Movie List for "screenplay"

The Playbirds (1978)

Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds… Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: Willy Roe
Writer: George Evans (screenplay), Willy Roe (screenplay)
Actors: Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Gavin Campbell, Alan Lake

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

When seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade a small town, replicating the residents one body at a time. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: W.D. Richter (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

The life of the Greek tycoon Aristotelis Onassis. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writer: Nico Mastorakis (story), Win Wells (story), Morton S. Fine (story), Morton S. Fine (screenplay)
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert

Drop Dead, Dearest (1978)

A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty? Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Mystery
Director: Murray Markowitz
Writer: Murray Markowitz (original screenplay)
Actors: Elke Sommer, Donald Pilon, Chuck Shamata, George Touliatos

Gray Lady Down (1978)

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation)
Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

Girlfriends (1978)

A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Claudia Weill
Writer: Claudia Weill (story), Vicki Polon (story), Vicki Polon (screenplay)
Actors: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer. Year 1978.

Generes: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Irvin Kershner
Writer: John Carpenter (screenplay), David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), John Carpenter (story)
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois

Ganga Ki Saugand (1978)

Thakur Jaswant Singh rules over the region with a iron hand. He has no pity or empathy for the poor, all he is interested in is their money, their women, and alcohol. After the passing away… Year 1978.

Generes: N/A
Director: Sultan Ahmed
Writer: Nabendu Ghosh (screenplay), Asgar Mirza (assistant dialogue), Wajahat Mirza (dialogue), Santosh Vyas (story)
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Bindu

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

Coma (1978)

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay), Robin Cook (novel)
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

The Comeback (1978)

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Pete Walker
Writer: Murray Smith (screenplay), Michael Sloan (additional script material)
Actors: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Mystery, Horror
Director: Radley Metzger
Writer: Radley Metzger (screenplay), John Willard (play)
Actors: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Steve Rash
Writer: Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (book), Robert Gittler (screenplay)
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Ira Levin (novel), Heywood Gould (screenplay)
Actors: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer

Karmayogi (1978)

Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. Shanker and Durga are incompatible, as … Year 1978.

Generes: Action
Director: Ram Maheshwari
Writer: Binoy Chatterjee (screenplay), Ela Maheshwary (additional dialogue), C.J. Pavri (screenplay), Sagar Sarhadi (dialogue)
Actors: Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Jeetendra, Rekha