Screenplay: Lewis R. Foster
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Lewis R. Foster. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 43
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
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast John Payne · Jan Sterling · Coleen Gray · Lyle Bettger
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
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast Bob Burns · Una Merkel · Jerry Colonna · Don Wilson
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Let's Talk It Over
1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Chester Morris · Mae Clarke · Frank Craven · John Warburton
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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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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...
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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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