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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