Screenplay: Ralph Gilbert Bettison

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ralph Gilbert Bettison. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


1984

1956 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Jan Sterling · Michael Redgrave · Donald Pleasence

Synopsis In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime.

6.7

716 votes

6.7

716 votes

Doomed to Die

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Marjorie Reynolds · Grant Withers · William Stelling

Synopsis Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office...at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of...

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

Phantom of Chinatown

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Phil Rosen

Cast Keye Luke · Grant Withers · Lotus Long · Charles Miller

Synopsis In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the...

5.0

24 votes

5.0

24 votes

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast John Derek · Diana Lynn · George Macready · Alan Hale

Synopsis When King John imposes oppressive taxes and cruel treatment upon the local population in medieval England, the son of legendary bandit Robin Hood reforms his father's "Merry Men" to once more rise against the king.

4.8

21 votes

4.8

21 votes

Mask of the Avenger

1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Derek · Anthony Quinn · Jody Lawrance · Arnold Moss

Synopsis France is ruled by Napoleon, but he has become a puppet of his bastard brother La Roche. Lady Cristina leads a group of patriots who want to restore the freedom.

4.6

31 votes

4.6

31 votes

Headline

1943 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Harlow

Cast David Farrar · Anne Crawford · John Stuart · Antoinette Cellier

Synopsis A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his boss's wife who had witnessed a murder.

Not rated

Not rated

Down River

1931 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

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O.H.M.S.

1937 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Wallace Ford · John Mills · Anna Lee · Grace Bradley

Synopsis Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the sergeant-major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.

Not rated

Not rated

Rose of the Rio Grande

1938 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast John Carroll · Movita · Antonio Moreno · Don Alvarado

Synopsis The story concerns a group of aristocratic vigilantes, who go about trying to restore their prominence in Mexico by killing anyone who stands in their way.

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Not rated

Night Ride

1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

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Not rated

Traitor Spy

1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Walter Summers

Cast Bruce Cabot · Marta Labarr · Tamara Desni · Romilly Lunge

Synopsis A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.

Not rated

Not rated