Screenplay: Benn W. Levy
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Benn W. Levy. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Waterloo Bridge
1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction James Whale
Cast Mae Clarke · Douglass Montgomery · Doris Lloyd · Frederick Kerr
Plot An American soldier falls in love with a dance-hall girl in London, not realizing that she is a prostitute.
7.0
198 votes
7.0
198 votes
Blackmail
1929 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Anny Ondra · John Longden · Sara Allgood · Charles Paton
Plot Grocer's daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defence when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the...
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
The Old Dark House
1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction James Whale
Cast Boris Karloff · Melvyn Douglas · Charles Laughton · Lilian Bond
Plot Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to...
6.4
829 votes
6.4
829 votes
Devil and the Deep
1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Marion Gering
Cast Tallulah Bankhead · Gary Cooper · Charles Laughton · Cary Grant
Plot Sturm is in charge of a submarine, and believes his wife, Pauline, to be having affairs with other men. He drives her out of the house, and she then spends...
6.0
77 votes
6.0
77 votes
Springtime for Henry
1934 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tuttle
Cast Otto Kruger · Nancy Carroll · Nigel Bruce · Heather Angel
Plot A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. The rake is tempted, but...
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Melody in Spring
1934 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Norman Z. McLeod
Cast Lanny Ross · Charles Ruggles · Mary Boland · Ann Sothern
Plot It's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is seeking a radio job with the "Blodgett Dog Busqiit Hour," and John learns...
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Evergreen
1934 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Jessie Matthews · Sonnie Hale · Betty Balfour · Barry MacKay
Plot Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public...
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The Informer
1929 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Arthur Robison
Cast Lya De Putti · Lars Hanson · Warwick Ward · Carl Harbord
Plot In Ireland, an IRA man betrays a killer to the police, thinking he is his mistress's lover.
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Transgression
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Cavanagh · Ricardo Cortez · Nance O'Neil
Plot Elsie sets out for a holiday in Paris and develops an affair while her husband spends a year working in India.
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The Gay Diplomat
1931 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Genevieve Tobin · Betty Compson · Ivan Lebadeff · Ilka Chase
Plot Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's...
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The Dictator
1935 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Clive Brook · Madeleine Carroll · Emlyn Williams · Helen Haye
Plot The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess...
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