Screenplay: Luke Short
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Luke Short. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Ramrod
1947 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction André De Toth
Cast Joel McCrea · Veronica Lake · Don DeFore · Donald Crisp
Plot A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her...
6.6
324 votes
6.6
324 votes
Ambush
1950 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast Robert Taylor · John Hodiak · Arlene Dahl · Jean Hagen
Plot Robert Taylor is a scout, John Hodiak is the captain and Don Taylor is the lieutenant who is in love with another man´s wife. Arlene Dahl is searching for her...
6.4
69 votes
6.4
69 votes
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Robert Wise
Cast Robert Mitchum · Barbara Bel Geddes · Robert Preston · Walter Brennan
Plot When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. But as the new man comes to realise the unlawful...
6.3
425 votes
6.3
425 votes
The Hangman
1959 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Robert Taylor · Tina Louise · Fess Parker · Jack Lord
Plot A Federal Marshall nicknamed "The Hangman" traces a robbery suspect to a small town, but the convict has turned his life around, he's now married and he and his wife...
6.3
141 votes
6.3
141 votes
Vengeance Valley
1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Burt Lancaster · Robert Walker · Joanne Dru · Ray Collins
Plot An honest rancher tries to block his evil brother''s plots while keeping them from their father.
5.7
748 votes
5.7
748 votes
Station West
1948 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Dick Powell · Jane Greer · Gordon Oliver · Steve Brodie
5.6
96 votes
5.6
96 votes
Coroner Creek
1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Randolph Scott · Marguerite Chapman · George Macready · Sally Eilers
Plot A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiance's death.
5.6
80 votes
5.6
80 votes
Silver City
1951 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Byron Haskin
Cast Edmond O'Brien · Yvonne De Carlo · Richard Arlen · Barry Fitzgerald
5.2
60 votes
5.2
60 votes
Albuquerque
1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Randolph Scott · Barbara Britton · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Lon Chaney Jr.
Plot Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a...
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Hell's Outpost
1954 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Kane
Cast Rod Cameron · Joan Leslie · John Russell · Chill Wills
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Zane Grey (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction John English · James Sheldon · William D. Faralla · Robert Florey
Cast Dick Powell · Whitey Hughes · Walter Sande · Denver Pyle
Plot TV Series (1956-1961). An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Powell was often the star as well as the host.
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Ride the Man Down
1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Kane
Cast Brian Donlevy · Rod Cameron · Ella Raines · Forrest Tucker
Plot Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.
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