Screenplay: Hans Jacoby
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Hans Jacoby. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 36
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958 · Movie · 96 min. · Switzerland
Direction Ladislao Vajda
Cast Heinz Rühmann · Sigfrit Steiner · Siegfried Lowitz · Michel Simon
Plot Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels to the region where it happened and searches a child that looks similar to the ones that were murdered. He finds one...
7.7
6K votes
7.7
6K votes
There's No Tomorrow
1939 · Movie · 82 min. · France
Direction Max Ophüls
Cast Edwige Feuillère · George Rigaud · Daniel Lecourtois · Mady Berry
Plot Melodrama of the wife of a dissolute man who widowed, earns her living in a nightclub and goes away rather than let her lover take her to Canada with him.
7.2
231 votes
7.2
231 votes
Sirocco
1951 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Bernhardt
Cast Humphrey Bogart · Märta Torén · Lee J. Cobb · Everett Sloane
Plot A cynical American expatriate gets involved in smuggling and gun-running for the rebels during the 1925 Syrian insurgency against French occupation.
6.3
506 votes
6.3
506 votes
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Hall
Cast Rosalind Russell · Lee Bowman · Adele Jergens · Charles Winninger
Plot Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but...
6.1
38 votes
6.1
38 votes
Champagne for Caesar
1950 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Richard Whorf
Cast Ronald Colman · Celeste Holm · Vincent Price · Barbara Britton
Plot Beauregard Bottomley is a eccentric but unemployed genius who confidently believes he knows everything and is able to back up his claim. After being rejected in a job interview by...
6.0
26 votes
6.0
26 votes
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Manning
Cast Deanna Durbin · Edmond O'Brien · Barry Fitzgerald · Arthur Treacher
Plot A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
5.5
59 votes
5.5
59 votes
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Brenda Joyce · Johnny Sheffield · Henry Stephenson
Plot A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The...
5.3
563 votes
5.3
563 votes
Carnival Story
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Anne Baxter · Steve Cochran · Lyle Bettger · George Nader
Plot In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Then high diver...
5.3
43 votes
5.3
43 votes
Doña Francisquita
1934 · Movie · 80 min. · Spain
Direction Hans Behrendt
Cast Raquel Rodrigo · Antonio Palacios · Matilde Vázquez · Manuel Vico
Plot Francisquita is in love with student and would-be poet, Fernando. He, however, is infatuated with the fiery actress Aurora la Beltrana, who in turn is the lover of Lorenzo Pérez....
5.3
30 votes
5.3
30 votes
Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Cy Endfield
Cast Lex Barker · Dorothy Hart · Patric Knowles · Charles Korvin
Plot Tarzan's cousin comes to Africa in hopes that Tarzan will help him secure a fortune in diamonds essential to England's military security. The cousin is immediately killed off by his...
5.0
74 votes
5.0
74 votes
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Lee Sholem
Cast Lex Barker · Vanessa Brown · Robert Alda · Hurd Hatfield
Plot The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must...
4.7
54 votes
4.7
54 votes
A Nearly Decent Girl
1963 · Movie · 89 min. · Spain
Direction Ladislao Vajda
Cast Liselotte Pulver · Alberto de Mendoza · Martin Held · Manolo Morán
4.2
41 votes
4.2
41 votes
A Man Goes Through the Wall
1959 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Ladislao Vajda
Cast Heinz Rühmann · Rudolf Vogel · Hubert von Meyernick · Peter Vogel
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
1954 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Helmut Käutner
Cast Ruth Leuwerik · O.W. Fischer · Erich Schellow · Irene von Meyendorff
Plot Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. When it is shown, it...
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The Liar
1961 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Ladislao Vajda
Cast Heinz Rühmann · Giulia Follina · Annemarie Düringer · Blandine Ebinger
Plot Mr. Schumann tells his little daughter a lot of lies about himself, so she can be proud of her father.
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Story of San Michele
1962 · Movie · 134 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Giorgio Capitani · Rudolf Jugert · Georg Marischka
Cast O.W. Fischer · Rosanna Schiaffino · Sonja Ziemann · María Mahor
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Happy Go Lucky
1943 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Bernhardt
Cast Mary Martin · Dick Powell · Betty Hutton · Eddie Bracken
Plot To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Beach boy Pete promptly unmasks her, but offers to help her catch his enemy, yachtsman...
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Reunion in Reno
1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Mark Stevens · Peggy Dow · Gigi Perreau · Frances Dee
Plot A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents.
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Judge and Juvenile
1960 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Paul Verhoeven II
Cast Heinz Rühmann · Karin Baal · Lola Müthel · Hans Nielsen
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Circus of Love
1954 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Eva Bartok · Curd Jürgens · Bernhard Wicki · Robert Freitag
Plot Lilli is broke. Her friend Toni introduces her into the world of the circus, with which later goes on a trip. During the trip Lilli falls for the daring circus...
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