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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

Plot 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,...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

The choirboys

1977 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

5.5

69 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

Plot 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,...

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

Plot 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

The Search (TV)

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

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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

Plot 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...

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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

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

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Broken Wing (TV)

1967 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wanamaker

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

Plot 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...

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Cimarron: Knife in the Darkness (TV)

1967 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Charles R. Rondeau

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

Plot 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...

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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

Plot 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...

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Not rated

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

Plot 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...

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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

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

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Not rated

The Hunted (TV)

1967 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Alvin Ganzer

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

Plot 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...

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Not rated