Christopher Knopf

Writing

Christopher Knopf

Born 1927-12-20 · New York City, New York, USA

Christopher Knopf (December 20, 1927 – February 13, 2019) was an American screenwriter and union executive. He served as the president of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG). He won two awards from the WGAW: the Morgan Cox Award in 1991 and the Edmund H. North Award in 2002.[

Acting credits

Behind the camera

20 Million Miles to Earth poster
6.3

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

20 Million Miles to Earth

1957

Posse poster
6.0

A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.

Posse

1975

Emperor of the North poster
6.8

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Emperor of the North

1973

Joy Ride poster
7.5

Teenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird.

Joy Ride

1958

The Choirboys poster
5.4

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

The Choirboys

1977

Pope John Paul II poster
7.5

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.

Pope John Paul II

1984

The King's Thief poster
6.2

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.

The King's Thief

1955

Hell Bent for Leather poster
6.3

When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.

Hell Bent for Leather

1960

The Tall Stranger poster
6.5

A Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught in the middle of a land war between his greedy half-brother and a wagon train of Confederate homesteaders.

The Tall Stranger

1957

Mrs. Sundance poster
7.7

The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run, with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that Sundance may still be alive.

Mrs. Sundance

1974

No artwork available
7.5

The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound and a half. As they endure the anguish and struggle to help keep their baby alive, they discover what real love, courage and triumph are in the face of tragedy.

Baby Girl Scott

1987

A Cold Night's Death poster
6.1

Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.

A Cold Night's Death

1973

The Hunted poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Hunted

1967

Scott Joplin poster
6.6

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Scott Joplin

1977

No artwork available
7.4

A Cambodian family is given sponsored immigration to the United States where one daughter becomes a spelling bee champion.

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom

1986