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...

6.5

226 votes

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...

5.9

98 votes

5.9

98 votes

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

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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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