Screenplay: Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ralph Gilbert Bettison. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 11
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.
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Down River
1931 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Godfrey
Cast Charles Laughton · Jane Baxter · Harold Huth · Kenneth Kove
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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.
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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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Night Ride
1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Paddy Carstairs
Cast Julian Vedey · Jimmy Hanley · Wally Patch · Joan Ponsford
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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.
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