Screenplay: William Wister Haines

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by William Wister Haines. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Wings of Eagles

1957 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Dan Dailey · Ward Bond

Plot A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

The Racket

1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Robert Mitchum · Lizabeth Scott · Robert Ryan · William Talman

Plot The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. There are only two problems: First, Nick is the violent type, preferring to...

6.5

573 votes

6.5

573 votes

Black Legion

1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Dick Foran · Erin O'Brien-Moore · Ann Sheridan

Plot When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

6.4

242 votes

6.4

242 votes

Command Decision

1948 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast Clark Gable · Walter Pidgeon · Van Johnson · Brian Donlevy

Plot Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

6.0

126 votes

6.0

126 votes

Torpedo Run

1958 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast Glenn Ford · Ernest Borgnine · Diane Brewster · Dean Jones

Plot As the inferno of war rages across the Pacific, there is only one target for sub-commander Ford: the mammoth Shinaru, Japan's largest aircraft carrier. Academy Award Nominations: Best Special Effects.

5.9

464 votes

5.9

464 votes

The Eternal Sea

1955 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction John H. Auer

Cast Sterling Hayden · Alexis Smith · Ben Cooper · Dean Jagger

Plot 'The Eternal Sea' is the biography of admiral John M. Hoskins, who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict.

5.7

25 votes

5.7

25 votes

One Minute to Zero

1952 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Robert Mitchum · Ann Blyth · William Talman · Richard Egan

Plot The setting of this romance-action film is the Korean War. Colonel Steve is a war hero and professional soldier whose thankless task is to help fend off the swarms of...

5.2

192 votes

5.2

192 votes

Slim

1937 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Pat O'Brien · Henry Fonda · Stuart Erwin · Margaret Lindsay

Plot A veteran lineman takes an awe-struck young farmer under his wing, but problems arise when he introduces him to his occasional girlfriend, a pretty nurse.

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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Kenny Baker · Frank McHugh · Alice Brady · Gertrude Michael

Plot In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry Festival is heard by the owner of the Morpheus Mattress Company, who hires him...

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Beyond Glory

1948 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction John Farrow

Cast Alan Ladd · Donna Reed · George Macready · Audie Murphy

Plot Cadet Captain Rockwell "Rocky" Gilman faces charges before an investigating committee at West Point that threatens to destroy him and discredit the school. The investigation was instigated by financier Raymond...

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Alibi Ike

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Joe E. Brown · Olivia de Havilland · Ruth Donnelly · Roscoe Karns

Plot Rookie pitcher Francis "Ike" Farrell comes seemingly out of nowhere to help the Cubs go for the pennant. His idiosyncratic ways, which include excuses and alibis for everything, drive his...

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Submarine D-1

1937 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

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Man of Iron

1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction William McGann

Cast Barton MacLane · Mary Astor · John Eldredge · Dorothy Peterson

Plot A foreman becomes vice president, but devotes an increasing amount of time to inventing gadgets for his own home, until discontent leading to a riot among the men causes him...

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The Texans

1938 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Joan Bennett · Randolph Scott · May Robson · Walter Brennan

Plot After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.

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Not rated