Dalton Trumbo – Scripts on Screen

Exodus Script

celluloid — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:49:10 +0000

Year:1960

Director:Otto Preminger

Written by:Leon Uris (Novel), Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Exodus Script Resources:

Exodus Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Exodus ( tt0053804 ) at IMDb
Exodus ( 1941 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Fixer Script

celluloid — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:22:23 +0000

Year:1968

Director:John Frankenheimer

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Bernard Malamud (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the “ritual murder” of a Gentile child in Kiev. We witness the unrelenting detail of the peasant-handyman's life in prison and see him gain in dignity as the efforts to humiliate him and make him confess fail.

The Fixer Script Resources:

The Fixer Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
The Fixer Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Fixer ( tt0062977 ) at IMDb
The Fixer ( 87267 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Five Came Back Script

celluloid — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 08:22:22 +0000

Year:1939

Director:John Farrow

Written by:Jerome Cady (Screenplay), Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Nathanael West (Screenplay), Richard Carroll (Story)

Script Synopsis:Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.

Five Came Back Script Resources:

Five Came Back Script PDF - [DRAFT JERRY CADY - DALTON TRUMBO] at Script Fly ($)
Five Came Back Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Five Came Back ( tt0031314 ) at IMDb
Five Came Back ( 65858 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Script

celluloid — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:15:47 +0000

Year:1944

Director:Mervyn LeRoy

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Ted W. Lawson (Story)

Script Synopsis:In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Script Resources:

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE. (XXL). at Script City ($)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ( tt0037366 ) at IMDb
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ( 18770 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Roman Holiday Script

celluloid — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:50:15 +0000

Year:1953

Director:William Wyler

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Novel), Ian McLellan Hunter (Screenplay), John Dighton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

Roman Holiday Script Resources:

Roman Holiday Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Roman Holiday Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Roman Holiday ( tt0046250 ) at IMDb
Roman Holiday ( 804 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Hawaii Script

celluloid — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:11:22 +0000

Year:1966

Director:George Roy Hill

Written by:James Michener (Novel), Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Daniel Taradash (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.

Hawaii Script Resources:

Hawaii Script PDF - XXL 1/21/65 at Script City ($)
Hawaii Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Hawaii ( tt0060491 ) at IMDb
Hawaii ( 14689 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Johnny Got His Gun Script

celluloid — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:33:44 +0000

Year:1971

Director:Dalton Trumbo

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Scenario Writer)

Script Synopsis:Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death - a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories and unable to distinguish whether he is awake or dreaming. He remains frustrated by his situation, until one day when Joe discovers a unique way to communicate with his caregivers.

Johnny Got His Gun Script Resources:

Johnny Got His Gun Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Johnny Got His Gun Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Johnny Got His Gun Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Johnny Got His Gun ( tt0067277 ) at IMDb
Johnny Got His Gun ( 16328 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Executive Action Script

celluloid — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 05:20:58 +0000

Year:1973

Director:David Miller

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.

Executive Action Script Resources:

Executive Action Script PDF - 5/18/1973 at Script City ($)
Executive Action Script PDF - [Revised 5-18-1973][inclu. handwritten notes] at Script Fly ($)
Executive Action Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Executive Action ( tt0070046 ) at IMDb
Executive Action ( 29142 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Tender Comrade

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:34 +0000

Year:1943

Director:Edward Dmytryk

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

Tender Comrade Script Resources:

Tender Comrade Script at scribd.com

Other Links:

Tender Comrade ( tt0036418 ) at IMDb
Tender Comrade ( 100910 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Papillon

celluloid — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:43:57 +0000

Year:1973

Director:Franklin J. Schaffner

Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Henri Charrière (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Papillon Script Resources:

Papillon Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Papillon ( tt0070511 ) at IMDb
Papillon ( 5924 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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