Screenplay: Lane Slate
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Lane Slate. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Car
1977 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Elliot Silverstein
Cast James Brolin · Kathleen Lloyd · John Marley · Ronny Cox
Plot While traveling through the desert nearby the small town of Santa Ynez on their bicycles to camp, two teenage bicyclers are murdered by a mysterious black car. Then the car...
5.7
592 votes
5.7
592 votes
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction James Goldstone
Cast James Garner · Katharine Ross · Hal Holbrook · Harry Guardino
Plot An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the...
5.1
49 votes
5.1
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The Girl in the Empty Grave (TV)
1977 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Lou Antonio
Cast Andy Griffith · Jonathan Banks · James Cromwell · Mitzi Hoag
Plot The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman, who was supposed to have died several months previously, shows up at the funeral of her...
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The American Girls (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Mike Lloyd Ross · Lane Slate · Lee Philips · Rod Holcomb
Cast Priscilla Barnes · Debra Clinger · David Spielberg · William Prince
Plot Rebecca Tomkins (Priscilla Barnes) and Amy Waddell (Debra Clinger) are a pair of sexy young television reporters working for a respected "60 Minutes", like newsmagazine. Receiving their story assignments from...
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NET Playhouse (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Paul Bogart · Stuart Burge · Jack Landau · Joe Layton
Cast Rene Auberjonois · George Voskovec · Richard Dysart · Frances Sternhagen
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Our Family Business (TV)
1981 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Robert E. Collins
Cast Steve Peck · Deborah Carney · Ted Danson · Christopher Mayer
Plot A syndicate mob boss (Sam Wanamaker) doesn't realize that his eldest son Gep (Ted Danson) has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while...
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Deadly Care (TV)
1987 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction David Anspaugh
Cast Cheryl Ladd · Jason Miller · Jennifer Salt · Belinda Balaski
Plot True story about a nurse's descent into the world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients.
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Tail Gunner Joe (TV)
1977 · Movie · 145 min. · United States
Direction Jud Taylor
Cast Peter Boyle · John Forsythe · Burgess Meredith · Heather Menzies
Plot A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a...
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Strike Force (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Lane Slate · Charlie Picerni
Cast Robert Stack · Dorian Harewood · Richard Romanus · Michael Goodwin
Plot Capt. Frank Murphy, the leader of a group of specialized detectives and police officers whose job is to stop violent criminals at any cost (usually with a hail of gunfire).
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Isn't It Shocking? (TV)
1973 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction John Badham
Cast Alan Alda · Louise Lasser · Edmond O'Brien · Lloyd Nolan
Plot A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
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Delvecchio (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Richard Michaels · Arnold Laven · Walter Doniger · Jerry London
Cast Judd Hirsch · Charles Haid · Michael Conrad · Mario Gallo
Plot The investigations of LAPD detective Dominick Delvecchio, who is also studying to become a lawyer.
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