Screenplay: A.J. Russel
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by A.J. Russel. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Honeymooners (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Frank Satenstein
Cast Jackie Gleason · Joyce Randolph · Art Carney · Audrey Meadows
Plot TV Series (1955-1956). 1 season. 39 episodes. A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. "The Honeymooners",...
6.5
43 votes
6.5
43 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Kill with Kindness (TV)
1956 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Herschel Daugherty
Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Hume Cronyn · Carmen Mathews · James Gleason
Plot Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.
5.4
34 votes
5.4
34 votes
A Lovely Way to Die
1968 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction David Lowell Rich
Cast Kirk Douglas · Sylva Koscina · Eli Wallach · Kenneth Haigh
Plot A police detective who had to quit the force after charges of brutality, gets a job protecting a woman accused of murder. Then he falls in love with her..
5.1
189 votes
5.1
189 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Hidden Thing (TV)
1956 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens
Cast Biff McGuire · Robert H. Harris · Judith Ames · Theodore Newton
Plot After Dana Edwards' fiancée Laura is killed by a hit-and-run driver, he is visited by John Hurley, who claims to be able to use memory recall techniques that will help...
5.0
66 votes
5.0
66 votes
Studio One (TV Series)
1948 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Paul Nickell · Franklin J. Schaffner · Allen Reisner · Robert Mulligan
Cast Al Markim · Alexander Scourby · Arthur Storch · Casey Allen
Plot Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. A total of 466 episodes aired on CBS between 1948 and 1958. The program appeared...
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Profiles in Courage (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Robert Gist · José Quintero · Lamont Johnson · Michael Ritchie
Cast Walter Matthau · Simon Oakland · Michael Constantine · Laurence Naismith
Plot TV Series (1964-1965). 26 episodes. This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
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The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Daryl Duke · Robert Day · John Badham
Cast Hal Holbrook · Sharon Acker · Cindy Eilbacher · Michael Tolan
Plot TV Series (1970-1971). 8 Episodes. Hays Stowe is a new senator who comes to Washington DC with his wife Erin and daughter Norma. He arrives full of optimism that being...
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Gigot
1962 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Gene Kelly
Cast Jackie Gleason · Katerine Kath · Gabrielle Dorziat · Jean Lefebvre
Plot A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays...
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On Camera (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 30 min. · Canada
Direction Paul Almond · Ted Kotcheff · Michael Sheldon · Robert Christie
Cast Patrick MacNee · Janet Reid · Austin Willis · Charles Jarrott
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Lights Out (TV Series)
1946 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction William Corrigan · Laurence Schwab Jr. · Kingman T. Moore · Grey Lockwood
Cast Frank Gallop · Jack La Rue · Mercer McLeod · Leslie Nielsen
Plot Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions...
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Stiletto
1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Alex Cord · Britt Ekland · Patrick O'Neal · Joseph Wiseman
Plot A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers...
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The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Frank Bunetta
Cast Jackie Gleason · Johnny Olson · The June Taylor Dancers · Sammy Spear and His Orchestra
Plot TV Series (1966-1970). 92 Episodes. Mr. Gleason's last weekly variety series, which alternated between regular variety hours with big name guest stars and musical remakes of old "Honeymooners" sketches.
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The Borgia Stick (TV)
1967 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction David Lowell Rich
Cast Don Murray · Inger Stevens · Barry Nelson · Fritz Weaver
Plot A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to...
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The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
1952 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Frank Satenstein · Frank Bunetta
Cast Jackie Gleason · Jack Lescoulie · Art Carney · The June Taylor Dancers
Plot TV Series (1952-1957). 4 seasons. 156 episodes. The first Jackie Gleason show ran from 1952 to 1955; then, a sketch seen on "The Jackie Gleason Show" called "The Honeymooners" became...
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The Million Dollar Incident (TV)
1961 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Norman Jewison
Cast Jackie Gleason · Sorrell Booke · Peter Falk · Michael Higgins
Plot A couple of crooks made off with one of the largest hauls. The crime - they made off with Jackie Gleason, the kidnaping began at the benefit for the Heart...
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