Screenplay: Milton Holmes

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


Johnny O'Clock

1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

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

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated