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

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...

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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

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

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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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Not rated

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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Not rated