Screenplay: Frederick Nebel
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Frederick Nebel. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Bribe
1949 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Robert Taylor · Ava Gardner · Charles Laughton · Vincent Price
Plot In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief suspect Hintten and his wife Elizabeth, a sultry cafe singer; and is watched by...
6.6
177 votes
6.6
177 votes
Sleepers West
1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Eugene Forde
Cast Lloyd Nolan · Lynn Bari · Mary Beth Hughes · Louis Jean Heydt
Plot Mike Shayne tries to distinguish criminals from red herrings as he escorts a surprise witness via rail to a high profile trial in San Francisco.
5.8
21 votes
5.8
21 votes
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Norman Taurog
Cast Don Ameche · Ann Sothern · Slim Summerville · Jane Darwell
Plot A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the...
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Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Tom Kennedy · Willard Robertson
Plot Notorious counterfeiter "100 Dollar Bill" Bailey has eluded police capture for fifteen years while passing off his signature C-notes. He brazenly passes himself off as Secret Service agent Charles Mitchell...
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Ships of the Night
1928 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Duke Worne
Cast Jacqueline Logan · Sojin · Jack Mower · Andy Clyde
Plot In search of her fugitive brother, who wounded a man who was later murdered, Johanna Hearne encounters pirates, a Chinaman with a harem and criminals as slaves, and love on...
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A Shot in the Dark
1941 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
Direction William McGann
Cast William Lundigan · Nan Wynn · Ricardo Cortez · Regis Toomey
Plot Homicide detective Bill Ryder reluctantly teams up with wise-cracking news-hound Peter Kennedy to solve a pair of murders.
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Tom Kennedy · Henry O'Neill
Plot Newspaper reporter "Torchy" Blaine and police detective Steve McBride are on the trail of an Oriental gang that has committed three murders. Also on hand is a fabricated Scotland Yard...
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Smart Blonde
1937 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Frank McDonald
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Wini Shaw · Addison Richards
Plot Journalist Torchy Blane and her fiance Lt. Steve McBride are trying to solve the murder of Tim Torgson, who was killed right before Torchy's eyes.
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The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Frank McDonald
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Anne Nagel · Tom Kennedy
Plot Angry that police detective Steve McBride is giving preferential treatment to his fiancée, reporter Torchy Blane, reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's...
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Ray McCarey
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Tom Kennedy · John Miljan
Plot Torchy Blane is investigating the political career of mayor Dr. Dolan, who has installed a corrupt leadership. She demands a new election, and after the opposition's candidate is murdered, she...
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