Screenplay: George Seaton

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


A Day at the Races

1937 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx

Plot Town villain Morgan has his sights set on taking over Judy's sanitarium and turning it into a casino. Aiding Judy in saving the sanitarium are Dr. Hugo Hackenbush, a horse...

7.7

10K votes

7.7

10K votes

36 Hours

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Rod Taylor · Werner Peters

Plot In this psychological war-drama an Army Major -from the American intelligence- is captured by the Germans during World War II -on the eve of the D-Day-. The Nazis attempt to...

6.9

513 votes

6.9

513 votes

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Maureen O'Hara · John Payne · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Six year old Susan has doubts childhood's most enduring miracle Santa Clause. Her mother told her the "secret" about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn't expect to receive...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast William Holden · Lilli Palmer · Hugh Griffith · Klaus Kinski

Plot A former American citizen, now living in Sweden, is blackmailed into spying for the Allies during World War II. Reluctant at first, his relationship with a beautiful German agent causes...

6.9

500 votes

6.9

500 votes

The Country Girl

1954 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Bing Crosby · Grace Kelly · William Holden · Anthony Ross

Plot Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new musical. Frank however is very insecure,...

6.7

701 votes

6.7

701 votes

The Song of Bernadette

1943 · Movie · 156 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Jennifer Jones · William Eythe · Charles Bickford · Vincent Price

Plot In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but...

6.5

920 votes

6.5

920 votes

Apartment for Peggy

1948 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Jeanne Crain · William Holden · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic...

6.3

40 votes

6.3

40 votes

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Loretta Young · Ray Milland · Reginald Gardiner · Gail Patrick

Plot June Cameron has written a best seller about spinsters: women are men's equals and don't need them for fulfillment. Through a series of errors and misunderstandings, the press believes she's...

6.2

117 votes

6.2

117 votes

The Proud and Profane

1956 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast William Holden · Deborah Kerr · Thelma Ritter · Dewey Martin

Plot In this war romance, set during WW II, a widow falls for a Marine colonel.

6.1

54 votes

6.1

54 votes

This Thing Called Love

1940 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rosalind Russell · Melvyn Douglas · Binnie Barnes · Allyn Joslyn

Plot Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months, just to see if they are truly compatible. The husband tries various tricks...

6.0

23 votes

6.0

23 votes

Airport

1970 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Burt Lancaster · Dean Martin · Jean Seberg · Jacqueline Bisset

Plot Arthur Haley's bestselling novel brought to the screen. A midwestern U.S. hub airport struggles to remain open despite the worst snowstorm in 25 years, angry homeowners from a nearby housing...

5.8

3K votes

5.8

3K votes

The Big Lift

1950 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Montgomery Clift · Paul Douglas · Cornell Borchers · Bruni Löbel

Plot In 1948, the Soviet Union blockades the Allied sectors of Berlin to bring the entire city under their control. A semi-documentary about the resulting Berlin Airlift gives way to stories...

5.7

271 votes

5.7

271 votes

That Night in Rio

1941 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Irving Cummings

Cast Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Carmen Miranda · S.Z. Sakall

Plot An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

5.6

48 votes

5.6

48 votes

The Eve of St. Mark

1944 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

5.4

51 votes

5.4

51 votes

Miracle on 34th Street

1994 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Les Mayfield

Cast Richard Attenborough · Elizabeth Perkins · Dylan McDermott · Mara Wilson

Plot A little girl discovers dreams do come true if you really believe. Six-year-old Susan has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. Her mother told her the "secret"...

4.9

2K votes

4.9

2K votes

The Meanest Man in the World

1943 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Jack Benny · Priscilla Lane · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Edmund Gwenn

Plot Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's...

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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast George Peppard · Mary Tyler Moore · Don Stroud · Susan Saint James

Plot new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

Not rated

Not rated

Charley's Aunt

1941 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Jack Benny · Kay Francis · James Ellison · Anne Baxter

Plot In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

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Not rated

Little Boy Lost

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Bing Crosby · Claude Dauphin · Christian Fourcade · Gabrielle Dorziat

Plot A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to...

Not rated

Not rated

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton · John M. Stahl

Cast Betty Grable · Dick Haymes · Anne Revere · Allyn Joslyn

Plot In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she...

Not rated

Not rated