Screenplay: John Gay
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Gay. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Separate Tables
1958 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Delbert Mann
Cast David Niven · Burt Lancaster · Rita Hayworth · Deborah Kerr
Plot "Separate Tables" touchingly and humorously examines the lives of the lonely-hearted guests at a hotel on England's south coast. Sibyl, a demure spinster on holiday with her mother, is attracted...
7.5
3K votes
7.5
3K votes
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962 · Movie · 153 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Glenn Ford · Ingrid Thulin · Charles Boyer · Paul Lukas
Plot Two rich families in Argentina have gathered to welcome Heinrich home after many years of medical studies in Germany. They are shocked when they hear that he has given up...
7.1
2K votes
7.1
2K votes
Les Miserables (TV)
1978 · Movie · 150 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Glenn Jordan
Cast Richard Jordan · Anthony Perkins · Cyril Cusack · Claude Dauphin
Plot Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
6.7
73 votes
6.7
73 votes
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Robert Wise
Cast Clark Gable · Burt Lancaster · Jack Warden · Brad Dexter
Plot A movie's lasting value can often be measured by its influence in the years and decades following its original release, and on that basis Run Silent, Run Deep is certainly...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
The Bunker (TV)
1981 · Movie · 148 min. · United States
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Anthony Hopkins · Richard Jordan · Cliff Gorman · James Naughton
Plot Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
6.5
304 votes
6.5
304 votes
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Movie · 167 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast Burt Lancaster · Lee Remick · Jim Hutton · Pamela Tiffin
Plot Indians, soldiers and temperance women fight to control a wagon train hauling whiskey across the West. Denver is faced with a crisis before the winter of 1867 when it is...
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
Soldier Blue
1970 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Nelson
Cast Candice Bergen · Peter Strauss · Donald Pleasence · John Anderson
Plot After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with...
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Glenn Ford · Shirley Jones · Stella Stevens · Dina Merrill
Plot Six-years-old Eddie Corbett (Ron Howard) tries his best to be a matchmaker for his widowed father, Tom Corbett (Glenn Ford). At first, sexy Dollye Daly (Stella Stevens) seems promising, but...
6.4
402 votes
6.4
402 votes
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Jack Smight
Cast Rod Steiger · Lee Remick · George Segal · Eileen Heckart
Plot Steiger is a psychotic master of disguise who stalks and kills various women in this suspenseful cat-and-mouse game. Segal, as the detective assigned to the case, uncovers clues, falls in...
6.3
218 votes
6.3
218 votes
Sometimes a Great Notion
1970 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Paul Newman
Cast Paul Newman · Henry Fonda · Lee Remick · Michael Sarrazin
Plot Hank Stamper (Paul Newman) and his father, Henry Stamper (Henry Fonda) own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they...
6.3
842 votes
6.3
842 votes
Inherit the Wind (TV)
1988 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction David Greene
Cast Kirk Douglas · Jason Robards · Darren McGavin · John Harkins
Plot Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
6.1
35 votes
6.1
35 votes
Witness for the Prosecution (TV)
1982 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alan Gibson
Cast Ralph Richardson · Deborah Kerr · Beau Bridges · Donald Pleasence
6.0
57 votes
6.0
57 votes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV)
1982 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Tuchner
Cast Anthony Hopkins · Derek Jacobi · David Suchet · Gerry Sundquist
Plot Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and...
6.0
138 votes
6.0
138 votes
Hennessy
1975 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Sharp
Cast Rod Steiger · Lee Remick · Richard Johnson · Trevor Howard
Plot Set in the Seventies, Niall Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting...
5.8
80 votes
5.8
80 votes
Ivanhoe (TV)
1982 · Movie · 142 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Douglas Camfield
Cast James Mason · Anthony Andrews · Sam Neill · Michael Hordern
5.7
142 votes
5.7
142 votes
A Matter of Time
1976 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Liza Minnelli · Ingrid Bergman · Charles Boyer · Isabella Rossellini
Plot In the midst of a press conference, popular film star Nina flashes back to 1949 and her days as a chambermaid toiling in a dilapidated hotel in Rome, where she...
5.6
124 votes
5.6
124 votes
The Last Safari
1967 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast Stewart Granger · Kaz Garas · Gabriella Licudi · Johnny Sekka
5.3
126 votes
5.3
126 votes
The Power
1968 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Byron Haskin
Cast George Hamilton · Suzanne Pleshette · Richard Carlson · Yvonne De Carlo
Plot One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is...
5.2
60 votes
5.2
60 votes
Around the World in 80 Days (TV Miniseries)
1989 · Series · 270 min. · United States
Direction Buzz Kulik
Cast Pierce Brosnan · Eric Idle · Julia Nickson · Peter Ustinov
Plot TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days. After betting his entire fortune, he...
5.1
2K votes
5.1
2K votes
The Happy Thieves
1961 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction George Marshall
Cast Rita Hayworth · Rex Harrison · Joseph Wiseman · Alida Valli
4.8
78 votes
4.8
78 votes