Tag: Nunnally Johnson

Keys Of The Kingdom Script

Script by:A.J. Cronin (Novel), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:John M. Stahl
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0036983

Plot:A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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Tobacco Road Script

Script by:Erskine Caldwell (Novel), Jack Kirkland (Theatre Play), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Ford
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0034297

Plot:Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
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Rose Of Washington Square Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), John Larkin (Story), Jerry Horwin (Story)
Directed by:Gregory Ratoff
Year:1939
IMDb:tt0031877

Plot:Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
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Jesse James Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Henry King
Year:1939
IMDb:tt0031507

Plot:After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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The Dirty Dozen Script

Script by:E.M. Nathanson (Novel), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Lukas Heller (Screenplay)
Directed by:Robert Aldrich
Year:1967
IMDb:tt0061578

Plot:12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
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Night People Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Jed Harris (Story), Tom Reed (Story), W.R. Burnett (Screenplay)
Directed by:Nunnally Johnson
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0047279

Plot:A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
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Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Writer), Howard Smith (Writer), Ilya Surguchev (Theatre Play), Frederick Albert Swan (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Montagu Love, Stephen Roberts
Year:1935
IMDb:tt0026671

Plot:Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him honor the tradition of returning to the tables.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Henry Lehrman (Screenplay), Herman C. McNeile (Novel)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1934
IMDb:tt0024932

Plot:Dashing British sleuth Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Sloan Wilson (Novel)
Directed by:Nunnally Johnson
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0049474

Plot:Interesting character study of a WWII veteran trying to make it in the business world of post-war America.
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The True Story of Jesse James Script

Script by:Walter Newman (Screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Nicholas Ray
Year:1957
IMDb:tt0051114

Plot:Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.
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