Tag: Richard Connell

Brother Orchid Script

Script by:Richard Connell (Story), Earl Baldwin (Writer), Jerry Wald (Writer), Richard Macaulay (Writer)
Directed by:Lloyd Bacon
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0032285

Plot:When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Follow one of the following links for Brother Orchid Scripts:

10124

The Most Dangerous Game Script

Script by:James Ashmore Creelman (Screenplay), Richard Connell (Story)
Directed by:Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0023238

Plot:When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Follow one of the following links for The Most Dangerous Game Scripts:

13149

Meet John Doe Script

Script by:Richard Connell (Story), Robert Presnell Sr. (Story), Robert Riskin (Screenplay)
Directed by:Frank Capra
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0033891

Plot:As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
Follow one of the following links for Meet John Doe Scripts:

5506