Screenplay: Ellis Marcus

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


Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Reza Badiyi · Barry Crane · Paul Krasny

Cast Greg Morris · Peter Lupus · Peter Graves · Barbara Bain

Synopsis TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. The Impossible Missions Force is an elite group of agents chosen...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Jesse Hibbs

Cast Audie Murphy · Susan Cabot · Dan Duryea · Abbe Lane

Synopsis Railroad surveyer Clay O'Mara (Audie Murphy) goes after rustlers who murdered his father and brother. Along the way, he first arrests then teams up with outlaw Whitey Kincaid (Dan Duryea) who helps Clay only to see how long the tenderfoot...

5.7

107 votes

5.7

107 votes

Flamingo Road (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Gabrielle Beaumont · Edward H. Feldman · Larry Elikann · Nick Havinga

Cast John Beck · Woody Brown · Peter Donat · Howard Duff

Synopsis Based on the novel and 1949 film of the same name, this prime-time soap detailed the lives of haves and have-nots in the sleepy Southern hamlet Truro, Florida. The haves live in huge mansions on Flamingo Road, while the rest...

4.7

195 votes

4.7

195 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

Synopsis 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 brought them into conflict with more human dangers from people...

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The Whistler (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Will Jason · William F. Claxton · Joel Malone · Charles F. Haas

Cast William Forman · Danni Sue Nolan · Dorothy Green · Arthur Franz

Synopsis Crime anthology series with twist endings. Based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.

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Direction William Beaudine

Cast Kevin Corcoran · Reginald Owen · Alan Hale Jr. · Frances Rafferty

Synopsis A young newspaper boy who is on a Little League team works hard to persuade an elderly Englishman, with whom he had a previous run-in, to donate land for a baseball diamond.

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Sam Benedict (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction E. Jack Neuman · Abner Biberman · Richard Donner · Ida Lupino

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Richard Rust · Joan Tompkins · Ross Elliott

Synopsis TV Series (1962-1963). 1 season. 28 episodes. Sam Benedict was a lawyer show starring Edmond O'Brein, based on the career of famous attorney Jake Ehrlich, who served as a technical consultant to the show.

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Nobody (TV)

1967 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Stuart Whitman · Percy Herbert · Randy Boone · Jill Townsend

Synopsis Mobeetie, a cowpoke with a cowbell around his neck, becomes a pain in the neck for Marshall Jim Crown during a heat wave, when a trainload of dynamite is stuck in the middle of Cimarron and the railroad can't move...

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Cimarron Strip (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · Vincent McEveety · Alvin Ganzer · Charles R. Rondeau

Cast Stuart Whitman · Percy Herbert · Randy Boone · Jill Townsend

Synopsis TV Series (1967-1968). 23 Episodes. The western adventures of tough, but fair, Marshal Jim Crown.

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The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor · Jeffrey Hayden · John Peyser · Jus Addiss

Cast Lloyd Bridges · J. Pat O'Malley · Morris Buchanan · George Sawaya

Synopsis Each week Adam Shepherd introduces a news event, either current or the past, discussing its relevance. Then he becomes part of the story, portraying the lead character in the reenactment.

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