Screenplay: John Wilder
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Wilder. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Centennial (TV Miniseries)
1978 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Paul Krasny · Harry Falk · Bernard McEveety
Cast Robert Conrad · Raymond Burr · Barbara Carrera · Lynn Redgrave
Plot 12 Episodes. An epic miniseries about the making of America -- the most ambitious project ever filmed for television -- this filming of James Michener's 1,100-page saga that spanned the...
6.8
126 votes
6.8
126 votes
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Quinn Martin · Virgil W. Vogel · Walter Grauman · William Hale
Cast Karl Malden · Michael Douglas · Richard Hatch · Darleen Carr
Plot TV Series (1972-1977). 5 Seasons. 120 Episodes. A pair of plainclothes homicide detectives, Lt. Mike Stone and Inspector Steve Keller, cruise the streets of San Francisco solving a variety of...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
Return to Lonesome Dove (TV Miniseries)
1993 · Movie · 322 min. · United States
Direction Mike Robe
Cast Jon Voight · Barbara Hershey · Rick Schroder · William Petersen
Plot Captain Call has just buried Gus at Lonesome Dove and plans to head back to his ranch in Montana. Looking at a herd of wild Mustangs, he decides to drive...
5.9
23 votes
5.9
23 votes
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Winrich Kolbe · Virgil W. Vogel
Cast Robert Urich · Avery Brooks · Ron McLarty · Richard Jaeckel
Plot Mystery/suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. Using his years of experience, his...
5.5
164 votes
5.5
164 votes
The Yellow Rose (TV Series)
1983 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Lee H. Katzin · Harry Falk · Burt Kennedy · Jack Whitman
Cast Sam Elliott · Cybill Shepherd · David Soul · Edward Albert
Plot Nightime soap opera involving The Yellow Rose, a 200,000 acre ranch in Texas operated by the offspring of the founder, Wade Champion. His sons (Roy and Quisto) and his 29-year...
5.1
80 votes
5.1
80 votes
The City (TV)
1977 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Harvey Hart
Cast Robert Forster · Don Johnson · Ward Costello · Jimmy Dean
Plot Matt and Scott are two detectives trying to catch a crazy guy who has a beef with a country singer. Banks' problem with country singer, Wes Collins, is that Wes...
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Branded (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Larry Cohen · Larry Peerce · Harry Harris · Lee H. Katzin
Cast Chuck Connors · William Bryant · John Pickard · Chuck Hamilton
Plot In the 1880s Jason McCord travels the country trying to prove he's no coward. He needs to do this because the military career of this West point graduate came to...
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Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties (TV)
1987 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Wilder
Cast Jason Robards · Eva Marie Saint · Doug McKeon · Erin Gray
Plot Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leaving home to attend college, where he will learn the lessons in becoming...
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Feast of All Saints (TV)
2001 · Movie · 255 min. · United States
Direction Peter Medak
Cast Robert Ri'chard · Peter Gallagher · Gloria Reuben · Jennifer Beals
Plot Magloire Dazincourt, the owner of Bontemps, the largest sugar plantation of the entire South, asks his favorite cousin, Philippe Ferronaire, to marry his daughter Aglae Dazincourt and take over most...
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A Way Back Home
2013 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Mark Jean
Cast Austin Stowell · Kayla Ewell · Brett Rice · Bryant Prince
Plot The famous country singer Trey Cole is finally returning home after abandoning the town many years ago and never looking back, even when his brother died serving in the military,...
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The Devlin Connection (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Christian I. Nyby II · Barry Crane · James Frawley · Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Rock Hudson · Jack Scalia · Leigh Taylor-Young · Louis Giambalvo
Plot Brian Devlin was a military intelligence agent. Years ago he had an affair with a woman named Nicole Corsello. He was unaware that she was pregnant with his child. 28...
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Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Jerry McNeely · David Victor · Harry Falk · Lou Antonio
Cast Arthur Hill · Joan Darling · Lee Majors · Christine Matchett
Plot TV Series (1971-1974). 3 Seasons. 70 Episodes. In a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.
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