Writing

Ted Berkman

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Cast a Giant Shadow poster
6.3

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

Fear Strikes Out poster
7.2

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Fear Strikes Out

1957

The Squeaker poster
6.3

London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).

The Squeaker

1937

Girl of the Night poster
6.8

Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.

Girl of the Night

1960

Short Cut to Hell poster
5.8

A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit; she tries to convince him to surrender before it's too late.

Short Cut to Hell

1957

Edge of Fury poster
5.9

A psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home.

Edge of Fury

1958

The Green Cockatoo poster
5.9

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.

The Green Cockatoo

1937