Screenplay: Jesse Lasky Jr.
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jesse Lasky Jr.. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Movie · 219 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Charlton Heston · Yul Brynner · Anne Baxter · Edward G. Robinson
Plot To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all first-born Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the...
7.3
17K votes
7.3
17K votes
Unconquered
1947 · Movie · 146 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Gary Cooper · Paulette Goddard · Howard Da Silva · Boris Karloff
Plot It's 1763 and two men taking the same ship back to Virginia from London bid for the contract of a woman who was given a choice between execution in England...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Akim Tamiroff · Robert Preston
Plot This is Cecil B. De Mille's version of the trouble and hardships involved in the building of the famous transcontinental railroad. Jeff Butler is hired to insure that the Union...
6.9
659 votes
6.9
659 votes
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast John Wayne · Paulette Goddard · Ray Milland · Raymond Massey
Plot In 1840, America's line life is the sea, with an intense commerce. In Key West shore, two ship savage companies dispute the wrecked vessels. The honest one belongs to the...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · Paulette Goddard · Preston Foster
Plot In 1885, three mismatched frontiersmen (teacher Riel, whiskey trader Corbeau, and trapper Duroc) foment rebellion in central Canada; only the local Mounties stand in their way. Constable Ronnie Logan loves...
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie · 128 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Victor Mature · Hedy Lamarr · George Sanders · Angela Lansbury
Plot In Palestine, 1000 B.C., the Jews are ruled by the Philistines Samson, budding Jewish revolutionary, wants to marry Semadar, a Philistine, though it's her young sister, Delilah, who really wants...
6.3
3K votes
6.3
3K votes
The Buccaneer
1958 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Quinn
Cast Yul Brynner · Claire Bloom · Charlton Heston · Charles Boyer
Plot During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60...
5.9
334 votes
5.9
334 votes
Salome
1953 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Rita Hayworth · Stewart Granger · Charles Laughton · Judith Anderson
Plot "Her Salome Will Steal Your Breath Away" was the classic advertising slogan attached to this opulent Rita Hayworth epic -- a slogan which became laughable whenever a radio announcer would...
5.7
686 votes
5.7
686 votes
Hell and High Water
1954 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Samuel Fuller
Cast Richard Widmark · Bella Darvi · Victor Francen · Cameron Mitchell
Plot A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer (Widmark) to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to...
5.5
486 votes
5.5
486 votes
Hot Blood
1956 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast Jane Russell · Cornel Wilde · Luther Adler · Joseph Calleia
Plot Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none...
5.5
125 votes
5.5
125 votes
John Paul Jones
1959 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Robert Stack · Marisa Pavan · Charles Coburn · Bette Davis
Plot The sea-faring historical epic as John Paul Jones, the first great hero of the American Navy. While originally a loyal soldier of the King's army, Jones in time becomes a...
5.5
101 votes
5.5
101 votes
Lorna Doone
1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Barbara Hale · Richard Greene · Carl Benton Reid · William Bishop
5.4
29 votes
5.4
29 votes
Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Virginia Mayo · Dennis Morgan · David Farrar · Murvyn Vye
Plot Phony missionary Virginia Mayo, in cahoots with crooks Dennis Morgan and David Farrar, plan to steal a fortune in black pearls from the unsuspecting islanders. They soon discover these pearls...
5.2
142 votes
5.2
142 votes
Pirates of Tortuga
1961 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Robert D. Webb
Cast Ken Scott · Dave King · Leticia Roman · John Richardson
Plot Privateer Bart (Ken Scott) and three adventurous pals sign on to secretly crush the kingdom of Morgan the Pirate (Robert Stephens) operating from the Carribean Island of Tortuga. An unlikely...
5.2
55 votes
5.2
55 votes
Land Raiders
1969 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Nathan Juran
Cast Telly Savalas · George Maharis · Arlene Dahl · Janet Landgard
Plot Ruthless Vince Carden dominates the Arizona-territory town of Forge River and buys the scalps of murdered Indians. He has driven his brother Paul from his home, and this leads to...
4.6
101 votes
4.6
101 votes
Mask of the Avenger
1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast John Derek · Anthony Quinn · Jody Lawrance · Arnold Moss
Plot France is ruled by Napoleon, but he has become a puppet of his bastard brother La Roche. Lady Cristina leads a group of patriots who want to restore the freedom.
4.6
31 votes
4.6
31 votes
Steel Against the Sky
1941 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast Lloyd Nolan · Alexis Smith · Craig Stevens · Gene Lockhart
Plot Rough-hewn Rocky Evans has two great loves--his job building bridges and beautiful Helen Powers, his boss' daughter. But it's Rocky's shiftless brother Chuck who wins Helen's affections. Chuck even takes...
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The Wizard of Baghdad
1960 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction George Sherman
Cast Dick Shawn · Diane Baker · Barry Coe · John Van Dreelen
Plot A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.
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The White Parade
1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Loretta Young · John Boles · Dorothy Wilson · Muriel Kirkland
Plot The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in...
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The Thief of Venice
1950 · Movie · 109 min. · Italy
Direction John Brahm
Cast Maria Montez · Paul Hubschmid · Massimo Serato · Faye Marlowe
Plot A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.
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