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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