Screenplay: Oliver Drake

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


The Renegade Ranger

1938 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Rita Hayworth · Tim Holt · Ray Whitley

Plot Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who...

5.5

25 votes

5.5

25 votes

The Mummy's Curse

1944 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Goodwins

Cast Lon Chaney Jr. · Peter Coe · Virginia Christine · Kay Harding

Plot An irrigation project in the rural bayous of Louisiana unearths Kharis the living mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.), who was buried in quicksand 25 years earlier.

5.4

100 votes

5.4

100 votes

Dragoon Wells Massacre

1957 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Harold D. Schuster

Cast Barry Sullivan · Dennis O'Keefe · Mona Freeman · Katy Jurado

Plot A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.

5.1

62 votes

5.1

62 votes

City of Missing Girls

1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Elmer Clifton

Cast H.B. Warner · Astrid Allwyn · John Archer · Sarah Padden

Plot There's an epidemic of missing girls in the city. The new assistant district attorney has to figure out what's going on before he loses his job, especially with a nosy...

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Ghost-Town Gold

1936 · Movie · 55 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Robert Livingston · Ray Corrigan · Max Terhune · Kay Hughes

Plot The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.

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Painted Desert

1938 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Laraine Day · Ray Whitley · Stanley Fields

Plot Fawcett has obtained the deed to Banning's mine. Thinking the mine is worthless he sells it to Bob McVey. But when he learns the mine contains Tungsten, he sets out...

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Shut My Big Mouth

1942 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Joe E. Brown · Adele Mara · Victor Jory · Fritz Feld

Plot Wellington Holmes, a timid and very shy horticulturist, heads for Big Bluff. When the stagecoach is held up by Buckskin Bill and his men, he coincidentally knocks out three of...

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Phantom of the Range

1928 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction James Dugan

Cast Tom Tyler · Frankie Darro · Duane Thompson · Charles McHugh

Plot An actor, lackin of money, works in a farm which is on the eyes of an evil business man.

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Gun Law

1938 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Rita Oehmen · Ray Whitley · Paul Everton

Plot Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved - of his horse, clothes and water. When he catches up to Raven, he finds him dying from drinking...

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Judge Roy Bean (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Derwin Abrahams · Reg Browne · Nate Watt · Thor L. Brooks

Cast Edgar Buchanan · Jack Buetel · Jackie Loughery · X Brands

Plot Western set in the Texas town of Langtry, named after Lillie Langtry. When storekeeper Roy Bean becomes fed up with the lawlessness in the town, he establishes himself as a...

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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction George W. Trendle · Fran Striker · Eddie Dew · Alan Crosland Jr.

Cast Dick Simmons · Paul McGuire · Francis De Sales · Terry Frost

Plot Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.

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Border G-Man

1938 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Laraine Day · Ray Whitley · John Miljan

Plot Government agent Jim Galloway is sent undercover to investigate shifty businessman Louis Rankin for violations of the Neutrality Act, a law forbidding the exporting of troops and war materiel to...

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Arizona Legion

1939 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Laraine Day · Carlyle Moore Jr. · Chill Wills

Plot This region of Arizona is lawless. Even when the criminal are captured, they are acquitted by the jury or the witness takes a sudden illness. Boone is a hard drinking,...

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Rogue of the Rio Grande

1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Spencer Gordon Bennet

Cast José Bohr · Myrna Loy · Walter Miller · Carmelita Geraghty

Plot El Malo, notorious Mexican bandit, forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory...

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Lone Rider (TV Series)

1941 · Series · 60 min. · United States

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The Sky Dragon

1949 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Roland Winters · Keye Luke · Mantan Moreland · Noel Neill

Plot All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course,...

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The Range Rider (TV Series)

1951 · Series · 30 min. · United States

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The Adventures of Champion (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud · John English · Ford Beebe

Cast Barry Curtis · Jim Bannon · Ewing Mitchell · Bob Woodward

Plot TV Series (1955-1956). The exploits of Champion, a wild stallion who befriends twelve year-old Ricky North in the American Southwest in the 1880's. Although Ricky, who lived on his Uncle...

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Boss of Hangtown Mesa

1942 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

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The Feathered Serpent

1948 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine

Cast Roland Winters · Keye Luke · Mantan Moreland · Victor Sen Yung

Plot Charlie Chan and his two eldest sons, investigate a murderous gang who is forcing an archaeologist to search for a treasure in Mexico.

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