Screenplay: Walter Bernstein

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


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...

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6.1

37 votes

6.1

37 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

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

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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