Screenplay: Lewis R. Foster

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Lewis R. Foster. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The More the Merrier

1943 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Jean Arthur · Joel McCrea · Charles Coburn · Richard Gaines

Synopsis It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty,...

6.8

620 votes

6.8

620 votes

Wrong Again (S)

1929 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Harry Bernard · Sam Lufkin

Synopsis Among the horses stable hands Stanley and Oliver are tending is a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a 5000 US dollars reward for...

6.8

250 votes

6.8

250 votes

Crashout

1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast William Bendix · Arthur Kennedy · Luther Adler · William Talman

Synopsis The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.

6.8

58 votes

6.8

58 votes

Manhandled

1949 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Dan Duryea · Dorothy Lamour · Sterling Hayden · Irene Hervey

Synopsis Merl Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merl mentions in passing that one of her boss's...

6.3

39 votes

6.3

39 votes

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Hers to Hold

1943 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Ryan

Cast Deanna Durbin · Joseph Cotten · Charles Winninger · Ludwig Stössel

Synopsis Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

Can't Help Singing

1944 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Frank Ryan

Cast Deanna Durbin · Robert Paige · Akim Tamiroff · David Bruce

Synopsis With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has him sent to California. Headstrong Caroline follows...

5.8

24 votes

5.8

24 votes

Tonka

1958 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Sal Mineo · Phil Carey · Jerome Courtland · Rafael Campos

Synopsis In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka. When a cruel cousin claims the...

5.6

22 votes

5.6

22 votes

Passage West

1951 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Dennis O'Keefe · Arleen Whelan · Frank Faylen

Synopsis In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns....

5.3

85 votes

5.3

85 votes

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The vanquished

1953 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

5.1

41 votes

5.1

41 votes

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Rhonda Fleming · Dennis O'Keefe · Thomas Gomez

Synopsis Year 1863. Texas Ranger Todd Croyden and Union spy Whitney Randolph cross into Mexico to investigate a growing struggle for power between the French-supported Maximilian and the native-born Benito Juarez....

5.0

93 votes

5.0

93 votes

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Sudden Money

1939 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Charles Ruggles · Marjorie Rambeau · Charley Grapewin · Broderick Crawford

Synopsis Winning a $150,000 prize in a sweepstakes gives the Patterson family grand plans. Particularly head of the family Sweeney, a frustrated drummer who decides to start up his own band....

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Stolen Harmony

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker

Cast George Raft · Ben Bernie · Grace Bradley · Iris Adrian

Synopsis Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean,...

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Not rated

Hong Kong

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Nigel Bruce · Marvin Miller

Synopsis Trailed by a game little cast, the stars meander around against some faked, pleasantly hued Chinese backgrounds, in a story by Winston Miller involving a war orphan and a valuable...

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Never Say Goodbye

1946 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction James V. Kern

Cast Errol Flynn · Eleanor Parker · Lucile Watson · S.Z. Sakall

Synopsis Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 8-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with...

Not rated

Not rated

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Tropic Zone

1953 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Estelita Rodríguez · Noah Beery Jr.

Synopsis Soldier-of-fortune Dan McCloud is hired by a crooked exporter to disrupt the banana-plantation activities of the beautiful Flanders White, on the island of Puerto Barrancas. But McCloud falls in love...

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Armored Car

1937 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Robert Wilcox · Judith Barrett · Cesar Romero · Irving Pichel

Synopsis An undercover man helps break a gang planning to rob armoured cars carrying bullion.

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Sons of the Legion

1938 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Lynne Overman · Evelyn Keyes · Tim Holt · Elizabeth Patterson

Synopsis A father who received a dishonourable Army discharge hesitates to get involved with the formation of a youth group.

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El Paso

1949 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Gail Russell · Sterling Hayden · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas...

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Not rated

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