Assault on a Queen Script

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Year:1966
Director:Jack Donohue
Written by:Jack Finney (Novel), Rod Serling (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.
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Appointment with Death Script

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Year:1988
Director:Michael Winner

Script Synopsis:Emily Boynton, stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
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Appaloosa Script

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Year:2008
Director:Ed Harris
Written by:Robert B. Parker (Novel), Ed Harris (Screenplay), Robert Knott (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Script

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Year:1938
Director:Anatole Litvak
Written by:Barré Lyndon (Theatre Play), John Wexley (Screenplay), John Huston (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.
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All Through the Night Script

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Year:1941
Director:Vincent Sherman
Written by:Leonard Spigelgass (Screenplay), Edwin Gilbert (Screenplay), Leo Rosten (Story), Leonard Spigelgass (Story)

Script Synopsis:Broadway gambler 'Gloves' Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty's partner Joe is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi disappear. It turns out that beneath all the mystery is a gang of Nazi operatives planning to blow up a battleship in New York harbor.
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All This, and Heaven Too Script

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Year:1940
Director:Anatole Litvak
Written by:Rachel Field (Writer), Casey Robinson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
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Alias Nick Beal Script

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Year:1949
Director:John Farrow
Written by:Jonathan Latimer (Screenplay), Mindret Lord (Story)

Script Synopsis:After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Adam’s Rib Script

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Year:1949
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Ruth Gordon (Screenplay), Garson Kanin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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Action in the North Atlantic Script

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Year:1943
Director:Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin
Written by:John Howard Lawson (Screenplay), Guy Gilpatric (Story)

Script Synopsis:Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.
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2016 Award Season Scripts

It’s that time of year again. The studios publish  screenplays of  films they are hoping will garner award nominations. Here they are: