Screenplay: Thornton Wilder
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Thornton Wilder. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Teresa Wright · Joseph Cotten · Macdonald Carey · Henry Travers
Plot Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting wold happen and knows exactly what they need:...
7.6
11K votes
7.6
11K votes
Our Town
1940 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast William Holden · Martha Scott · Thomas Mitchell · Frank Craven
Plot Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning,...
6.3
515 votes
6.3
515 votes
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Lynn Bari · Akim Tamiroff · Francis Lederer · Alla Nazimova
Plot An ancient Inca rope bridge spanning a chasm in the Peruvian Andes collapses, sending five travelers to their deaths in the gorge below. A monk who was nearby, Father Juniper,...
5.6
24 votes
5.6
24 votes
Mr. North
1988 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Danny Huston
Cast Anthony Edwards · Robert Mitchum · Harry Dean Stanton · Anjelica Huston
Plot Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments. The rumors are...
5.4
164 votes
5.4
164 votes
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · Movie · 124 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mary McGuckian
Cast Robert De Niro · Kathy Bates · Harvey Keitel · Gabriel Byrne
Plot When The Bridge of San Luis Rey breaks, five travellers are precipitated into the gulf below. Was it chance or the hand of God that brought these five together at...
3.9
2K votes
3.9
2K votes
Our Town (TV)
2003 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction James Naughton
Cast Jayne Atkinson · Wendy Barrie-Wilson · Paul Newman · Reathel Bean
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Shadow of a Doubt (TV)
1991 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Karen Arthur
Cast Mark Harmon · Margaret Welsh · Norm Skaggs · William Lanteau
Plot Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall Street financier," has...
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The Matchmaker
1958 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Anthony
Cast Shirley Booth · Anthony Perkins · Shirley MacLaine · Wallace Ford
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Charles Brabin
Cast Lili Damita · Ernest Torrence · Raquel Torres · Don Alvarado
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The Big Time (TV)
2002 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Paris Barclay
Cast Dylan Baker · Molly Ringwald · Christopher Lloyd · Christina Hendricks
Plot In 1948 Manhattan, a diverse group of people are committed to making the fledgling Empire Network a success. Among them: a naive young woman who's hired as a script girl;...
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Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)
1950 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Alex Segal · Lawrence Carra · Charles S. Dubin · Frank Telford
Cast Charles Dingle · Nina Foch · James Dunn · Wright King
Plot Dramatic anthology series presenting plays adopted from Pulitzer Prize winning stories, plays, novels, etc.
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Our Town (TV)
1977 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Hal Holbrook · Ned Beatty · Sada Thompson · Barbara Bel Geddes
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Producers' Showcase (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Clark Jones · Kirk Browning · Delbert Mann · Vincent J. Donehue
Cast Cyril Ritchard · Lorne Greene · Nehemiah Persoff · Claire Bloom
Plot Live 90 minute productions were aired under this title every fourth Monday on NBC for three seasons. The productions were lavish and included many memorable performances by top stars. Peter...
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The Art Carney Show (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction John Lincoln · José Quintero · Burt Shevelove
Cast Art Carney · Clint Kimbrough · Kathleen Widdoes · Bibi Osterwald
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OT: Our Town
2002 · Documentary · 76 min. · United States
Direction Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Cast Catherine Borek · Karen Greene · Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown · Archy Posada
Plot Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce...
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