Writing

Samuel Marx

Born 1902-01-26

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Lassie Come Home poster
6.7

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Lassie Come Home

1943

This Man's Navy poster
6.7

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".

This Man's Navy

1945

Society Doctor poster
7.3

Two surgeons in love with a nurse end their rivalry in the operating room.

Society Doctor

1935

Unholy Partners poster
7.6

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

Unholy Partners

1941

Assignment: Paris poster
5.9

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent by his boss behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.

Assignment: Paris

1952

Son of Lassie poster
6.2

Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?

Son of Lassie

1945

A Family Affair poster
5.9

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.

A Family Affair

1937

A Lady Without Passport poster
5.3

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

A Lady Without Passport

1950

Sinner Take All poster
4.9

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.

Sinner Take All

1936

The Beginning or the End poster
6.4

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

The Beginning or the End

1947

Damon and Pythias poster
4.7

Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.

Damon and Pythias

1962

Damon and Pythias poster
4.7

Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.

Damon and Pythias

1962

A Yank on the Burma Road poster
5.7

A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China.

A Yank on the Burma Road

1942

Apache Trail poster
6.9

The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.

Apache Trail

1942

This Time for Keeps poster
8.0

A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

This Time for Keeps

1942

The Longest Night poster
6.3

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

The Longest Night

1936

Duel in the Jungle poster
6.4

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.

Duel in the Jungle

1954

Emergency poster
NR

An armed man breaks into a family's home during a terrible thunderstorm. Aired on Oct 15, 1953 as Season 2, Episode 3 of The Ford Television Theatre.

Emergency

Grounds for Marriage poster
5.0

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

Grounds for Marriage

1951