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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