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

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated