Screenplay: George Bruce

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by George Bruce. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Kansas City Confidential

1952 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Payne · Preston Foster · Lee Van Cleef · Coleen Gray

Plot Phil Karlson's low budget, B-grade film noir, opens on a Kansas City armored-car robbery perpetrated by cynical, corrupt ex-policeman Timothy Foster. He devises an outrageous scheme: he will recruit three...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction James Whale

Cast Louis Hayward · Joan Bennett · Warren William · Joseph Schildkraut

Plot D'Artagnan and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother, and Fouquet uses his influence to keep everyone silenced. The main story was...

6.5

183 votes

6.5

183 votes

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast Louis Hayward · Dennis O'Keefe · Louise Allbritton · Carl Esmond

Plot A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation.

6.4

76 votes

6.4

76 votes

Two Years Before the Mast

1946 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction John Farrow

Cast Alan Ladd · Brian Donlevy · William Bendix · Barry Fitzgerald

Plot The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged...

6.2

24 votes

6.2

24 votes

Solomon and Sheba

1959 · Movie · 139 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Yul Brynner · Gina Lollobrigida · George Sanders · Marisa Pavan

Plot Shortly before his death in ancient Israel, King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

The Corsican Brothers

1941 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Gregory Ratoff

Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Ruth Warrick · Akim Tamiroff · J. Carrol Naish

Plot Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta, personified by Akim Tamiroff in bolero suits. One...

6.0

40 votes

6.0

40 votes

The Son of Monte Cristo

1940 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Louis Hayward · Joan Bennett · George Sanders · Florence Bates

Plot In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dictator of "Lichtenburg" in the Balkans. Rightful ruler Zona hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo...

5.7

193 votes

5.7

193 votes

The Crowd Roars

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Robert Taylor · Edward Arnold · Frank Morgan · Maureen O'Sullivan

Plot A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.

5.6

45 votes

5.6

45 votes

Kit Carson

1940 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction George B. Seitz

Cast Jon Hall · Lynn Bari · Dana Andrews · Harold Huber

Plot Trapper Kit Carson and his band of men join John C. Fremont on his way to California. Enroute they are subjected to Indian attacks that are propagated by the Mexican...

5.4

25 votes

5.4

25 votes

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jesse Hibbs

Cast Audie Murphy · Walter Matthau · Gia Scala · Henry Silva

Plot After the robbery of a bank Joe Maybe will assume the identity of his famous chaser Jim Noonan, a federal police agent, while visiting a city, he is confronted by...

5.4

36 votes

5.4

36 votes

Lorna Doone

1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

5.4

29 votes

5.4

29 votes

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast John Derek · Diana Lynn · George Macready · Alan Hale

Plot When King John imposes oppressive taxes and cruel treatment upon the local population in medieval England, the son of legendary bandit Robin Hood reforms his father's "Merry Men" to once...

4.8

21 votes

4.8

21 votes

Fiesta

1947 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

4.7

39 votes

4.7

39 votes

Mask of the Avenger

1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Derek · Anthony Quinn · Jody Lawrance · Arnold Moss

Plot France is ruled by Napoleon, but he has become a puppet of his bastard brother La Roche. Lady Cristina leads a group of patriots who want to restore the freedom.

4.6

31 votes

4.6

31 votes

Navy Blue And Gold

1937 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

4.5

26 votes

4.5

26 votes

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Lana Turner · Laraine Day · Susan Peters · Agnes Moorehead

Plot A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Womens Army Corps.

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Johnny Midnight (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Liam O'Brien · John English · David Orrick McDearmon · Robert Stevens

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Yuki Shimoda · Arthur Batanides · Barney Phillips

Plot 39 Episodes. Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January to December 1960. The series stars Edmond O'Brien as the title character.

Not rated

Not rated

Salute to the Marines

1943 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction S. Sylvan Simon

Cast Wallace Beery · Fay Bainter · Reginald Owen · Ray Collins

Plot Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics, and tragedy....

Not rated

Not rated

Miss Annie Rooney

1942 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Shirley Temple · William Gargan · Guy Kibbee · Dickie Moore

Plot A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her...

Not rated

Not rated

King of the Turf

1939 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Roger Daniel · Dolores Costello · Walter Abel

Plot Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run...

Not rated

Not rated