Screenplay: Allan Scott
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Allan Scott. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 53
Imitation of Life
1959 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Douglas Sirk
Cast Lana Turner · John Gavin · Susan Kohner · Sandra Dee
Plot Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little...
7.6
8K votes
7.6
8K votes
Top Hat
1935 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Helen Broderick
Plot Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale...
7.4
7K votes
7.4
7K votes
Wait 'Till The Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Jean Peters · David Wayne · Hugh Marlowe · Albert Dekker
7.4
94 votes
7.4
94 votes
Remember the Day
1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Claudette Colbert · John Payne · Shepperd Strudwick · Ann E. Todd
Plot Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell (Claudette Colbert), waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts (Shepperd Strudwick), recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the...
7.1
83 votes
7.1
83 votes
5th Avenue Girl (Fifth Avenue Girl)
1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Ginger Rogers · James Ellison · Walter Connolly · Tim Holt
6.8
508 votes
6.8
508 votes
Swing Time
1936 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Betty Furness · Victor Moore
Plot Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her....
6.8
979 votes
6.8
979 votes
Shall We Dance?
1937 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Eric Blore
Plot Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. By the time...
6.8
705 votes
6.8
705 votes
The Primrose Path
1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marjorie Rambeau · Miles Mander
Plot Mamie Adams (Marjorie Rambeau) supports her alcoholic husband and two daughters by the same profession her mother had practiced: prostitution. Ellie May (Ginger Rogers), the eldest girl, wants desperately to...
6.5
186 votes
6.5
186 votes
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Roy Rowland
Cast Peter Lind Hayes · Mary Healy · Hans Conried · Tommy Rettig
Plot Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote and helped design this eccentric fantasy about a young boy named Bart (Tommy Rettig) who, like most young boys, doesn't enjoy his...
6.5
466 votes
6.5
466 votes
Don't Look Now
1973 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Nicolas Roeg
Cast Donald Sutherland · Julie Christie · Hilary Mason · Renato Scarpa
Plot Architect John Baxter is moments too late to save his daughter Christine as she accidentally drowns in a stream on his English country estate. Afterwards, John takes up a restoration...
6.4
4K votes
6.4
4K votes
Quality Street
1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Katharine Hepburn · Franchot Tone · Eric Blore · Fay Bainter
Plot England, year 1805. Phoebe and Susan Throssel are sisters living in Quality Street. Phoebe is courted by Dr. Valentine Brown and her sister and noisy neighbors expect a proposal shortly....
6.4
370 votes
6.4
370 votes
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Randolph Scott · Betty Grable
6.4
502 votes
6.4
502 votes
Carefree
1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Ralph Bellamy · Luella Gear
Plot Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love...
6.3
381 votes
6.3
381 votes
Regeneration
1997 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gillies MacKinnon
Cast Jonathan Pryce · James Wilby · Jonny Lee Miller · Stuart Bunce
Plot Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles... Set in a military...
6.2
246 votes
6.2
246 votes
So Proudly We Hail!
1943 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Claudette Colbert · Paulette Goddard · Veronica Lake · George Reeves
Plot A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives....
6.2
115 votes
6.2
115 votes
Joy of Living
1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Irene Dunne · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Alice Brady · Guy Kibbee
Plot A young stage star is at the prime of her career. She lives an intensely hectic life, chock full of promotional appearances and shallow, greedy family members. But all this...
6.0
55 votes
6.0
55 votes
The Witches
1990 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Nicolas Roeg
Cast Anjelica Huston · Mai Zetterling · Jasen Fisher · Jane Horrocks
Plot A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot...
6.0
6K votes
6.0
6K votes
Two Deaths
1995 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Nicolas Roeg
Cast Sônia Braga · Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Nickolas Grace
5.9
43 votes
5.9
43 votes
Lucky Partners
1940 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Ronald Colman · Ginger Rogers · Jack Carson · Spring Byington
Plot David Grant (Ronald Colman) is an artist in Greenwich Village. One day he passes neighbor Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) and simply wishes her good luck. Just as he has done...
5.8
61 votes
5.8
61 votes
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Simon Wincer
Cast Mary Beth Hurt · Michael McKean · Kathryn Walker · Colleen Camp
Plot A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way...
5.6
2K votes
5.6
2K votes