Writing

John O'Dea

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Wiretapper poster
5.5

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.

Wiretapper

1955

Robbers' Roost poster
5.9

Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman, have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick, a cripple who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his large herd to market. He theorizes that the two gangs will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. Helen has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. She begins to soften toward Jim, but abruptly changes when she sees a reward poster which says he has killed two men.

Robbers' Roost

1955

Raiders of the Seven Seas poster
6.1

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida, intending to trade her to her fiancé, Capt. Jose Salcedo, for a handsome ransom. But Barbarossa falls in love with Alida, who meanwhile discovers that the roguish swashbuckler is more honorable than her erstwhile betrothed.

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

Prince of Pirates poster
8.2

In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.

Prince of Pirates

1953

Fall Guy poster
5.2

A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escapes in search of answers to the mystery himself.

Fall Guy

1947

Killer Dill poster
7.3

Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.

Killer Dill

1947

Behind the camera

Wiretapper poster
5.5

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.

Wiretapper

1955

Robbers' Roost poster
5.9

Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman, have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick, a cripple who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his large herd to market. He theorizes that the two gangs will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. Helen has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. She begins to soften toward Jim, but abruptly changes when she sees a reward poster which says he has killed two men.

Robbers' Roost

1955

Raiders of the Seven Seas poster
6.1

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida, intending to trade her to her fiancé, Capt. Jose Salcedo, for a handsome ransom. But Barbarossa falls in love with Alida, who meanwhile discovers that the roguish swashbuckler is more honorable than her erstwhile betrothed.

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

Prince of Pirates poster
8.2

In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.

Prince of Pirates

1953

Fall Guy poster
5.2

A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escapes in search of answers to the mystery himself.

Fall Guy

1947

Killer Dill poster
7.3

Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.

Killer Dill

1947

Jack McCall, Desperado poster
6.0

During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953

The Admiral Was a Lady poster
6.4

Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.

The Admiral Was a Lady

1950

Fugitive Lady poster
4.0

A man drives his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. One insurance investigator is not so sure it was an accident or suicide and gets 48 hours to prove his case.

Fugitive Lady

1950

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin poster
9.5

The 101st Cavalry discover the survivors of an Apache raid on a wagon train. Feature film from The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV show.

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West poster
7.3

Rin-Tin-Tin and his master Rusty as heroes in the old west. Cut from 1950s TV series.

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

1991