Movie List for "screenplay"

Wuthering Heights (1970)

Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate. Year 1970.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Robert Fuest
Writer: Emily Brontë (novel), Patrick Tilley (screenplay)
Actors: Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown

Hell in the Aegean (1970)

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school. They … Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
Writer: Stamatis Filippoulis, Ignacio F. Iquino (screenplay), Ignacio F. Iquino (story), Vasilis Manousakis (adaptation), Siro Marcellini (dialogue: Italian version), Juliana San José de la Fuente (screenplay), Juliana San José de la Fuente (story), Ornella Zanelli (dialogue: Italian version)
Actors: Hristos Politis, Stephanos Stratigos, Giorgos Tzortzis, Giota Soimoiri

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Writer: Ilya Ilf (novel), Yevgeni Petrov (novel), Elizabeth Hill (novel), Doris Mudie (novel), Mel Brooks (screenplay)
Actors: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Andréas Voutsinas

Sudden Terror (1970)

Witnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young … Year 1970.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Hough
Writer: Ronald Harwood (screenplay), John Harris (novel)
Actors: Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)

Tensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Hal Captain (screenplay), Hal Captain (story), Don McGuire (screenplay)
Actors: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon

The Revolutionary (1970)

A radical student feels that he has been betrayed by the college association to which he belongs, and thinks more violent actions must be taken in order to alter the existing system. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Paul Williams
Writer: Hans Koningsberger (novel), Hans Koningsberger (screenplay)
Actors: Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall, Collin Wilcox Paxton

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted … Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Kevin Billington
Writer: Peter Cook (screenplay), John Cleese (screenplay), Graham Chapman (screenplay), Kevin Billington (screenplay)
Actors: Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Peter Cook, Arthur Lowe

The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

A stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Writer: Bill Manhoff (play), Buck Henry (screenplay)
Actors: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield

The Only Game in Town (1970)

Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: George Stevens
Writer: Frank D. Gilroy (play), Frank D. Gilroy (screenplay)
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Charles Braswell, Hank Henry

Monte Walsh (1970)

An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more–and that there will be no room for him, either. Year 1970.

Generes: Western
Director: William A. Fraker
Writer: Lukas Heller (screenplay), David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), Jack Schaefer (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan

The Moonshine War (1970)

A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Richard Quine
Writer: Elmore Leonard (novel), Elmore Leonard (screenplay)
Actors: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson

The McKenzie Break (1970)

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland. Year 1970.

Generes: War, Drama, Action
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: William W. Norton (screenplay), Sidney Shelley (novel)
Actors: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson

His Name Was Madron (1970)

A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter. Year 1970.

Generes: Western
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: Leo J. McMahon (original story), Edward Chappell (screenplay), Leo J. McMahon (screenplay)
Actors: Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Gabi Amrani

The Lickerish Quartet (1970)

A jaded, wealthy couple watch a blue movie in their castle home along with her adult son. The son is testy, so they go into town and watch a circus-like thrill ride. The daredevil woman in … Year 1970.

Generes: Drama
Director: Radley Metzger
Writer: Michael DeForrest (screenplay), Michael DeForrest (story), Radley Metzger (story)
Actors: Silvana Venturelli, Frank Wolff, Erika Remberg, Paolo Turco

The Last Grenade (1970)

Two soldiers of fortune, Harry Grigsby and Kip Thompson, used to be the best of friends when they fought side by side in the Congo. But now Kip has changed sides and Grigsby does not … Year 1970.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Gordon Flemyng
Writer: Kenneth Ware (screenplay), James Mitchell (adaptation), John Sherlock (adaptation), John Sherlock (novel)
Actors: Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman, Richard Attenborough

The Hawaiians (1970)

The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin has been smuggled aboard as part of cargo on The Carthaginian, which he … Year 1970.

Generes: Drama
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: James A. Michener (novel), James R. Webb (screenplay)
Actors: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako