Screenplay: William Sackheim
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by William Sackheim. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
First Blood
1982 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Ted Kotcheff
Cast Sylvester Stallone · Richard Crenna · Brian Dennehy · David Caruso
Plot Sylvester Stallone stars as ex-Green Beret John Rambo, a shell-shocked Vietnam vet adrift in the Pacific Northwest. Harassment by an unsympathetic small-town sheriff brings on nasty flashbacks of torture at...
6.6
72K votes
6.6
72K votes
Paula
1952 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast Loretta Young · Alexander Knox · Tommy Rettig · Otto Hulett
Plot Distraught after her second miscarriage & learning definitively she could never have children Paula, while driving at night, accidentally injures a child. Confused and due to her commitment to attend...
6.4
48 votes
6.4
48 votes
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Richard L. Bare
Cast Virginia Mayo · Bruce Bennett · Robert Hutton · Tom D'Andrea
Plot Linda Vickers gets mixed up with gambler Marty Fain. One of Fain's henchmen uses her car in a killing, and the police come around asking questions. Linda decides to indulge...
6.4
23 votes
6.4
23 votes
The Competition
1980 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Joel Oliansky
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Amy Irving · Lee Remick · Sam Wanamaker
Plot The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance...
6.1
128 votes
6.1
128 votes
Forbidden
1953 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast Tony Curtis · Joanne Dru · Lyle Bettger · Marvin Miller
Plot Eddie Darrow has been hired by Philadelphia mobster Barney Pendleton to locate Christine Lawrence (Eddie's ex-lover and widow of Barney's former associate) and bring her home. Eddie tracks her down...
6.0
22 votes
6.0
22 votes
Man in the Dark
1953 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Edmond O'Brien · Audrey Totter · Ted de Corsia · Horace McMahon
Plot A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he...
5.7
39 votes
5.7
39 votes
Border River
1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction George Sherman
Cast Joel McCrea · Yvonne De Carlo · Pedro Armendáriz · Howard Petrie
Plot Zona Libre is a small enclave across the river from America. Despotically ruled by General Calleja, it offers sanctuary to outlaws, at a price. Newly arrived is Clete Mattson who...
5.6
132 votes
5.6
132 votes
The Art of Love
1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Norman Jewison
Cast James Garner · Dick Van Dyke · Miiko Taka · Elke Sommer
Plot Painter Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) feels he's a failure, since nobody will buy his paintings. His art dealer informs him, that the works of an artist become much more...
5.6
138 votes
5.6
138 votes
Column South
1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Audie Murphy · Joan Evans · Robert Sterling · Ray Collins
Plot As Lt. Jed Sayre struggles to prevent pre-Civil War tensions and a racist commanding officer from triggering war between the U.S. Cavalry and Navajo Indians, he finds his efforts are...
5.2
67 votes
5.2
67 votes
Tanganyika
1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction André De Toth
Cast Van Heflin · Ruth Roman · Howard Duff · Jeff Morrow
Plot In 1903 Kenya, tough colonist John Gale is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken, who is stirring up the Nukumbi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings. En...
5.1
131 votes
5.1
131 votes
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Abbe Lane · Paul Stewart · Xavier Cugat
Plot An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in...
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The Human Jungle
1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Joseph M. Newman
Cast Gary Merrill · Jan Sterling · Regis Toomey · Lamont Johnson
Plot Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of...
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Reunion in Reno
1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Mark Stevens · Peggy Dow · Gigi Perreau · Frances Dee
Plot A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents.
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The Law (TV)
1974 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction John Badham
Cast Judd Hirsch · John Beck · Bonnie Franklin · Barbara Baxley
Plot An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
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Barricade
1950 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Peter Godfrey
Cast Dane Clark · Raymond Massey · Ruth Roman · Robert Douglas
Plot Jack London's "The Sea Wolf" is transported from sea to land in this intriguing western. The ruthless boss of a mining camp meets his match when fugitives from justice cross...
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Purple Heart Diary
1951 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Richard Quine
Cast Frances Langford · Judd Holdren · Ben Lessy · Tony Romano
Plot A trio of singers is entertaining wounded soldiers of WWII. They encourage a mutilated soldier in his love to a nurse.
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One Last Fling
1949 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Peter Godfrey
Cast Alexis Smith · Zachary Scott · Douglas Kennedy · Ann Doran
Plot Larry and Olivia Pearce have been married less than a year and Olivia is anxious to return to her old job at her father's music store, but macho-Larry believes that...
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Homicide
1949 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Felix Jacoves
Cast Robert Douglas · Helen Westcott · Robert Alda · Monte Blue
Plot Detective Landers (Robert Douglas), of the Los Angeles Homicide Bureau, suspects murder when the body of a transient ranch hand is found in a sleazy Los Angeles hotel. Unable to...
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Sky Commando
1953 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Dan Duryea · Frances Gifford · Mike Connors · Michael Fox
Plot Colonel Ed Wyatt (Dan Duryea) is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee (Mike Connors as Touch Connors), and Jo McWethy...
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Delvecchio (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Richard Michaels · Arnold Laven · Walter Doniger · Jerry London
Cast Judd Hirsch · Charles Haid · Michael Conrad · Mario Gallo
Plot The investigations of LAPD detective Dominick Delvecchio, who is also studying to become a lawyer.
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