John Twist — Playwright (17)
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Serenade (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Serenade
director: Anthony Mann actor: Mario Lanza / Joan Fontaine …
other title: Serenata / Dos pasiones y un amor
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
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Tycoon (1947) IMDb TMDB
Tycoon
director: Richard Wallace actor: John Wayne / Laraine Day …
other title: La grande conquista / Taïkoun …
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
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The Last Outlaw (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Last Outlaw
director: Christy Cabanne actor: Harry Carey / Hoot Gibson …
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired assistant sheriff who originally caught him, and Chuck Wilson, a young rancher who has eyes for Sally. Wanted criminal Al Goss holds up the local bank and makes his getaway, taking Sally hostage. Showing he still has what it takes, Payton, along with Yates and Wilson, take off into the hills on horseback to try to track Goss down. - Written by Doug Sederberg
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939) IMDb TMDB
The Saint Strikes Back
director: John Farrow actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint contre-attaque / El Santo ataca de nuevo
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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So Big (1953) WikiData IMDb TMDB
So Big
director: Robert Wise actor: Jane Wyman / Sterling Hayden …
other title: Solo per te ho vissuto / Trigo y esmeralda …
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.
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Sinbad the Sailor (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sinbad the Sailor
director: Richard Wallace actor: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Sinbad il marinaio / Simbad, O Marujo …
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."
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The Toast of New York (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Toast of New York
director: Rowland V. Lee actor: Edward Arnold / Cary Grant …
other title: Alla conquista dei dollari / L'Or et la femme …
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
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Operation Secret (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Operation Secret
director: Lewis Seiler actor: Cornel Wilde / Steve Cochran …
other title: L'altra bandiera / Guantes grises …
After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Based on the actual exploits of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz.
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Helen of Troy (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Helen of Troy
director: Robert Wise actor: Rossana Podestà / Jacques Sernas …
other title: Elena di Troia / Helena de Tróia …
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.