Screenplay: Jerry Sackheim

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


Guns, Girls, and Gangsters

1959 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Mamie Van Doren · Gerald Mohr · Lee Van Cleef · Grant Richards

Plot Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe...

6.2

29 votes

6.2

29 votes

The Black Castle

1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Nathan Juran

Cast Boris Karloff · Lon Chaney Jr. · Richard Greene · Stephen McNally

Plot Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

6.0

79 votes

6.0

79 votes

The Strange Door

1951 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast Charles Laughton · Boris Karloff · Sally Forrest · Richard Wyler

Plot Alain, the Sire de Maletroit, plots revenge on his younger brother Edmund for stealing Alain's childhood sweetheart, now deceased. Alain imprisons Edmund in a dungeon for 20 years. He then...

5.8

70 votes

5.8

70 votes

The Undercover Woman

1946 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Thomas Carr

Cast Stephanie Bachelor · Robert Livingston · Isabel Withers · Helene Heigh

Plot A lady investigator from San Francisco,invited with her wisecracking friend to a society event on a Western ranch in the country,gets involved trying to get information on the husband of...

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Young Jesse James

1960 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction William F. Claxton

Cast Ray Stricklyn · Willard Parker · Merry Anders · Robert Dix

Plot In this one, the father of Jesse and Frank James is unjustly hanged by Union troops and their mother's arm is amputated after their home is bombed by Union people,...

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The Last Crooked Mile

1946 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Philip Ford

Cast Don 'Red' Barry · Ann Savage · Adele Mara · Tom Powers

Plot The notorious Jarvis gang robs a bank, one member is killed in the subsequent shootout, they ditch the getaway car, but are recognized at a roadblock as they take it...

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Charlie Chan (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Arliss · Don Chaffey · Charles Bennett

Cast J. Carrol Naish · James Hong · Rupert Davies · Hugh Williams

Plot Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan is called in to help solve baffling cases, aided by his #1 son. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to...

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Road to Alcatraz

1945 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Robert Lowery · June Storey · Grant Withers · Clarence Kolb

Plot A young attorney cannot defend himself against accusations that he murdered his business partner, as he has no memory of the night it happened. A fraternity pin found at the...

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The Fatal Witness

1945 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Evelyn Ankers · Richard Fraser · George Leigh · Barbara Everest

Plot The young John Bedford fights with his wealthy old aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson. She is sure John stole her emerald brooch. The next morning Lady Elizabeth is found murdered. Scotland...

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Nobody's Fool

1936 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Greville Collins

Cast Edward Everett Horton · Glenda Farrell · Cesar Romero · Frank Conroy

Plot A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.

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The Boy and the Pirates

1960 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Bert I. Gordon

Cast Charles Herbert · Susan Gordon · Murvyn Vye · Paul Guilfoyle

Plot A young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas.

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My Friend Flicka (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction John English · Bobby Gordon · Nathan Juran · Frederick Stephani

Cast Frank Ferguson · Gene Evans · Johnny Washbrook · Anita Louise

Plot Set in Montana about 1900, this was a story about young Ken McLaughlin and his horse Flicka. Ken lived on a ranch with his parents Rob and Nell and the...

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