Screenplay: Elliott Lester

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


City Girl

1930 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Charles Farrell · Mary Duncan · David Torrence · Edith Yorke

Plot Director F.W. Murnau began City Girl as a silent film, hoping to match the artistic triumph of his earlier Sunrise. Murnau was frustrated by two elements: Fox's decision to hastily...

7.4

561 votes

7.4

561 votes

Two Seconds

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Vivienne Osborne · Guy Kibbee · Preston Foster

Plot A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, flashes back over his life and the incidents that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.

6.7

77 votes

6.7

77 votes

The Medicine Man

1930 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Scott Pembroke

Cast Jack Benny · Betty Bronson · E. Alyn Warren · Eva Novak

Plot Mamie and Buddy, the children of a mean, abusive shopkeeper, are excited when Dr. Harvey's medicine show comes to town. At night they secretly slip away to watch the show....

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