Writing

Jerry Sackheim

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Strange Door poster
6.2

The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

The Strange Door

1951

The Last Crooked Mile poster
5.5

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

The Boy and the Pirates poster
5.7

Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship. Soon he realizes that being a pirate isn't what he expected.

The Boy and the Pirates

1960

The Main Street Kid poster
10.0

A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.

The Main Street Kid

1948

The Night Before the Divorce poster
5.6

Marital comedy with a dash of murder.

The Night Before the Divorce

1942

The Black Castle poster
6.4

Englishman Sir Ronald Burton enters the castle of Austrian nobleman Count von Bruno, complete with torture chamber and moat, while investigating the disappearance of two friends.

The Black Castle

1952

Nobody's Fool poster
7.0

A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.

Nobody's Fool

1936

Rookie Fireman poster
7.5

Merchant seaman Joe Blake, in love with Peggy Walters, takes the job of a rookie fireman in a big city department. His commander is strict-disciplinarian Fire Captain Jess Henshaw.

Rookie Fireman

1950

Heart of Virginia poster
7.0

Jimmy Easter is a jockey who gets shook up when he is responsible for the death of a fellow rider during a race. He gets back down to business, however, when the daughter of his ex-boss shows her faith in him.

Heart of Virginia

1948

Saddle Pals poster
6.5

Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving his old pal and a gang of land swindlers. The pal then goes on an extended vacation, leaving Autry to sort things out.

Saddle Pals

1947

The Fatal Witness poster
6.0

A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.

The Fatal Witness

1945

Young Jesse James poster
4.8

When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes his family's homestead to find his brother Frank, a soldier in Quantrill's Raiders, a renegade band of Confederates. Bent on revenge, Jesse begs to join the raiders.

Young Jesse James

1960

The Richest Man in Town poster
10.0

The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He is reformed by the daughter of one.

The Richest Man in Town

1941

Road to Alcatraz poster
9.0

The police think a young lawyer (Robert Lowery) killed his partner, but he was drugged when it happened.

Road to Alcatraz

1945

No artwork available
4.0

The Clown and the Kid is a 1961 film. When Moko the Clown (Don Keefer) passes away, his newly orphaned son Shawn (Michael McGreevey) takes up with mysterious wanderer Peter (John Lupton), and the two strangers become close friends and partners until a closely guarded secret rips them apart.

The Clown and the Kid

1961