Screenplay: Russel Crouse

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Russel Crouse. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


State of the Union

1948 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Van Johnson · Angela Lansbury

Synopsis Kay Thordyke loves Grant Matthews and helps him become Republican nominee for President. The party machine begins to worry as Grant begins to speak for himself. At an important dinner his wife Mary condemns corrupt politicians and Grant learns to...

6.7

780 votes

6.7

780 votes

Life with Father

1947 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast William Powell · Irene Dunne · Elizabeth Taylor · Edmund Gwenn

Synopsis In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their...

6.4

312 votes

6.4

312 votes

Woman's World

1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Clifton Webb · June Allyson · Van Heflin · Lauren Bacall

Synopsis Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he...

6.1

116 votes

6.1

116 votes

Call Me Madam

1953 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Donald O´Connor · Vera-Ellen · George Sanders

Synopsis Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.

5.5

29 votes

5.5

29 votes

Tall Story

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Joshua Logan

Cast Jane Fonda · Anthony Perkins · Elizabeth Patterson · Ray Walston

Synopsis Jane Fonda plays a young girl who's come to college to get married-that's all. She is a huge basketball fan-especially of the team's star player played by Anthony Perkins.

5.3

93 votes

5.3

93 votes

The Sound of Music (TV)

2013 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Beth McCarthy-Miller · Rob Ashford

Cast Carrie Underwood · Stephen Moyer · Laura Benanti · Audra McDonald

Synopsis A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

5.2

24 votes

5.2

24 votes

Anything Goes

1936 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

5.2

40 votes

5.2

40 votes

Artists and Models Abroad

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Jack Benny · Joan Bennett · Mary Boland · Charley Grapewin

Synopsis Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds,...

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The Sound of Music Live (TV)

2015 · Movie · 155 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Coky Giedroyc · Richard Valentine

Cast Kara Tointon · Julian Ovenden · Alexander Armstrong · Maria Friedman

Synopsis An apprentice nun tasked with caring for the children of a retired naval officer finds herself falling in love with him as the Nazi invasion of Austria looms on the horizon.

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The Great Victor Herbert

1939 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Andrew L. Stone

Cast Walter Connolly · Mary Currier · Allan Jones · Mary Martin

Synopsis In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the...

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Producers' Showcase (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Clark Jones · Kirk Browning · Delbert Mann · Vincent J. Donehue

Cast Cyril Ritchard · Lorne Greene · Nehemiah Persoff · Claire Bloom

Synopsis Live 90 minute productions were aired under this title every fourth Monday on NBC for three seasons. The productions were lavish and included many memorable performances by top stars. Peter Pan was presented on this series on March 7, 1955...

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Remains to Be Seen

1953 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast June Allyson · Van Johnson · Louis Calhern · Angela Lansbury

Synopsis A girl vocalist and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

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Mountain Music

1937 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast Bob Burns · Martha Raye · John Howard · Terry Walker

Synopsis The plot, rooted in Burns' comic hillbilly persona from radio, revolves around a longstanding feud between two country families of Monotony, Arkansas, and an amnesia-prone groom.

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The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast W.C. Fields · Martha Raye · Dorothy Lamour · Shirley Ross

Synopsis New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows sends his brother S.B. on the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble; delayed by a golf game, S.B. lands on Gigantic instead, and...

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