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
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Barbara Hale · Richard Greene · Carl Benton Reid · William Bishop
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
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Esther Williams · Akim Tamiroff · Ricardo Montalban · John Carroll
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
Direction Sam Wood
Cast Robert Young · James Stewart · Florence Rice · Billie Burke
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.
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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....
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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...
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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...
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