Screenplay: Samuel Ornitz
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Samuel Ornitz. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Hell's Highway
1932 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Rowland Brown
Cast Richard Dix · Tom Brown · Rochelle Hudson · C. Henry Gordon
Plot A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
6.3
66 votes
6.3
66 votes
Three Faces West
1940 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Bernard Vorhaus
Cast John Wayne · Sigrid Gurie · Charles Coburn · Spencer Charters
Plot Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,...
5.9
82 votes
5.9
82 votes
Thirteen Women
1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast Irene Dunne · Ricardo Cortez · Jill Esmond · Myrna Loy
Plot Thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes. Little do they realize that Ursula, a half-breed Asian, is using her hypnotic powers over the swami and...
5.6
101 votes
5.6
101 votes
The Case of Lena Smith
1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast Esther Ralston · Gustav von Seyffertitz · James Hall · Emily Fitzroy
Plot In late 19th century Vienna, Lena Smith, a naive peasant girl from Hungary, has a child by a corrupt young cavalry officer, and goes to work his house as a...
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Portia on Trial
1937 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols Jr.
Cast Walter Abel · Frieda Inescort · Neil Hamilton · Heather Angel
Plot Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton).
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Army Girl
1938 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols Jr.
Cast Madge Evans · Preston Foster · James Gleason · H.B. Warner
Plot A fight to keep cavalry horses from being replaced by tanks culminates in a great race between machine and beast.
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China's Little Devils
1945 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Monta Bell
Cast Harry Carey · Paul Kelly · 'Ducky' Louie · Gloria Ann Chew
Plot World War II drama about a group of young Chinese children who band together to defend their country, using sabotage and guerrilla warfare to aid the American Flying Tigers in...
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3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast May Robson · Charlotte Henry · Bill Burrud · Frankie Darro
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It Could Happen to You
1937 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Phil Rosen
Cast Alan Baxter · Andrea Leeds · Owen Davis Jr. · Astrid Allwyn
Plot Stepbrothers raised by a gentle immigrant take different paths in life. When one ends up killing someone during a botched robbery, the other—a lawyer—defends him.
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One Man's Journey
1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction John S. Robertson
Cast Lionel Barrymore · May Robson · Dorothy Jordan · Joel McCrea
Plot Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy...
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The Sins of the Children
1930 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast Louis Mann · Robert Montgomery · Elliott Nugent · Leila Hyams
Plot A German immigrant to a small American town is a widower with four children and a barber. He has saved enough money to invest in a partnership in a savings-and-loan...
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Secrets of the French Police
1932 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast Gwili Andre · Gregory Ratoff · Frank Morgan · John Warburton
Plot A burglar is recruited to aid the police in finding his kidnapped girlfriend, a lovely but impoverished flower girl. Meanwhile, a deranged Russian emigre has been claiming that his ward...
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Miracle on Main Street
1939 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Steve Sekely
Cast Margo · Walter Abel · William Collier Sr. · Jane Darwell
Plot On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the girl finds an abandoned baby...
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Fatal Lady
1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Mary Ellis · Walter Pidgeon · John Halliday · Ruth Donnelly
Plot On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but...
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Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction John Larkin
Cast Michael O'Shea · Lloyd Nolan · Trudy Marshall · Billy Cummings
Plot When his son is abused, Joe Reynolds threatens to kill the man responsible. When that man is killed, Joe finds himself facing the electric chair.
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