Screenplay: Christopher Knopf

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


Emperor of the North Pole

1973 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Lee Marvin · Ernest Borgnine · Keith Carradine · Charles Tyner

Synopsis It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Those people, commonly called "hobos", are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical railway conductor who swore that no hobo...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Peter and Paul (TV Miniseries)

1981 · Movie · 197 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Robert Foxworth · Eddie Albert · Raymond Burr

Synopsis Peter the Fisherman and Paul of Tarsus assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ and their own personal conflicts.

6.6

28 votes

6.6

28 votes

20 Million Miles to Earth

1957 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Nathan Juran

Cast William Hopper · Joan Taylor · Thomas Browne Henry · Frank Puglia

Synopsis An American rocketship returning from Venus crashes in the sea off the coast of the small Sicilian fishing village of Gerra. The local fishermen rescue two survivors. Meanwhile a young boy Pepe finds a specimen container that has a pod...

5.9

407 votes

5.9

407 votes

A Cold Night's Death (TV)

1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Jerrold Freedman

Cast Robert Culp · Eli Wallach · Michael C. Gwynne

Synopsis Scientists Culp and Wallach suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.

5.8

46 votes

5.8

46 votes

Hell Bent for Leather

1960 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Audie Murphy · Felicia Farr · Stephen McNally · Robert Middleton

Synopsis When Clay Santell (Audie Murphy) stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who...

5.8

109 votes

5.8

109 votes

The King's Thief

1955 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Ann Blyth · Edmund Purdom · David Niven · George Sanders

Synopsis Lady Mary's father is innocently accused of treason and is executed. It is the king's evil chancellor, the duke of Brompton, who has found a way of getting rich by accusing his enemies of treason, having them killed and then...

5.8

115 votes

5.8

115 votes

Posse

1975 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Kirk Douglas

Cast Kirk Douglas · Bruce Dern · Bo Hopkins · James Stacy

Synopsis A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.

5.5

424 votes

5.5

424 votes

The Tall Stranger

1957 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

5.5

86 votes

5.5

86 votes

5.5

69 votes

Dr. Kildare (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Elliot Silverstein · Alf Kjellin · John Newland · Leo Penn

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Raymond Massey · Leslie Nielsen · Lee Meriwether

Synopsis TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 191 episodes. The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his...

5.4

46 votes

5.4

46 votes

The Bravos (TV)

1972 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Ted Post

Cast George Peppard · Pernell Roberts · Belinda Montgomery · L.Q. Jones

Synopsis The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.

4.8

33 votes

4.8

33 votes

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Fool's Gold (TV)

1967 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty

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

Synopsis Marshal Crown and his posse thwart a payroll robbery and capture or kill all the entire outlaw gang. The leader is sentenced to ten years in territorial prison, but Crown can't gather enough evidence to charge the youngest member. When...

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The Battleground (TV)

1967 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford

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

Synopsis When Congress cancels government leases on range land used by the cattlemen, a range war breaks out between the ranchers and would-be settlers.

Not rated

Not rated

Broken Wing (TV)

1967 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wanamaker

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

Synopsis When a parson is shot, Crown arrests the son of a prominent rancher. When the preacher recovers and refuses to press charges, a rabble-rousing saloon owner and his gun-toting sidekick try to organize a lynching party.

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Direction Charles R. Rondeau

Cast Richard Angarola · Percy Herbert · Jeanne Cooper · Stuart Whitman

Synopsis Marshal Crown is hunting a killer, and Francis will tell him about how police in London were unable to solve a similar set of killings earlier that year by someone called Jack the Ripper.

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The Deputy (TV)

1967 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Alvin Ganzer

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

Synopsis Marshall Crown hires a one-handed gunslinger as a deputy, not realizing the man has assumed the identity of a slain lawman and is intent on avenging himself on members of his former gang who abandoned him after he was wounded...

Not rated

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Alcoa Theatre (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey · Alvin Ganzer · Don McDougall · Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Jack Lemmon · David Niven · Robert Ryan · Charles Boyer

Synopsis When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, the series now used a set group of actors...

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Prison for Children (TV)

1987 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Larry Peerce

Cast Raphael Sbarge · Kenneth Ransom · Jonathan Chapin · Gordie Wright

Synopsis Sentenced to incarceration until 21, a boy plans his desperate escape.

Not rated

Not rated

The Hunted (TV)

1967 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Alvin Ganzer

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

Synopsis Marshall Crown convinces the gunslinging Gauge brothers that they will receive a fair trial if they turn themselves in. A wealthy rancher decides to seek gun justice and hires a pair of bounty hunters to exact retribution.

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Not rated