Screenplay: James Warner Bellah
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by James Warner Bellah. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 13
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Wayne · James Stewart · Vera Miles · Lee Marvin
Synopsis Congressman Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to the tiny town of Shinbone to bury an old friend, Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), and tells reporters the truth about how he came to be known as...
8.3
32K votes
8.3
32K votes
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · John Wayne · Shirley Temple · Pedro Armendáriz
Synopsis In Fort Apache (1948), a rigid and ambitious Colonel takes command of a remote U.S. Cavalry outpost, clashing with his seasoned Captain over tactics and respect for the local Native American tribe. As tensions rise, the Colonel's stubbornness leads to...
7.7
7K votes
7.7
7K votes
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Wayne · Joanne Dru · John Agar · Ben Johnson
Synopsis In She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), aging Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles prepares for retirement amidst rising tensions with Native American tribes. Tasked with one final mission, he must escort his commanding officer's wife and niece to safety while preventing...
7.5
7K votes
7.5
7K votes
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Woody Strode · Jeffrey Hunter · Constance Towers · Billie Burke
Synopsis Sergeant Rutledge (1960) follows Braxton Rutledge, a respected Black cavalry sergeant accused of assaulting and murdering a white officer's daughter in 1880s Arizona. As his court-martial unfolds, flashbacks reveal Rutledge's loyalty and heroism within the 9th Cavalry, an all-Black regiment....
7.5
5K votes
7.5
5K votes
Rio Grande
1950 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Ben Johnson · Chill Wills
Synopsis The concluding chapter to director John Ford's "Cavalry trilogy" that also included "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" stars John Wayne as the hardened commander of a remote Army outpost along the Mexican border faced with two crises:...
7.2
5K votes
7.2
5K votes
Dancing Lady
1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Fred Astaire
Synopsis Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he...
6.4
179 votes
6.4
179 votes
The Sea Chase
1955 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast John Wayne · Lana Turner · David Farrar · Lyle Bettger
Synopsis As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.
6.1
540 votes
6.1
540 votes
The Command
1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction David Butler
Cast Guy Madison · Joan Weldon · James Whitmore · Carl Benton Reid
Synopsis An army doctor, with no combat experience, is forced to take command of a cavalry troop escorting a wagon train through hostile Indian country when the unit's commanding officer dies.
5.7
114 votes
5.7
114 votes
A Thunder of Drums
1961 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Joseph M. Newman
Cast Richard Boone · George Hamilton · Luana Patten · Charles Bronson
5.5
178 votes
5.5
178 votes
Ten Tall Men
1951 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Willis Goldbeck
Cast Burt Lancaster · Jody Lawrance · Gilbert Roland · Kieron Moore
Synopsis Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission...
5.4
222 votes
5.4
222 votes
X-15
1961 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast David McLean · Charles Bronson · Ralph Taeger · Brad Dexter
Synopsis The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth... at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travel is...
4.8
40 votes
4.8
40 votes
Target Zero
1955 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Harmon Jones
Cast Richard Conte · Peggie Castle · Charles Bronson · Richard Wyler
Synopsis Set during the Korean War, a unit of American soldiers, together with three British Tank Crew, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
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BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series)
1977 · Series · United Kingdom
Direction Don Taylor · Alan Cooke · Stephen Frears · Leonard Lewis
Cast Judi Dench · Richard O'Callaghan · Frederick Treves · John Shrapnel
Synopsis TV Series (1977- ). 38 episodies.
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