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

49 votes

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

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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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