Screenplay: Earl W. Wallace
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Earl W. Wallace. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
How the West Was Won (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Burt Kennedy · Daniel Mann
Cast James Arness · Eva Marie Saint · Bruce Boxleitner · Kathryn Holcomb
Plot In 1865, the Macahans are heading west from Virginia to Oregon. Mrs. Kate Macahan is waiting with her children Laura, Jessie and Josh on a farm they have built for...
7.0
25 votes
7.0
25 votes
How the West Was Won (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 82 min. · United States
Direction Bernard McEveety · Barry Crane · Vincent McEveety · Alf Kjellin
Cast Ricardo Montalban · James Arness · Christopher Lee · Vicki Schreck
7.0
167 votes
7.0
167 votes
Witness
1985 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Peter Weir
Cast Harrison Ford · Kelly McGillis · Danny Glover · Lukas Haas
Plot When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy traveling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother...
6.9
38K votes
6.9
38K votes
War and Remembrance (TV Miniseries)
1988 · Series · 1620 min. · United States
Direction Herman Wouk · Dan Curtis
Cast Robert Mitchum · John Gielgud · Jane Seymour · Hart Bochner
Plot The saga of the Henry family, begun in "The Winds of War" continues as America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II. For Victor Henry, an upwardly mobile...
6.9
85 votes
6.9
85 votes
If These Walls Could Talk (TV)
1996 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Nancy Savoca · Cher
Cast Demi Moore · Shirley Knight · Catherine Keener · Sissy Spacek
Plot A trilogy of stories set in the same house, but with different occupants and spanning over 40 years, deals with various women and moral crisis over unexpected pregnancies and their...
5.9
658 votes
5.9
658 votes
The Blue Knight (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Harvey S. Laidman · Robert Butler · J. Lee Thompson · Ralph Senensky
Cast George Kennedy · John Steadman · Barbara Rhoades · Lee Weaver
Plot TV Series (1975-1976). 2 seasons. 25 episodes. The exploits of Los Angeles beat cop Bumper Morgan.
5.9
21 votes
5.9
21 votes
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Burt Kennedy · Barry Crane · John Florea · Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Richard Dean Anderson · Roger Wilson · Peter Horton · Drake Hogestyn
Plot TV Series (1982-1983). 22 episodes. The series told the adventures of a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in northern California. Into the chaos came...
4.9
141 votes
4.9
141 votes
Rose Hill (TV)
1997 · Movie · 98 min. · Canada
Direction Christopher Cain
Cast Jennifer Garner · Jeffrey D. Sams · Zak Orth · Justin Chambers
Plot Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to head west and take the baby which they name Mary...
4.7
212 votes
4.7
212 votes
Curse of the Black Widow (TV)
1977 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Dan Curtis
Cast Anthony Franciosa · Donna Mills · Patty Duke · June Lockhart
4.3
27 votes
4.3
27 votes
Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance (TV)
1997 · Movie · 98 min. · Canada
Direction Ted Kotcheff
Cast Roma Downey · Eric McCormack · Hector Elizondo · Shawn Thompson
Plot Kathleen's a hard-working single mother, who's saving to buy a house for herself and her daughter, Zoe. Sam's a businessman who has to pretend he has a family in order...
4.1
31 votes
4.1
31 votes
The Song of Hiawatha
1997 · Movie · 114 min. · Canada
Direction Jeffrey Shore
Cast Graham Greene · Russell Means · Litefoot · David Strathairn
Plot This screen adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of Hiawatha (Litefoot), a Native American brave, and his great love for the beautiful Minehaha (Irene...
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The Broken Chain (TV)
1993 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Lamont Johnson
Cast Eric Schweig · Wes Studi · Buffy Sainte-Marie · Pierce Brosnan
Plot The story of two Iroquis brothers caught in the midst of the Revolutionary War.
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Wild and Wooly (TV)
1978 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Philip Leacock
Cast Susan Bigelow · Elyssa Davalos · Doug McClure · David Doyle
Plot It's 1903 and some dastardly fiends are determined to assassinate President Teddy Roosevelt. It's up to some intrepid and courageous cowgirls to thwart the scheme.
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Supertrain (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Earl W. Wallace · Donald E. Westlake · Barry Crane
Cast Edward Andrews · Harrison Page · Robert Alda · Patrick Collins
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV)
1979 · Movie · 146 min. · United States
Direction Dan Curtis
Cast Cliff Potts · Randy Quaid · Larry Wilcox · Sharon Farrell
Plot A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves,...
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Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (TV)
1990 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Charles Correll
Cast James Arness · Richard Kiley · Amy Stock-Poynton · Geoffrey Lewis
Plot Matt Dillon gets a letter from Mike Yardner, a woman whom he "knew" many years ago. When he arrives, he learns that her daughter, Beth has been abducted by one...
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She's in the Army Now (TV)
1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Hy Averback
Cast Kathleen Quinlan · Jamie Lee Curtis · Susan Blanchard · Melanie Griffith
Plot Akin to Private Benjamin, this comedy deals with the tough life of female army recruits going through basic training. Through their training they come to realize that there is more...
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