Screenplay: John Fante
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Fante. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 17
The Reluctant Saint
1962 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast Maximilian Schell · Ricardo Montalban · Lea Padovani · Akim Tamiroff
Synopsis The Reluctant Saint is based on the life of Saint Joseph of Cupertino. When young Giuseppe Diesa (Maximilian Schell) is sent to work at a monastery circa 17th century Italy -- his parents believed he was mentally challenged -- he...
6.8
140 votes
6.8
140 votes
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast Laurence Harvey · Capucine · Jane Fonda · Anne Baxter
Synopsis At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love...
6.8
743 votes
6.8
743 votes
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction George Sidney
Cast Kim Novak · Jeff Chandler · Agnes Moorehead · Charles Drake
6.5
69 votes
6.5
69 votes
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1989 · Movie · 100 min. · Belgium
Direction Dominique Deruddere
Cast Joe Mantegna · Ornella Muti · Faye Dunaway · Burt Young
6.0
51 votes
6.0
51 votes
My Dog Stupid
2019 · Movie · 106 min. · France
Direction Yvan Attal
Cast Yvan Attal · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Pascale Arbillot · Adèle Wismes
Synopsis Henri is a writer in the depths of a mid-life crisis who strikes up an unconventional friendship with a stray bad-mannered dog that inspires him and his dysfunctional family to start all over.
5.8
568 votes
5.8
568 votes
Full of Life
1956 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Richard Quine
Cast Judy Holliday · Richard Conte · Salvatore Baccaloni · Esther Minciotti
Synopsis Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant stonemason with whom he has a difficult...
5.3
37 votes
5.3
37 votes
Youth Runs Wild
1944 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Mark Robson
Cast Bonita Granville · Kent Smith · Jean Brooks · Glen Vernon
Synopsis During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home. Danny Hauser, a wounded soldier, finds this out as he returns and three young boys are promptly placed in...
4.6
30 votes
4.6
30 votes
Ask the Dust
2006 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Towne
Cast Colin Farrell · Salma Hayek · Donald Sutherland · Eileen Atkins
Synopsis Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), an Italian-American aspiring writer, and Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American.
4.5
1K votes
4.5
1K votes
A Sad Flower in the Sand
2001 · Documentary · 64 min. · United States
Direction Jan Louter
Synopsis About John Fante, the renegade author whose highly autobiographical novels illustrate his deep-rooted love of Los Angeles and his struggles working through poverty and prejudice.
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Dinky
1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Howard Bretherton · D. Ross Lederman
Cast Jackie Cooper · Mary Astor · Roger Pryo · Henry Armetta
Synopsis Mrs. Daniels has been framed on a fraud charge and sent to prison. By bundling her son, Dinky, off to military school, she is able to keep her shame a secret from him. Upon learning the truth, our young hero...
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Something for a Lonely Man (TV)
1968 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Don Taylor
Cast Dan Blocker · Susan Clark · John Dehner · Warren Oates
Synopsis The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.
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My Six Loves
1963 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Gower Champion
Cast Debbie Reynolds · Cliff Robertson · David Janssen · Eileen Heckart
Synopsis Successful Broadway star Janice Courtney collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her country home in Connecticut. While there, she meets some people who change her life permanently, and discovers true love and happiness.
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Maya
1966 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction John Berry
Cast Clint Walker · Jay North · Sajid Khan · I.S. Johar
Synopsis Teenager Terry Bowen arrives in India to live with his father, a famous hunter. When he finds out that his father, who has reluctantly accepted his presence, is a supposed coward after a hunting accident, he runs away. He befriends...
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My Man and I
1952 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Shelley Winters · Ricardo Montalban · Wendell Corey · Claire Trevor
Synopsis Chu Chu Ramirez is a Mexican farm laborer in California, with lofty ideals, who is very proud of his new American citizenship. During his time off, he tries to befriend the alcoholic bar girl Nancy. After working for a month...
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The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler
Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.
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East of the River
1940 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast John Garfield · Brenda Marshall · Marjorie Rambeau · George Tobias
Synopsis Troubled youths Joe and Nick Lorenzo grow into very different men: Joe a small-time hoodlum and Nick an honored college graduate. When Nick falls for Joe's girl Laurie, trouble erupts between the two men and also with the gang that...
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The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Fenton
Cast Lew Ayres · Rita Johnson · Lloyd Nolan · Virginia Grey
Synopsis A $50,000 life-insurance sale puts mild-mannered Henry Twinkle on the fast track at Ajax Insurance Company. Now he can marry his girl and climb the corporate ladder -- just as long as the insured party, Gus Fender, enjoys a long...
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