Screenplay: Charles W. Goddard

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Charles W. Goddard. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Ghost Breakers

1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

5.7

221 votes

5.7

221 votes

Scared Stiff

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Dean Martin · Jerry Lewis · Lizabeth Scott · Carmen Miranda

Plot Nightclub singer Larry Todd breaks off his romance with a beautiful showgirl when he realizes she's the girlfriend of a murderously jealous gangster. While on the run, Larry mistakenly believes...

5.5

169 votes

5.5

169 votes

The Broken Wing

1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Corrigan

Cast Lupe Velez · Leo Carrillo · Melvyn Douglas · George Barbier

Plot In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor,...

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Patria

1917 · Movie · 310 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Jaccard · Leopold Wharton · Theodore Wharton

Cast Irene Castle · Milton Sills · Warner Oland · Dorothy Green

Plot Japanese spies trying to invade the US but whose plans are foiled by a rich heiress and a Secret Service agent.

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Misleading Lady

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Walker

Cast Claudette Colbert · Edmund Lowe · Stuart Erwin · Robert Strange

Plot A girl convinces a producer of her ability to act by undertaking to make a man propose to her within three days.

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The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford

1915 · Movie · 280 min. · United States

Direction James Gordon · Leopold Wharton · Theodore Wharton

Cast Burr McIntosh · Max Figman · Lolita Robertson · Allan Murnane

Plot A series of 14 two-reel episodes, each complete in itself, involving the exploits of J. Rufus Wallingford and Blackie Daw, con men extraordinaire.

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The Perils of Pauline

1914 · Movie · 410 min. · United States

Direction Louis J. Gasnier · Donald MacKenzie

Cast Pearl White · Crane Wilbur · Paul Panzer · Edward José

Plot Young Pauline is left a lot of money when her wealthy uncle dies. However, her uncle's secretary has been named as her guardian until she marries, at which time she...

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The Exploits of Elaine

1914 · Movie · 566 min. · United States

Direction Louis J. Gasnier · George B. Seitz · Leopold Wharton · Theodore Wharton

Cast Pearl White · Arnold Daly · Creighton Hale · Raymond Owens

Plot With the help of a private detective, Elaine tries to catch the masked criminal mastermind The Clutching Hand, who has murdered her father.

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The Perils of Pauline

1967 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Herbert B. Leonard · Joshua Shelley

Cast Pat Boone · Terry-Thomas · Pamela Austin · Edward Everett Horton

Plot This version of the Perils of Pauline (recognizable from the others by it's song "Where are you my pretty Pauline...I love you my pretty Pauline) follows the story of Pauline...

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