Screenplay: Irwin Shaw
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Irwin Shaw. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Young Lions
1958 · Movie · 167 min. · United States
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast Marlon Brando · Montgomery Clift · Dean Martin · Maximilian Schell
Plot The destiny of two soldiers during World War II. The German officer Christian approves less and less of the war, while the American GI Ackerman climbs the military hierarchy.
7.2
6K votes
7.2
6K votes
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Cary Grant · Jean Arthur · Ronald Colman · Edgar Buchanan
Plot When accused arsonist Leopold Dilg escapes jail, he hides out in the home of old friend (and sweetheart) Nora. Nora happens to be renting a farmhouse to Supreme Court candidate...
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Kirk Douglas · Edward G. Robinson · Cyd Charisse · Daliah Lavi
Plot An actor trying to revive his career after a nervous breakdown finds the manipulative characters in his life seem to be standing in his way.
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Ulysses
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy
Direction Mario Camerini
Cast Kirk Douglas · Silvana Mangano · Anthony Quinn · Rossana Podestà
Plot A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 720 min. · United States
Direction David Greene · Boris Sagal
Cast Peter Strauss · Nick Nolte · Susan Blakely · Ed Asner
Plot Adapted from the mammoth novel by Irwin Shaw, the miniseries covers the years from WWII to the 1960s, detailing the vacillating fortunes of the immigrant Jordache brothers. "Rich Man" Rudy...
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
Out of the Fog
1941 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Anatole Litvak
Cast John Garfield · Ida Lupino · Thomas Mitchell · Eddie Albert
Plot Fishermen Jonah Goodwin (Thomas Mitchell) and Olaf Johnson (John Qualen) are confronted by gangster Harold Goff (John Garfield) who tries to extort "boat protection" money out of the two men....
6.6
170 votes
6.6
170 votes
Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Delbert Mann
Cast Sophia Loren · Anthony Perkins · Burl Ives · Frank Overton
Plot n DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, Anna poses tough competition to Ephraim’s bitter sons from his previous marriages, who believe they, not their new stepmother, should inherit all his land. Things...
6.6
390 votes
6.6
390 votes
Easy Living
1949 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Jacques Tourneur
Cast Victor Mature · Lucille Ball · Lizabeth Scott · Sonny Tufts
Plot Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year...
6.4
153 votes
6.4
153 votes
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 120 min. · United States
Direction Jules Irving · Bill Bixby · Ted Post · James Sheldon
Cast Peter Strauss · Gregg Henry · James Carroll Jordan · Susan Sullivan
Plot TV Series (1976-1977). 21 episodes. This is the sequel to the mini-series, RICH MAN, POOR MAN.
6.3
54 votes
6.3
54 votes
I Want You
1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Mark Robson
Cast Dana Andrews · Dorothy McGuire · Farley Granger · Peggy Dow
Plot In 1950, life as usual in a middle-American town. Cold War paranoia is beginning; the young men's biggest concern is the draft board and deferments from the peacetime army. Then...
6.2
35 votes
6.2
35 votes
Act of Love
1953 · Movie · 95 min. · France
Direction Anatole Litvak
Cast Kirk Douglas · Dany Robin · Brigitte Bardot · Gabrielle Dorziat
Plot Kirk Douglas plays an American soldier, participating in the 1944 liberation of France. Making the acquaintance of impoverished Parisian girl Dany Robin, Douglas takes pity on the girl, pretending to...
6.2
81 votes
6.2
81 votes
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Paul Muni · Anna Lee · Lillian Gish · Cedric Hardwicke
Plot Erik Toresen, widower and fishery observer, leads a quiet life in a small Norwegian town; but after the Nazi occupation, German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. After...
6.1
155 votes
6.1
155 votes
Take One False Step
1949 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Chester Erskine
Cast William Powell · Shelley Winters · Marsha Hunt · Dorothy Hart
Plot Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed;...
6.0
24 votes
6.0
24 votes
The Big Gamble
1961 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Richard Fleischer · Elmo Williams
Cast Stephen Boyd · Juliette Greco · David Wayne · Gregory Ratoff
5.7
37 votes
5.7
37 votes
Fire Down Below
1957 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Robert Parrish
Cast Rita Hayworth · Robert Mitchum · Jack Lemmon · Herbert Lom
Plot Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another...
5.7
267 votes
5.7
267 votes
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Robert Taylor · Dorothy Malone · Marcel Dalio · Martin Gabel
5.0
29 votes
5.0
29 votes
The Big Game
1936 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols Jr. · Edward Killy
Cast Phillip Huston · James Gleason · June Travis · Bruce Cabot
Plot Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.
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In the French Style
1963 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Robert Parrish
Cast Jean Seberg · Stanley Baker · Philippe Forquet · Addison Powell
Plot A young American girl studying art in Paris can't decide if she wants to stay or go back home. She meets a young French boy and they fall in love,...
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Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (TV)
1991 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Mike Figgis · Walter Bernstein · Kristi Zea
Cast Matt Dillon · Kyra Sedgwick · Ray Liotta · Andie MacDowell
Plot Three short stories about women & men relationship. The first (Return to Kansas City) is about a successful boxer in New York, whose wife only wants to return to her...
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Three
1969 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Salter
Cast Charlotte Rampling · Robie Porter · Sam Waterston · Pascale Roberts
Plot An English girl (Charlotte Rampling) joins two American buddies (Sam Waterston & Robie Porter) in an old car on a summer tour of Europe. This two college friends, traveling around...
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