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
Direction John M. Stahl
Cast Anne Baxter · William Eythe · Michael O'Shea · Vincent Price
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.
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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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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...
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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...
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