Writing
Emmet Lavery
Born — Died
1902-11-08 — 1986-01-01
Place of birth
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
12 titles
Known for
6.8A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
7.5In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Forever and a Day
1943
5.9Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
6.1A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
6.5True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
7.4A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
The First Legion
1951
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.8A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
7.5In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Forever and a Day
1943
5.9Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
6.1A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
7.4A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
The First Legion
1951
6.1This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American woman declared legally German by the Nazi government.
Hitler's Children
1943
7.0Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot tells the story of Virginia's role in American Independence (up to the point of voting to propose independence at the Second Continental Congress), from the point of view of John Fry (played by a young Jack Lord), a fictional Virginia planter elected to the House of Burgesses.
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
1957
6.3The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime that replaced it after the war.
Guilty of Treason
1950
6.5Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
Bright Road
1953
6.5Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
Bright Road
1953
6.0Drama about military doctors and nurses during wartime.
Army Surgeon
1942
