Screenplay: Jay Morton

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jay Morton. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Superman (Fleischer Superman cartoons)

1941 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Seymour Kneitel · Izzy Sparber · Dan Gordon

Plot The Superman animated cartoons, commonly but somewhat erroneously known as the "Fleischer Superman cartoons" were a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films, produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to...

6.4

474 votes

6.4

474 votes

Superman (The Mad Scientist) (S)

1941 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer

Plot When Lois is kidnapped by a mad scientist, she is given a demonstration of his energy cannon as he attacks Metropolis. Only Superman can stop it in his first cinematic...

6.2

269 votes

6.2

269 votes

Showdown (S)

1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Izzy Sparber

Plot "Friend turned foe" reads the newspaper headline. But Lois Lane suspects there's more to the story of Superman turning into a jewel thief and bank robber. And, of course, Clark...

5.7

98 votes

5.7

98 votes

The Underground World (S)

1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Seymour Kneitel

Plot The original discoverer's son takes Clark Kent and Lois exploring in unknown regions of Henderson Caverns. Henderson and Lois enter an underground world of hawk-men who have deadly plans for...

5.4

92 votes

5.4

92 votes

Jungle Drums (S)

1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Dan Gordon · Orestes Calpini

Plot A jungle temple with hooded priest is really a Nazi military base which downs a plane bearing Lois Lane and some secret plans. Can Superman save her from human sacrifice?

5.4

97 votes

5.4

97 votes

The Mummy Strikes (S)

1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Izzy Sparber

Plot An egyptologist is found dead and his assistant convicted of murder, but colleague Dr. Wilson tells reporter Clark Kent his suspicions about the Curse of King "Tush." Can Superman battle...

5.4

99 votes

5.4

99 votes

Terror on the Midway (S)

1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Orestes Calpini

Plot While Clark and Lois are reviewing a circus, "Gigantic" the gorilla escapes and endangers Lois. In the resulting chaos, other dangerous animals escape also. A job for Superman?

5.4

103 votes

5.4

103 votes

Destruction Inc. (S)

1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Izzy Sparber

Plot A murder at the Metropolis Munitions plant draws Lois Lane into the thick of a sabotage plot; she ends up inside a torpedo about to be tested. Meanwhile, where is...

5.3

102 votes

5.3

102 votes