Writing

Lesser Samuels

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Writing

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17 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Earl of Chicago poster
6.3

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

The Earl of Chicago

1940

Ace in the Hole poster
7.8

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Ace in the Hole

1951

Strange Cargo poster
7.0

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Strange Cargo

1940

Great Day in the Morning poster
6.0

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a Confederate minority in a strongly Unionist town.

Great Day in the Morning

1956

No Way Out poster
6.9

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

No Way Out

1950

The Silver Chalice poster
4.4

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

The Silver Chalice

1954

Darling, How Could You! poster
7.2

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.

Darling, How Could You!

1951

Unholy Partners poster
7.6

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

Unholy Partners

1941

Tonight and Every Night poster
5.6

An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.

Tonight and Every Night

1945

The Long Wait poster
5.9

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.

The Long Wait

1954

The Long Wait poster
5.9

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.

The Long Wait

1954

Bitter Sweet poster
6.0

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

Bitter Sweet

1940

It's Love Again poster
6.5

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a mysterious Englishwoman who spends her days hunting tigers in India, jumping out of airplanes, and generally driving men mad with her beauty. Since no one in London has ever seen Mrs. Smythe-Smythe, Elaine decides to impersonate the lady, in hopes that the publicity will land her the big break she's been looking for.

It's Love Again

1936

O.H.M.S. poster
4.7

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.

O.H.M.S.

1937

Sailing Along poster
7.8

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

Sailing Along

1938

Climbing High poster
7.1

Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result.

Climbing High

1938

Gangway poster
7.0

Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.

Gangway

1937