Screenplay: Stephen Vincent Benet

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Stephen Vincent Benet. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Edward Arnold · Walter Huston · James Craig · Jane Darwell

Plot William Dieterle adapts Stephen Vincent Benet's transformation of the Faust legend from the tale of an aging genius to that of struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone, played by James...

6.7

489 votes

6.7

489 votes

Abraham Lincoln

1930 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Walter Huston · Una Merkel · William L. Thorne · Lucille La Verne

Plot D.W. Griffith's first talking movie is the biography of Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin to his entry into politics and his years of power before his assassination...

6.5

478 votes

6.5

478 votes

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Martha Scott · William Gargan · Edmund Gwenn · Sterling Holloway

Plot Nostalgic, poignant story of a schoolteacher in a midwestern town who devotes her life to teaching. A warm reassuring film in the tradition of "Miss Dove" and "Mr. Chips".

6.4

52 votes

6.4

52 votes

Power and the Land

1940 · Documentary · 38 min. · United States

Direction Joris Ivens

6.3

24 votes

6.3

24 votes

Shortcut to Happiness

2004 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Alec Baldwin

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Alec Baldwin · Jennifer Love Hewitt · Ken Murton

Plot In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have...

4.0

285 votes

4.0

285 votes

The Devil and Daniel Mouse (TV)

1978 · Movie · 25 min. · Canada

Direction Clive A. Smith

Cast Chris Wiggins · Annabel Kershaw · Martin Lavut · Jim Henshaw

Plot When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.

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Just for You

1952 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Elliott Nugent

Cast Bing Crosby · Jane Wyman · Ethel Barrymore · Robert Arthur

Plot Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to...

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Not rated

Actor's Studio (TV Series)

1948 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Pressman · Alex Segal · Ralph Warren · Yul Brynner

Cast Marc Connelly · George Keane · Don Hanmer · Nancy Franklin

Plot TV Series (1948-1950). 2 seasons. 65 episodes. Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series...

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