Screenplay: David Friedkin

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by David Friedkin. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Pawnbroker

1964 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Rod Steiger · Geraldine Fitzgerald · Brock Peters · Jaime Sanchez

Plot The Pawnbroker, directed by Sidney Lumet, stars Rod Steiger in this grim, dark tale of a Holocaust survivor who runs a pawnshop in Harlem. The film traces his deterioration as...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

I Spy (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 51 min. · United States

Direction Earl Bellamy · Paul Wendkos · Christian Nyby

Cast Robert Culp · Bill Cosby · Kenneth Tobey · Arthur Batanides

Plot A pair of American agents faces espionage adventures with skill, humor and some serious questions about their work. Robinson's cover is as a former Princeton law student and Davis Cup...

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

I Spy

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Betty Thomas

Cast Eddie Murphy · Owen Wilson · Famke Janssen · Malcolm McDowell

Plot When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter jet created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott (Wilson), is called...

4.5

5K votes

4.5

5K votes

The Aquanauts (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Friedkin · David Orrick McDearmon · John Rich · Allen H. Miner

Cast Ron Ely · Keith Larsen · Jeremy Slate · Joyce Meadows

Plot Professional salvage divers Larry and Drake (later replaced by Mike) made their livings braving the dangers of the deep recovering sunken wrecks off the Southern California coast. Frequently, these assignments...

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Handle with Care

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction David Friedkin

Cast Dean Jones · Joan O'Brien · Thomas Mitchell · John Smith

Plot An idealistic young law student investigates an apparent tax fraud, and discovers that right and wrong isn't always a matter of black and white.

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I Spy Returns (TV)

1994 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jerry London

Cast Robert Culp · Bill Cosby · George Newbern · Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Plot Time passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the S.S.A.. Actually, their children are...

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Kate McShane (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Corey Allen · Bill Bixby · David Friedkin · John Peyser

Cast Anne Meara · Ed Lauter · John Aprea · Sandy Ward

Plot Kate McShane was a brash but successful criminal attorney from a blue-collar Irish background who often took on cases that seemed hopeless for her clients.

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Hot Summer Night

1957 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction David Friedkin

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Colleen Miller · Edward Andrews · Jay C. Flippen

Plot A big-city reporter between jobs is traveling with his wife through a small Ozarks town and gets a lead on a bank robbery. He tracks down the brutal gang that...

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The Most Deadly Game (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Friedkin · Philip Leacock · Lee Madden · George McCowan

Cast George Maharis · Ralph Bellamy · Yvette Mimieux · Jeff Bridges

Plot A drama and mystery series about a trio of investigators whose specialty is solving unusual and off-beat mysteries.

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Frontier (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Morton Fine · David Friedkin

Cast Walter Coy · Scott Forbes · Dabbs Greer · Leo Gordon

Plot TV Series (1955-1956). 1 seasons. 31 episodes. An western anthology series.

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The Fool Killer

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Servando González

Cast Anthony Perkins · Dana Elcar · Henry Hull · Salome Jens

Plot 12-year-old George Mellish, tired of beatings for both real and fancied misdeeds at the hands of his foster parents,runs away from home by hopping a freight train and lands somewhere...

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