Screenplay: Jay Dratler
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jay Dratler. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 21
Laura
1944 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Gene Tierney · Dana Andrews · Clifton Webb · Judith Anderson
Synopsis Beautiful Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) is found shot to death in her apartment. Hard nosed Lieutenant Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is assigned as the lead investigator for the case. As he gets into the investigation, he learns that all the...
8.1
17K votes
8.1
17K votes
Call Northside 777
1948 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast James Stewart · Richard Conte · Lee J. Cobb · Helen Walker
Synopsis In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty....
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
The Dark Corner
1946 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast Lucille Ball · Clifton Webb · William Bendix · Mark Stevens
Synopsis Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved to New York from San Fransisco after serving a jail term on account of his lawyer partner Tony Jardine. When he finds someone is tailing - and possibly trying to kill him, Galt believes...
6.9
656 votes
6.9
656 votes
Impact
1949 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Brian Donlevy · Ella Raines · Charles Coburn · Helen Walker
Synopsis No-nonsense San Francisco industrial whiz Walter Williams's two-timing wife and her lover plot to do her husband in, but Williams survives the attack and the lover is burned beyond recognition while driving Williams's car. Half-dazed, Williams stumbles into a moving...
6.6
285 votes
6.6
285 votes
That Wonderful Urge
1948 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Robert B. Sinclair
Cast Tyrone Power · Gene Tierney · Reginald Gardiner · Arleen Whelan
Synopsis An investigative reporter uses a ruse to meet Sara Fowler, a grocery-store heiress he's been writing unflattering things about. He gets her to start talking about herself and finds her down-to-earth and engaging, but before he can publish an honest...
6.1
110 votes
6.1
110 votes
We're Not Married!
1952 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Edmund Goulding
Cast Ginger Rogers · Fred Allen · Victor Moore · Marilyn Monroe
Synopsis A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married. Annabel Norris, already Mrs. Mississippi and ready to enter the Mrs. America...
5.7
184 votes
5.7
184 votes
Fly-By-Night
1942 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Richard Carlson · Nancy Kelly · Albert Basserman · Miles Mander
Synopsis After being charged with the murder of a scientist, a young doctor must track down a Nazi spy ring to clear his name.
5.6
21 votes
5.6
21 votes
The Las Vegas Story
1952 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevenson
Cast Jane Russell · Victor Mature · Vincent Price · Hoagy Carmichael
Synopsis Investment broker Lloyd Rollins, insisting to his wife Linda that they stop at Las Vegas on their trip from Boston, begins to gamble heavily. Linda visits the Last Chance, a casino where she used to sing, and where she meets...
5.4
87 votes
5.4
87 votes
Higher and Higher
1943 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Tim Whelan
Cast Michèle Morgan · Jack Haley · Frank Sinatra · Leon Errol
Synopsis Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages seven months in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off scullery maid Millie as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of...
4.8
23 votes
4.8
23 votes
Dancing in the Dark
1949 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Irving Reis
Cast William Powell · Mark Stevens · Betsy Drake · Adolphe Menjou
Synopsis Conceited film star Emery Slade was on top in 1932; in 1949, he's broke and still insufferable. Fox producer Crossman enlists Slade's aid to persuade broadway star Rosalie Brooks to star in the film "Bandwagon." But when Slade meets Julie...
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It Comes Up Love
1943 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Gloria Jean · Ian Hunter · Donald O´Connor · Frieda Inescort
Synopsis A couple of spirited juveniles, Donald O’Connor and Gloria Jean, who carry on a flirtation parallel with that of their elders, Louise Allbritton and Ian Hunter.
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Meet Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Chester Morris · Rochelle Hudson · Richard Lane · Charles Wagenheim
Synopsis When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.
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Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast Chester Morris · Harriet Hilliard · Richard Lane · George E. Stone
Synopsis A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie...
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La Conga Nights
1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Hugh Herbert · Dennis O'Keefe · Constance Moore · Ferike Boros
Synopsis Henry I. Dibble, Jr. (Hugh Herbert)is a dizzy millionaire playboy who loves rhumba music. Thorns in his side are his four maiden sisters Faith (Hugh Herbert), Hope (Hugh Herbert), Charity (Hugh Herbert) and Prudence (Hugh Herbert). A crisis comes when...
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It's in the Bag!
1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Richard Wallace
Cast Fred Allen · Jack Benny · Don Ameche · William Bendix
Synopsis Wealthy Frederick Trumble makes an eccentric new will, secretes much of his wealth in a chair, then, within seconds, is murdered. The new heir, Fred Floogle, runs a flea circus. Of course, the reputed $12 million inheritance goes to his...
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Wernher von Braun / I Aim at the Stars
1960 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction J. Lee Thompson
Cast Curd Jürgens · Victoria Shaw · Herbert Lom · Gia Scala
Synopsis The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man's adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the...
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Girls Under 21
1940 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Max Nosseck
Cast Bruce Cabot · Rochelle Hudson · Paul Kelly · Tina Thayer
Synopsis Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie...
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Studio 57 (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Herschel Daugherty · Richard Irving · John English · Don Weis
Cast Tim Graham · Jean Byron · Marguerite Chapman · Robert Armstrong
Synopsis This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
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Get Hep to Love
1942 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Gloria Jean · Donald O´Connor · Jane Frazee · Robert Paige
Synopsis Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Leon Errol · Helen Parrish · Charles Lang Jr. · Eddie Quillan
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