Screenplay: John D.F. Black

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John D.F. Black. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Reza Badiyi · Barry Crane · Paul Krasny

Cast Greg Morris · Peter Lupus · Peter Graves · Barbara Bain

Plot TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. The...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Trouble Man

1972 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Dixon

Cast Robert Hooks · Paul Winfield · Ralph Waite · William Smithers

Plot An inner-city point man is on the run from both the cops and the crooks in this streetwise blaxpolitation drama. T (Robert Hooks) is a combination pool shark, private detective,...

6.1

29 votes

6.1

29 votes

Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Peter S. Fischer · Richard Levinson · William Link · Anthony Pullen Shaw

Cast Angela Lansbury · William Windom · Ron Masak · Louis Herthum

Plot TV Series (1984-1996). 12 Seasons. 264 Episodes. Former substitute English teacher and famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has a gift for solving mysteries. You see, it seems murder follows her...

6.0

11K votes

6.0

11K votes

Shaft

1971 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Parks

Cast Richard Roundtree · Moses Gunn · Charles Cioffi · Gwenn Mitchell

Plot John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

The Carey Treatment

1972 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast James Coburn · Jennifer O'Neill · Skye Aubrey · Pat Hingle

Plot Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) is a pathologist who has signed on to work with Dr. J.D. Randall (Dan O'Herlihy) at a prominent hospital in Boston. When Randall's daughter Karen...

5.9

635 votes

5.9

635 votes

Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Leonard Freeman · Michael O'Herlihy · Charles S. Dubin · Paul Stanley

Cast Jack Lord · James MacArthur · Kam Fong · Herman Wedemeyer

Plot TV Series (1968-1980). 12 Seasons. 284 episodes. The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve...

5.8

245 votes

5.8

245 votes

Gunfight in Abilene

1967 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction William Hale

Cast Bobby Darin · Emily Banks · Leslie Nielsen · Donnelly Rhodes

Plot Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man...

4.5

70 votes

4.5

70 votes

Johnny Staccato (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction John Cassavetes · Robert B. Sinclair · Boris Sagal · Richard Whorf

Cast John Cassavetes · Eduardo Ciannelli · Frank London · Dennis Sallas

Plot Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.

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Wonder Woman (TV)

1974 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Vincent McEveety

Cast Cathy Lee Crosby · Kaz Garas · Andrew Prine · Ricardo Montalban

Plot A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring.

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Three Guns for Texas

1968 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Earl Bellamy · David Lowell Rich · Paul Stanley

Cast Neville Brand · Peter Brown · William Smith · Martin Milner

Plot Several episodes of the TV series "Laredo" edited together and released as a feature.

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Laredo (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction William Witney · Earl Bellamy · Leon Benson · R.G. Springsteen

Cast Neville Brand · Peter Brown · William Smith · Phil Carey

Plot Rustlers, bank robbers, and their own wild schemes: a band of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble, under the jaundiced eye of Captain Parmalee.

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Nobody (TV)

1967 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Stuart Whitman · Percy Herbert · Randy Boone · Jill Townsend

Plot Mobeetie, a cowpoke with a cowbell around his neck, becomes a pain in the neck for Marshall Jim Crown during a heat wave, when a trainload of dynamite is stuck...

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Nobody's Perfect

1968 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Alan Rafkin

Cast Doug McClure · Nancy Kwan · James Whitmore · David Hartman

Plot This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing would threaten...

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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (TV)

1971 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Ted Post

Cast Helen Hayes · Vince Edwards · Myrna Loy · Mildred Natwick

Plot Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for...

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Mr. Novak (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · E. Jack Neuman · Michael O'Herlihy · Abner Biberman

Cast James Franciscus · Dean Jagger · Burgess Meredith · Charles Briles

Plot TV Series (1963-1965). 2 Seasons. 60 episodes. The experiences of a young, tough-minded, idealistic high school English teacher on his first job provided the stories in this series. John Novak...

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The Unearthly

1957 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Boris Petroff

Cast John Carradine · Myron Healey · Allison Hayes · Marilyn Buferd

Plot Mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls, with disastrous results.

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Thief (TV)

1971 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction William A. Graham

Cast Richard Crenna · Angie Dickinson · Cameron Mitchell · Hurd Hatfield

Plot A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.

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Cimarron Strip (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · Vincent McEveety · Alvin Ganzer · Charles R. Rondeau

Cast Stuart Whitman · Percy Herbert · Randy Boone · Jill Townsend

Plot TV Series (1967-1968). 23 Episodes. The western adventures of tough, but fair, Marshal Jim Crown.

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A Shadow in the Streets (TV)

1975 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Donner

Cast Tony Lo Bianco · Sheree North · Dana Andrews · Ed Lauter

Plot An ex-convict trying to straighten his life out takes a job as a parole agent in an experimental project to help former inmates.

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Delvecchio (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Michaels · Arnold Laven · Walter Doniger · Jerry London

Cast Judd Hirsch · Charles Haid · Michael Conrad · Mario Gallo

Plot The investigations of LAPD detective Dominick Delvecchio, who is also studying to become a lawyer.

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