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

Synopsis 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 decades from the late eighteenth century to the present ended...

6.8

126 votes

6.8

126 votes

Direction Quinn Martin · Virgil W. Vogel · Walter Grauman · William Hale

Cast Karl Malden · Michael Douglas · Richard Hatch · Darleen Carr

Synopsis 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 crimes, usually involving murder. Stone is the street-smart 20-year veteran...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Direction Mike Robe

Cast Jon Voight · Barbara Hershey · Rick Schroder · William Petersen

Synopsis 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 them north with the help of Isom and Gideon Walker....

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

Synopsis 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 natural talents for observation and reasoning, and the occasional bit...

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

Synopsis 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 old widow, Colleen run the ranch when they are not...

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

Synopsis 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 punched him in the face when he was a baby....

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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

Synopsis 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 an end when he was thrown out of the army...

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Direction John Wilder

Cast Jason Robards · Eva Marie Saint · Doug McKeon · Erin Gray

Synopsis 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 a man. While his family must deal with a life...

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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

Synopsis 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 of its management and family, including his colored mistress Cecile...

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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

Synopsis 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, leaving sister-in-law Norma to care for her son by herself....

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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

Synopsis 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 years later, his son, Nick Corsello, sought him out. Brian's...

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Direction Jerry McNeely · David Victor · Harry Falk · Lou Antonio

Cast Arthur Hill · Joan Darling · Lee Majors · Christine Matchett

Synopsis 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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