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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