Movie List for "screenplay"

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Dick Robbins (screenplay), Duane Poole (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (story)
Actors: Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann

The Black Hole (1979)

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Jeb Rosebrook (story by), Bob Barbash (story by), Richard H. Landau (story by), Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay by), Gerry Day (screenplay by)
Actors: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

1941 (1979)

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Comedy, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Bob Gale (screenplay), Robert Zemeckis (story), Bob Gale (story), John Milius (story)
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary

Avalanche Express (1979)

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman
Writer: Abraham Polonsky (screenplay), Colin Forbes (novel)
Actors: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell

The Glove (1979)

A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 – off the record – for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ross Hagen
Writer: Hugh Smith (screenplay), Julian Roffman (screenplay), Hugh Smith (story), Ross Hagen (story)
Actors: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell

Lady Oscar (1979)

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy (screenplay), Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay), Jacques Demy (adaptation), Patricia Louisianna Knop (adaptation), Riyoko Ikeda (manga: Versailles no bara/La Rose de Versailles)
Actors: Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christine Böhm, Jonas Bergström

She Came to the Valley (1979)

Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Albert Band
Writer: Frank Ray Perilli (screenplay), Albert Band (screenplay), Cleo Dawson (novel)
Actors: Ronee Blakley, Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn, Freddy Fender

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay by), Michael Crichton (based on his novel)
Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Wendigo (1978)

Movie Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Director: Paul Kiener
Writer: Algernon Blackwood (short story), Paul Kiener (screenplay)
Actors: Van Washburn Jr., Victor Lawrence, Ron Berger, Carole Cocherelle

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next. Year 1978.

Generes: Action
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Bruce Cohn (screenplay), Mark Medoff (screenplay), Joseph Fraley (story)
Actors: Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes

Stevie (1978)

This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Robert Enders
Writer: Hugh Whitemore (screenplay), Hugh Whitemore (based on his play), Stevie Smith (and the works of)
Actors: Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Alec McCowen, Trevor Howard

The Swarm (1978)

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Irwin Allen
Writer: Arthur Herzog III (novel), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay)
Actors: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain

Zero to Sixty (1978)

A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners. In HD. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Darren McGavin (screenplay), Peg Shirley (story), Judith Bustany (story)
Actors: Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins, Denise Nickerson

Shalimar (1978)

On the run from the police, S.S. Kumar, a thief, comes across a private invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley addressed to Raja Bahadur Singh. When the Raja is shot, Kumar takes him… Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Krishna Shah
Writer: Kader Khan (Hindi dialogue), Momin Khan, Hriday Lani, Krishna Shah (dialogue), Krishna Shah (screenplay), Krishna Shah (story), Stanford Sherman (story)
Actors: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Rex Harrison, Sylvia Miles

Same Time, Next Year (1978)

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have … Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writer: Bernard Slade (based on the stage play by), Bernard Slade (screenplay)
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby

Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)

A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Sergio Martino
Writer: Cesare Frugoni (screenplay), Cesare Frugoni (story), Sergio Martino (screenplay), Sergio Martino (story)
Actors: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina