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 New Breed (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Hank Searls · Walter Grauman · Joseph Pevney · Allen H. Miner

Cast Leslie Nielsen · John Beradino · John Clarke · Greg Roman

Plot "The New Breed" was an American crime - drama series ,aired on ABC network from 1961 to 1962, with thirty-six episodes,starring Leslie Nielsen at age 35

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7 Women from Hell

1961 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Robert D. Webb

Cast Patricia Owens · Denise Darcel · Cesar Romero · Margia Dean

Plot Seven women from different backgrounds, nationality, age, class, and marital status find themselves in New Guinea, February 1942 - when the Japanese army takes over unexpectedly, and sends them into...

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Rescue 8 (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Dann Cahn · William Beaudine · Robert G. Walker · William J. Hole Jr.

Cast Jim Davis · Lang Jeffries · Nancy Rennick · Sydney Smith

Plot The missions of a rescue squad of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, whose job is to rescue people from dangerous, life-threatening situations.

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The Iron Glove

1954 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

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Ace Up My Sleeve

1976 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ivan Passer

Cast Omar Sharif · Karen Black · Joseph Bottoms · Bernhard Wicki

Plot Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.

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The Brigand

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast Anthony Dexter · Jody Lawrance · Gale Robbins · Anthony Quinn

Plot Carlos Delargo, son of a royal princess of Mandorra who has been banished, is returned to the kingdom to face a murder charge, but is freed by King Lorenzo, to...

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Waterfront (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ted Post · Phil Karlson · John Brahm · Frederick Stephani

Cast Preston Foster · Douglas Dick · Lois Moran · Willie Best

Plot TV Series (1954-1956). 2 seasons. 78 episodes. John Herrick was the captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, police detective son...

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Coming-Out Party

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Blystone

Cast Frances Dee · Gene Raymond · Alison Skipworth · Nigel Bruce

Plot It's Joy Stanhope's, a Park Avenue debutante, coming-out party. It's the event of the winter and everyone is there, including the most eligible bachelor, Jimmy Wolverton. Chris Hanson, Joy's secret...

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The Silver Whip

1953 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Harmon Jones

Cast Dale Robertson · Rory Calhoun · Robert Wagner · Kathleen Crowley

Plot Race Crim, a stagecoach guard, persuades the line's superintendent to allow young Jess Harker to drive the Silvr City stagecoach, which contains a gold shipment. Six outlaws attack the stage...

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Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Hunt · Robert Iscove

Cast Powers Boothe · Kathryn Leigh Scott · Billy Kearns · Ken Pogue

Plot The series chronicles the cases of private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, storylines were adapted from Chandler's short stories. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye aired in...

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Redhead

1934 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

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Music Is Magic

1935 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Alice Faye · Ray Walker · Bebe Daniels · Frank Mitchell

Plot Aging star (Daniels) finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus (Faye).

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Studio 57 (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · Richard Irving · John English · Don Weis

Cast Tim Graham · Jean Byron · Marguerite Chapman · Robert Armstrong

Plot This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.

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Mission Over Korea

1953 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Fred F. Sears

Cast John Hodiak · John Derek · Audrey Totter · Maureen O'Sullivan

Plot A rookie pilot in the Korean War wants to avenge his brother''s death.

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The Omaha Trail

1942 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell · Edward L. Cahn

Cast James Craig · Pamela Blake · Dean Jagger · Edward Ellis

Plot Vane hires Candel to haul his locomotive by freight wagon to Omaha. Ross knows that the railroad will mean the end of his freighting business and plans to make sure...

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Forbidden Sun

1988 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Zelda Barron

Cast Lauren Hutton · Cliff De Young · Robert Beltran · Viveka Davis

Plot After a rape at a girl's gymnastics school, questions arise and bring to light ancient Cretan rituals.

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The Sickle or the Cross

1949 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Frank R. Strayer

Cast Kent Taylor · Gloria Holden · Gene Lockhart · David Bruce

Plot Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in...

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Never Trust a Gambler

1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy

Cast Dane Clark · Cathy O'Donnell · Tom Drake · Jeff Corey

Plot Small-time gambler flees town and hooks up with his ex-wife (Virginia) to avoid arrest for murder. Protecting Virginia from a masher, he accidentally kills the man, then tries to make...

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