Screenplay: Milton Holmes
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Milton Holmes. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 8
Johnny O'Clock
1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Robert Rossen
Cast Dick Powell · Evelyn Keyes · Lee J. Cobb · Ellen Drew
6.7
172 votes
6.7
172 votes
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction H.C. Potter
Cast Cary Grant · Laraine Day · Charles Bickford · Gladys Cooper
Synopsis Joe Adams takes on the identity of a dead gangster in order to avoid the draft. Adams plans to use a war relief charity to get his gambling operation up and running, until he falls in love with Dorothy Bryant...
6.5
383 votes
6.5
383 votes
Boots Malone
1952 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast William Holden · Stanley Clements · Basil Ruysdael · Carl Benton Reid
Synopsis Boots Malone is jockey's agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. After nearly three years, he...
6.1
21 votes
6.1
21 votes
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Alan Ladd · Gail Russell · William Demarest · Stanley Clements
Synopsis Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. Johnny and Salty both fall...
6.0
28 votes
6.0
28 votes
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas · Henry Levin
Cast Glenn Ford · Evelyn Keyes · John Ireland · Beulah Bondi
Synopsis Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe's partner. Joe loots the club's safe for $100,000 and then finds sanctuary in a...
6.0
42 votes
6.0
42 votes
The Naked Earth
1958 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Vincent Sherman
Cast Richard Todd · Juliette Greco · John Kitzmiller · Finlay Currie
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Mr. Lucky (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold · Boris Sagal · Lamont Johnson · Alan Crosland Jr.
Cast John Vivyan · Ross Martin · Tom Brown · Joe Scott
Synopsis Mr. Lucky was an honest professional gambler who had won a plush floating casino, the ship Fortuna, and used it as his base of operations. Staying beyond the three-mile limit, where he could operate a gambling ship legally, Mr. Lucky...
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A Matter of WHO
1961 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Chaffey
Cast Terry-Thomas · Sonja Ziemann · Alex Nicol · Richard Briers
Synopsis A man's death of smallpox at London airport sends officials into a panic as they conduct a frantic search for the carrier.
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