Screenplay: William S. Roberts

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


The Magnificent Seven

1960 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Yul Brynner · Steve McQueen · Charles Bronson · Eli Wallach

Synopsis In The Magnificent Seven (1960), a small Mexican village is repeatedly terrorized by a group of bandits. Desperate for protection, the villagers hire seven skilled gunmen to defend them. Each of these men has their own reasons for taking on...

7.4

26K votes

7.4

26K votes

Direction Henry Levin · George Pal

Cast Laurence Harvey · Karlheinz Böhm · Claire Bloom · Walter Slezak

Synopsis Big-budget fantasy based very loosely on the Grimm Brothers' lives and three of their stories: "The Dancing Princesses," "The Cobbler and the Elves," and "The Singing Bone." Good, fun Puppetoon scenes, but leaves much else to be desired. A megawatt...

6.6

583 votes

6.6

583 votes

The Bridge at Remagen

1969 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction John Guillermin

Cast George Segal · Robert Vaughn · Ben Gazzara · Bradford Dillman

Synopsis As the Allied armies close in, the Nazis decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

6.2

972 votes

Red Sun

1971 · Movie · 109 min. · France

Direction Terence Young

Cast Charles Bronson · Toshirô Mifune · Ursula Andress · Alain Delon

Synopsis The Japanese ambassador is travelling through the Wild West by train, when gangsters hold up the train, to rob a gold shipment. They also carry an ancient Japanese sword the embassador was carrying as a present for the US president....

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Posse

1975 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Kirk Douglas

Cast Kirk Douglas · Bruce Dern · Bo Hopkins · James Stacy

Synopsis A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.

5.5

424 votes

5.5

424 votes

The Private War of Major Benson

1955 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Hopper

Cast Charlton Heston · Julie Adams · William Demarest · Tim Hovey

Synopsis A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection....

5.3

130 votes

5.3

130 votes

The Mating Game

1959 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Debbie Reynolds · Tony Randall · Paul Douglas · Fred Clark

Synopsis Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn't easy to...

5.3

42 votes

5.3

42 votes

Easy to Love

1953 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Esther Williams · Tony Martin · Van Johnson · Carroll Baker

Synopsis Set against the background of Florida's Cypress Gardens, and featuring many stretches of water carnival-ballet numbers, the slight story line finds swimming star Julie Hallerton (Esther Williams) in love with Ray Lloyd (Van Johnson), her boss and the creator and...

5.3

71 votes

5.3

71 votes

One More Train to Rob

1971 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast George Peppard · Diana Muldaur · John Vernon · France Nuyen

Synopsis In this western, a train robber is framed by a fellow gang member and sent to prison. The gang member betrayed him so that he could marry the robber's love. To get his revenge, the robber helps out a gang...

5.2

215 votes

5.2

215 votes

The Last American Hero

1973 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Jeff Bridges · Valerie Perrine · Geraldine Fitzgerald · Ned Beatty

Synopsis It took him 20 years to find out who he was and 2 laps to let the world know.

5.1

53 votes

5.1

53 votes

10 to Midnight

1983 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction J. Lee Thompson

Cast Charles Bronson · Lisa Eilbacher · Andrew Stevens · Gene Davis

Synopsis The clock is ticking and time is running out as ace detectives Leo Kessler and Paul McAnn track down a psychotic killer who is brutally slaying young women. Caught in a web of red tape, they seem unable to bring...

5.1

875 votes

5.1

875 votes

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction William A. Fraker

Cast Klinton Spilsbury · Michael Horse · Christopher Lloyd · Matt Clark

Synopsis The sole surviving Texas Ranger of an ambush arranged by Butch Cavandish returns to fight back as a masked hero.

4.9

182 votes

4.9

182 votes

SST: Death Flight (TV)

1977 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction David Lowell Rich

Cast Barbara Anderson · Bert Convy · Peter Graves · Lorne Greene

Synopsis On its maiden flight, America's first supersonic transport runs into deadly danger high in the sky-and may never get to land. In true Airport fashion, the plane is populated with celebrities (at least by TV standards).

4.4

247 votes

4.4

247 votes

You for Me

1952 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast Peter Lawford · Jane Greer · Gig Young · Rita Corday

Synopsis Katie McDermad, who comes from a working class household, is a dedicated surgical nurse, who loves her profession but not the low pay. Her emotions often get the better of her. Jeff Chadwick is a surgeon and researcher who works...

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Fast Company

1953 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Howard Keel · Polly Bergen · Marjorie Main · Nina Foch

Synopsis The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer who lucked into training a champ, the horse 'Gay Fleet'. Only nobody knows 'Gay Fleet' is...

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Not rated

Her Twelve Men

1954 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Greer Garson · Robert Ryan · Barry Sullivan · Richard Haydn

Synopsis Jan Stewart, a new teacher at The Oaks, a boys' boarding school, becomes instructor and mother-figure to a class of twelve. She must overcome the disapproval of Joe Hargrave, head of the lower school, who has misgivings about Jan's inexperience.

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Not rated

The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction William S. Roberts · Oscar Rudolph · Andrew McCullough · Jeffrey Hayden

Cast Donna Reed · Paul Petersen · Carl Betz · Shelley Fabares

Synopsis Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like when they found a baby on their doorstep or take in...

Not rated

Not rated

Come Fly with Me

1963 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Levin

Cast Dolores Hart · Hugh O´Brian · Karlheinz Böhm · Pamela Tiffin

Synopsis Three air-hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.

Not rated

Not rated