Screenplay: Walter Bernstein
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Walter Bernstein. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 25
Fail-Safe
1964 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Dan O'Herlihy · Henry Fonda · Walter Matthau · Fritz Weaver
Synopsis A technical malfunction in the Pentagon's strategic control system causes an erroneous order to be sent to a B-58 squadron on a routine training mission instructing the bombers to fly beyond their fail safe distance. At this point the flight...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
The Front
1976 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Woody Allen · Zero Mostel · Herschel Bernardi · Michael Murphy
Synopsis During the years of the “witch hunt”, TV scriptwriter Alfred Miller is one of the writers condemned to ostracism for his left-wing ideals. In order to be able to continue working, he offers money to Howard Prince, an ex-fellow student,...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
The Molly Maguires
1970 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Sean Connery · Richard Harris · Samantha Eggar · Frank Finlay
Synopsis An expensive box-office flop when released in 1970, The Molly Maguires can now be appreciated as a compelling drama with potent political undertones. The talent involved is first-rate all the way: In addition to the volatile teaming of Sean Connery...
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
Paris Blues
1961 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Paul Newman · Joanne Woodward · Sidney Poitier · Diahann Carroll
Synopsis Two jazz musicians deal with romantic problems in Paris. Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate American jazzmen working in a Left Bank nightclub in Paris. Ram is there hoping to attain stature as a musician, and Eddie has...
6.6
861 votes
6.6
861 votes
Fail Safe (TV)
2000 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Stephen Frears
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Harvey Keitel · James Cromwell · George Clooney
Synopsis Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
6.4
516 votes
6.4
516 votes
Something's Got to Give
1962 · Movie · 37 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Marilyn Monroe · Dean Martin · Cyd Charisse · Tom Tryon
Synopsis Unfinished remake of "My Favorite Wife" due to the firing of Marilyn Monroe from the film. She was eventually re-hired, but died in August, 1962. Film was never completed.
6.4
234 votes
6.4
234 votes
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Norman Foster
Cast Joan Fontaine · Burt Lancaster · Robert Newton · Lewis L. Russell
Synopsis Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to...
6.2
281 votes
6.2
281 votes
Hidden (TV Miniseries)
2011 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ronan Bennett · Walter Bernstein · Niall MacCormick
Cast Philip Glenister · Thekla Reuten · Anna Chancellor · Michael Winder
Synopsis When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago....
6.1
35 votes
6.1
35 votes
Miss Evers' Boys (TV)
1997 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Sargent
Cast Alfre Woodard · Thom Gossom · Von Coulter · Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis In 1932 Macon County, Alabama, the federal government launched into a medical study called The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis. The study selected 412 men infected with the disease and faked long term treatment, while really only giving...
6.1
37 votes
6.1
37 votes
Little Miss Marker
1980 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Walter Bernstein
Cast Walter Matthau · Julie Andrews · Tony Curtis · Bob Newhart
5.9
191 votes
5.9
191 votes
Yanks
1979 · Movie · 141 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Schlesinger
Cast Richard Gere · Vanessa Redgrave · William Devane · Rachel Roberts
Synopsis During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making...
5.8
706 votes
5.8
706 votes
The Money Trap
1965 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Burt Kennedy
Cast Glenn Ford · Elke Sommer · Rita Hayworth · Joseph Cotten
Synopsis When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
5.8
122 votes
5.8
122 votes
That Kind of Woman
1959 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Sophia Loren · Tab Hunter · Jack Warden · Barbara Nichols
Synopsis In 1944, Kay and Jane travel on an overnight train from Miami to New York, accompanied by Harry. Kay is the mistress of "The Man", a rich industrialist, whom they are to meet so that they can help entertain an...
5.6
77 votes
5.6
77 votes
Heller in Pink Tights
1959 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Sophia Loren · Anthony Quinn · Margaret O'Brien · Steve Forrest
Synopsis Tells the story of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West. Its tagline: One foot on the stage... And one step ahead of the law!
5.5
316 votes
5.5
316 votes
The House on Carroll Street
1987 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Peter Yates
Cast Kelly McGillis · Jeff Daniels · Jessica Tandy · Mandy Patinkin
Synopsis A romantic thriller about a woman who inadvertantly uncovers a government conspiracy to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the United States six years after World War II has ended.
5.5
586 votes
5.5
586 votes
The Betsy
1978 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Petrie
Cast Laurence Olivier · Robert Duvall · Katharine Ross · Tommy Lee Jones
Synopsis The patriarch of a family-owned corporation hires a young race car driver to help him design a fuel efficient car in secrecy. They face resistance from the president of the company (the patriarch's grandson), who wishes to eliminate the motor...
5.3
58 votes
5.3
58 votes
A Breath of Scandal
1960 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Sophia Loren · John Gavin · Isabel Jeans · Milly Vitale
5.1
230 votes
5.1
230 votes
Semi-Tough
1977 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Michael Ritchie
Cast Burt Reynolds · Kris Kristofferson · Jill Clayburgh · Robert Preston
Synopsis A comedy about two football players and their mutual girlfriend. Includes many spoofs and parodies about various self-help groups and personal self-improvement seminars that were wildly popular during the 1970's.
4.5
37 votes
4.5
37 votes
The Couch Trip
1988 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Michael Ritchie
Cast Dan Aykroyd · Walter Matthau · Charles Grodin · Donna Dixon
4.3
178 votes
4.3
178 votes
Profiles in Courage (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Robert Gist · José Quintero · Lamont Johnson · Michael Ritchie
Cast Walter Matthau · Simon Oakland · Michael Constantine · Laurence Naismith
Synopsis TV Series (1964-1965). 26 episodes. This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
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