Screenplay: C. Gardner Sullivan

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by C. Gardner Sullivan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Union Pacific

1939 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Akim Tamiroff · Robert Preston

Plot This is Cecil B. De Mille's version of the trouble and hardships involved in the building of the famous transcontinental railroad. Jeff Butler is hired to insure that the Union...

6.9

659 votes

6.9

659 votes

Sparrows

1926 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine

Cast Mary Pickford · Roy Stewart · Mary Louise Miller · Gustav von Seyffertitz

Plot Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.

6.6

63 votes

6.6

63 votes

Tempest

1928 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Sam Taylor

Cast John Barrymore · Camilla Horn · Viktor Tourjansky · Lewis Milestone

Plot In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls...

6.4

61 votes

6.4

61 votes

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · Paulette Goddard · Preston Foster

Plot In 1885, three mismatched frontiersmen (teacher Riel, whiskey trader Corbeau, and trapper Duroc) foment rebellion in central Canada; only the local Mounties stand in their way. Constable Ronnie Logan loves...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Hell's Hinges

1916 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Charles Swickard · William S. Hart · Clifford Smith

Cast William S. Hart · Clara Williams · Jack Standing · Alfred Hollingsworth

Plot When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their evil ways. They hire...

6.3

30 votes

6.3

30 votes

The Buccaneer

1938 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Fredric March · Franciska Gaal · Akim Tamiroff · Margot Grahame

Plot During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60...

6.3

101 votes

6.3

101 votes

Tumbleweeds

1925 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction King Baggot · William S. Hart

Cast William S. Hart · Barbara Bedford · Lucien Littlefield · J. Gordon Russell

Plot It's 1889 and the Cherokee Strip is about to be opened to settlers. After cowboy Dan Carver helps move the Box K cattle off the strip he meets Molly Lassiter....

6.2

64 votes

6.2

64 votes

Alibi

1929 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Roland West

Cast Chester Morris · Harry Stubbs · Mae Busch · Eleanore Griffith

Plot Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan,...

6.0

25 votes

6.0

25 votes

Civilization

1916 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Thomas H. Ince · Reginald Barker · Raymond B. West · Walter Edwards

Cast Howard C. Hickman · Enid Markey · Lola May · Herschel Mayall

Plot Allegorical film about peace. A king starts a war, many of the women are against it, people are pressed into service. A count has constructed a submarine and gets the...

5.9

43 votes

5.9

43 votes

Strange Interlude

1932 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Norma Shearer · Clark Gable · Alexander Kirkland · Ralph Morgan

Plot The thoughts that people think are never the same as the words they speak - and in this movie, we can hear the thoughts. Gordon Shaw was a flyer who...

5.4

28 votes

5.4

28 votes

The Invaders

1912 · Movie · 41 min. · United States

Direction Thomas H. Ince · Francis Ford

Cast Francis Ford · Ethel Grandin · Ray Myers · Ann Little

Plot The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to...

5.3

57 votes

5.3

57 votes

The Locked Door

1929 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction George Fitzmaurice

Cast Rod La Rocque · Barbara Stanwyck · William Boyd · Betty Bronson

Plot While Ann and the son of her boss are out on a ship beyond the 12-mile limit, which allows liquor to be consumed, the son, Frank makes unwanted advances towards...

5.1

23 votes

5.1

23 votes

Soul of the Beast

1923 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction John Griffith Wray

Cast Madge Bellamy · Cullen Landis · Noah Beery · Vola Vale

Plot Ruth, a young girl, runs away from an abusive stepfather, who owns a circus, and takes the circus' trained elephant--her only friend--with her. She winds up in a logging camp...

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The Last of the Line (S)

1914 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

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Stepping Out

1919 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast Enid Bennett · Niles Welch · Julia Faye · Gertrude Claire

Plot A young wife slaves for her cad of a husband. When she learns that he has been "stepping out" with his secretary, she gets revenge by going after the attentions...

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Skyscraper Souls

1932 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Edgar Selwyn

Cast Warren William · Maureen O'Sullivan · Gregory Ratoff · Anita Page

Plot Aspirations and the lives of several people working at the gigantic Seacoast National Bank Building interweave in various plots. The most notable character is David Dwight, the womanizing bank owner...

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Vive la France!

1918 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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The Pinch Hitter

1917 · Movie · 48 min. · United States

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In the Sage Brush Country (S)

1914 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction William S. Hart

Cast William S. Hart · Rhea Mitchell · Herschel Mayall · Kisaburô Kurihara

Plot Jim Brandon is a bandit who travels diligently with the daughter of a mine owner with the intention of stealing the money she has hidden to pay the miners. But...

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Not rated