Screenplay: Paul Yawitz
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Paul Yawitz. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevenson
Cast Joseph Cotten · Alida Valli · Spring Byington · Paul Stewart
Plot A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with...
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6.5
226 votes
Breakfast for Two
1937 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Santell
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Herbert Marshall · Glenda Farrell · Eric Blore
Plot Texas socialite Valentine Ransome sets out to reform playboy Jonathan Blair and also to break up his engagement with actress Carol Wallace. Happy-go-lucky Blair has inherited a big steamship company...
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5.9
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Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Chester Morris · Adele Mara · Richard Lane · George E. Stone
Plot Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.
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The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Benjamin Stoloff · Lew Landers
Cast Jack Oakie · Lucille Ball · Ruth Donnelly · Bradley Page
Plot Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a...
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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
Plot 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...
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The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Ray McCarey
Cast Tom Conway · Vince Barnett · Rita Corday · Jane Greer
Plot A wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen...
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Blond Cheat
1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Santley
Cast Joan Fontaine · Derrick De Marney · Cecil Kellaway · Cecil Cunningham
Plot Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, is the chief assistant to Rufus Trent, wealthy London loan broker. He has allowed himself to become engaged to the Rufus' daughter, Roberta, the match engineered...
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Honolulu Lu
1941 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Lupe Velez · Leo Carrillo · Bruce Bennett · Marjorie Gateson
Plot Consuelo Cordoba is a headstrong girl trying to reform her con man uncle Don Estaban Cordoba, who is posing as a wealthy tourist in Hawaii. A local woman takes Consuelo...
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The Chance of a Lifetime
1943 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction William Castle
Cast Chester Morris · Erik Rolf · Jeannie Bates · Richard Lane
Plot Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.
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Models Inc.
1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Reginald Le Borg
Cast Howard Duff · Coleen Gray · John Howard · Marjorie Reynolds
Plot A young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
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Go Chase Yourself
1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Edward F. Cline
Cast Joe Penner · Lucille Ball · Richard Lane · June Travis
Plot When the First Union National Bank of Williamstown is robbed, the three bank robbers get away by hitching their car to Wilbur's trailer. When the police find part of Wilbur's...
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One Mysterious Night
1944 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Chester Morris · Janis Carter · William Wright · Richard Lane
Plot Blackie is enlisted by the police to help recover the Blue Star of the Nile diamond, stolen from a war relief exhibit.
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Dreifuss
Cast Chester Morris · Lynn Merrick · Richard Lane · Frank Sully
Plot Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
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Maid's Night Out
1938 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Ben Holmes
Cast Joan Fontaine · Allan Lane · Billy Gilbert · Cecil Kellaway
Plot A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he...
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The Racket Man
1944 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction D. Ross Lederman
Cast Tom Neal · Hugh Beaumont · Jeannie Bates · Larry Parks
Plot A gangster is drafted into the Army. He soon realizes how wrong his previous life was, and decides to help break up a black market ring he has discovered.
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Chester Morris · William Wright · Constance Worth · Lloyd Corrigan
Plot Boston Blackie and his pal, The Runt, are ready to board a train for Florida when Blackie gets a telegram from his friend Arthur Manleder asking Blackie to go to...
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Little Accident
1939 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Hugh Herbert · Florence Rice · Richard Carlson · Ernest Truex
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Crashing Hollywood
1938 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Lee Tracy · Joan Woodbury · Paul Guilfoyle · Lee Patrick
Plot An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating...
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Chester Morris · Lynn Merrick · Richard Lane · Frank Sully
Plot Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.
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Unmasked
1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction George Blair
Cast Robert Rockwell · Barbra Fuller · Raymond Burr · Hillary Brooke
Plot The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a...
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