike Macklin is persuaded by Queen Pomare to help. As an excuse for sailing to San...

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Direction Rod Serling · Allen Reisner · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Glenn Corbett · Robert F. Lyons · Laurie Prange · Susan Strasberg

Synopsis Hitch-hiking Marine Vince Riley feels he has met the woman who picks him up before. / During a stay at her family's summer home, friendless Brenda Alden traps a strange creature in a quarry and befriends it.

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