Screenplay: Bernard Gordon
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Bernard Gordon. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Crime Wave
1954 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction André De Toth
Cast Sterling Hayden · Gene Nelson · Phyllis Kirk · Ted de Corsia
Plot Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Wounded, Morgan flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey,...
7.0
658 votes
7.0
658 votes
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Movie · 154 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast Charlton Heston · Ava Gardner · David Niven · Robert Helpmann
Plot Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival...
7.0
15K votes
7.0
15K votes
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Paul Wendkos
Cast Darren McGavin · Margaret Hayes · Warren Stevens · Peggy McCay
Plot When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will, a shocked District Attorney Michael Norris decide to do...
6.7
24 votes
6.7
24 votes
The Lawless Breed
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Rock Hudson · Julie Adams · John McIntire · Dennis Weaver
Plot Released from jail, John Wesley Hardin leaves an account of his life with the local newspaper. It tells of his overly religious father, his resulting life of cards and guns,...
6.6
644 votes
6.6
644 votes
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Salkow
Cast Brian Keith · Beverly Garland · Dick Foran · Douglas Kennedy
Plot An honest union official named Blane is framed for the murder of another union official. Thus off the hook, the crime syndicate actually responsible for the crime is free to...
6.3
87 votes
6.3
87 votes
The Thin Red Line
1964 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Andrew Marton
Cast Keir Dullea · Jack Warden · James Philbrook · Bob Kanter
Plot Dark tale of one man's determination to survive his tour of duty. Separated from his new wife after only eight days of marriage, private Doll suddenly decides that he will...
6.3
214 votes
6.3
214 votes
Custer of the West
1966 · Movie · 146 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Robert Shaw · Mary Ure · Jeffrey Hunter · Ty Hardin
5.8
401 votes
5.8
401 votes
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Hugh Marlowe · Joan Taylor · Donald Curtis · Morris Ankrum
Plot Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project, but every time their rockets are launched, they are intercepted...
5.8
800 votes
5.8
800 votes
The Day of the Triffids
1962 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Steve Sekely · Freddie Francis
Cast Howard Keel · Janette Scott · Nicole Maurey · Kieron Moore
Plot A meteor shower disrupts the earth's ecosystem, blinds all who observed it and awakens meat-eating plants. As the hungry foliage grow ever faster, a sighted sailor and an alcoholic scientist...
5.5
496 votes
5.5
496 votes
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Maximilian Schell · Diane Baker · Brian Keith · Barbara Werle
Plot The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of...
5.4
465 votes
5.4
465 votes
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Edward L. Cahn
Cast Gregg Palmer · Allison Hayes · Autumn Russell · Joel Ashley
Plot Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?
5.0
41 votes
5.0
41 votes
Surfacing
1981 · Movie · 89 min. · Canada
Direction Claude Jutra
Cast Joseph Bottoms · Kathleen Beller · R.H. Thomson · Margaret Dragu
Plot A young girl and her friends set off on an expedition into the wilderness in order to find her missing father.
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Escape from San Quentin
1957 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Johnny Desmond · Merry Anders · Richard Devon · Roy Engel
Plot An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.
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Cry of Battle
1963 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Irving Lerner
Cast Van Heflin · Rita Moreno · James MacArthur · Leopoldo Salcedo
Plot During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.
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The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction László Kardos
Cast Victor Jory · William Hudson · Charlotte Austin · Jean Willes
Plot A group of 18th-century scientists, led by Dr. Murdock, have remained young after all these centuries by using electricity to suck the life out of young women. If one of...
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Flesh and Fury
1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Pevney
Cast Tony Curtis · Jan Sterling · Mona Freeman · Wallace Ford
Plot Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately...
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