Screenplay: Walter Halsey Davis

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Walter Halsey Davis. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Direction Jud Taylor · Paul Wendkos

Cast Christopher Reeve · Judd Hirsch · Tony Denison · Charles Haid

Synopsis Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

5.2

56 votes

5.2

56 votes

Resting Place (TV)

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Korty

Cast John Lithgow · Morgan Freeman · CCH Pounder · Richard Brooks

Synopsis Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman plays the father of a black soldier killed in Vietnam in RESTING PLACE. When the soldier's parents seek to have him buried in an all-white cemetery,...

5.2

112 votes

5.2

112 votes

Seven Hours to Judgment

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Beau Bridges

Cast Beau Bridges · Ron Leibman · Julianne Phillips · Tiny Ron

Synopsis A judge becomes guilt-ridden after a technicality forces him to release a band of murderous crooks in this crime thriller. As a result of his action, an anguished husband becomes...

4.3

29 votes

4.3

29 votes

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Georg Stanford Brown

Cast Louis Gossett Jr. · Blair Underwood · Rae Dawn Chong · David Harris

Synopsis A convict is reunited with his long-lost son in prison, and when the two are released, the parole stipulates that they must live together, even though the two barely know...

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Silent Cries

1993 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Page

Cast Gena Rowlands · Annabeth Gish · Chloe Webb · Gail Strickland

Synopsis In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the...

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Last Flight Out (TV)

1990 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Larry Elikann

Cast Richard Crenna · James Earl Jones · Eric Bogosian · Rosalind Chao

Synopsis It's chaos in Saigon April 22-24, 1975, before the last Pan Am/civil flight out. Vietcong is closing in on Saigon and many want to get on it.

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On the Line

1997 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Elodie Keene

Cast Linda Hamilton · Jeff Fahey · Jay Acovone · Coolio

Synopsis A female police detective tries to track down a gang of teenage bank robbers while dealing with sexual harassment on the job, and her troubled home life.

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The Killing Mind (TV)

1991 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Michael Ray Rhodes

Cast Stephanie Zimbalist · Tony Bill · Daniel Roebuck · K. Todd Freeman

Synopsis A female former FBI agent, now a cop in Los Angeles is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't believe a woman...

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Jane Doe (TV)

1983 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Nagy

Cast Karen Valentine · William Devane · David Huffman · Eva Marie Saint

Synopsis The police are looking for a serial killer. A woman who appears to be one of the killer's victims, who survive is brought to the police. Only problem is that...

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Resurrection Blvd. (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Behring · Jesús Salvador Treviño · Nancy Malone · Norberto Barba

Cast Ruth Livier · Nicholas Gonzalez · Daniel Zacapa · Marisol Nichols

Synopsis TV Series (2000-2002). 3 seasons. 53 episodes. Daily troubles and triumphs of a struggling caring Latino family.

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Oceans of Fire (TV)

1986 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Steve Carver

Cast Gregory Harrison · Billy Dee Williams · Lyle Alzado · Tony Burton

Synopsis A group of prisoners is recruited from the dive school at Chino to pull off a very dangerous deep gas job in Mexico.

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