Screenplay: Garson Kanin

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


Adam's Rib

1949 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Spencer Tracy · Judy Holliday · Tom Ewell

Plot Domestic and professional tensions mount when husband Adam Bonner and his wife Amanda work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

7.8

10K votes

7.8

10K votes

Born Yesterday

1950 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Judy Holliday · William Holden · Broderick Crawford · Howard St. John

Plot Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

It Should Happen to You!

1954 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Judy Holliday · Peter Lawford · Jack Lemmon · Connie Gilchrist

Plot "It Should Happen To You" is the delightful, bubble-headed comedy about Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday), who decides that all one really needs to be famous is a gigantic billboard advertising...

7.0

930 votes

7.0

930 votes

A Double Life

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Ronald Colman · Signe Hasso · Edmond O'Brien · Shelley Winters

Plot The successful middle-aged Broadway actor Anthony "Tony" John is a dedicated lonely professional that still loves his former wife Brita. They are playing Othello for almost two years and Tony...

6.9

685 votes

6.9

685 votes

Smash (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Theresa Rebeck · Michael Morris · Michael Mayer · Tricia Brock

Cast Debra Messing · Jack Davenport · Katharine McPhee · Christian Borle

Plot TV Series (2012-2013). 2 seasons. 32 episodes. There's nothing more exciting than the opening night of a hit Broadway musical, except maybe what happens getting there. While "Wicked" and "The...

6.6

889 votes

6.6

889 votes

Pat and Mike

1952 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Aldo Ray · William Ching

Plot Pat Pemberton is a women's sports sensation - a champion in golf, tennis, and whatever else she decides to do. Knowing a good thing when he sees it, Mike Conovan...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Marrying Kind

1952 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

6.4

259 votes

6.4

259 votes

From This Day Forward

1946 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Berry

Cast Joan Fontaine · Mark Stevens · Rosemary DeCamp · Harry Morgan

Plot In flashbacks, the 1938 courtship and marriage of young machinist Bill Cummings and bookstore clerk Susan are recalled: newlywed bliss, unemployment and other tribulations, opportunity with a hidden drawback, war...

6.1

109 votes

6.1

109 votes

The Girl Can't Help It

1956 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tashlin

Cast Tom Ewell · Jayne Mansfield · Edmond O'Brien · Julie London

Plot A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds...

6.1

186 votes

6.1

186 votes

The Rat Race

1960 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Robert Mulligan

Cast Tony Curtis · Debbie Reynolds · Jack Oakie · Don Rickles

Plot Peter arrives at New York City with his sax in hand and high hopes for a career. He then meets Peggy, a dancer down on her luck who needs a...

5.8

183 votes

5.8

183 votes

High Time

1960 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Bing Crosby · Fabian · Tuesday Weld · Nicole Maurey

Plot Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in...

5.2

22 votes

5.2

22 votes

Born Yesterday

1993 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Melanie Griffith · Don Johnson · John Goodman · Edward Herrmann

Plot A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he...

4.3

2K votes

4.3

2K votes

Where It's At

1969 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast David Janssen · Rosemary Forsyth · Robert Drivas · Brenda Vaccaro

Plot A 'Sixties Generation' comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical...

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Hardhat and Legs

1980 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Lee Philips

Cast Kevin Dobson · Sharon Gless · Raymond Serra · Charlie Aiken

Plot Attractive socialite falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.

Not rated

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The Scarlett O'Hara War (TV Miniseries)

1980 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Tony Curtis · Bill Macy · Harold Gould · Sharon Gless

Plot This is the story of how one of the famous movie roles was cast. The role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

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The Right Approach

1961 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Frankie Vaughan · Martha Hyer · Juliet Prowse · Gary Crosby

Plot The story of five fun-loving young bachelors who live together in a converted nightclub in the Hollywood Hills. Newcomer Leo Mack is a young Hollywood hopeful who stirs up trouble...

Not rated

Not rated

This Year's Blonde (TV Miniseries)

1980 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Lloyd Bridges · Constance Forslund · Norman Fell · Vic Tayback

Plot First of two 1980 TV movies about Marilyn Monroe which this one details her days as an aspiring actress through her love affair with high-powered agent Johnny Hyde to the...

Not rated

Not rated

Alfred Hitchcock presents: Six People, No Music (TV)

1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Norman Lloyd

Cast John McGiver · Peggy Cass · Howard Smith · Joby Baker

Plot When wealthy department store owner Barryvale dies, local mortician Art Motherwell anticipates a windfall from a lavish funeral. But the dearly beloved awakens from death to insist the mortician keep...

Not rated

Not rated

The Silent Lovers (TV Miniseries)

1980 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Brian Keith · Barry Bostwick · Harold Gould · John Rubinstein

Plot Third "Moviola" film showing the life in Hollywood of the 1930's centering this time on the ill-fated romance between John Gilbert and Greta Garbo.

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Some Kind of a Nut

1969 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Angie Dickinson · Rosemary Forsyth · Zohra Lampert

Plot In this comedy-satire on conformity, Dick Van Dyke plays a Manhattan bank teller who grows a beard when he develops a rash from a bee sting. He is promptly fired...

Not rated

Not rated