Daniel Fuchs – Scripts on Screen

Jeanne Eagels Script

Year:1957

Director:George Sidney

Written by:John Fante (Screenplay), Sonya Levien (Screenplay), Daniel Fuchs (Screenplay), Daniel Fuchs (Story)

Script Synopsis:Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920's stage star Jeanne Eagels.

Jeanne Eagels Script Resources:

Jeanne Eagels Script PDF - 1/7/57 REVISED at Script City ($)

Panic in the Streets Script

Year:1950

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Richard Murphy (Screenplay), Daniel Fuchs (Adaptation), Edna Anhalt (Story), Edward Anhalt (Story)

Script Synopsis:One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

Panic in the Streets Script Resources:

Panic in the Streets Script PDF - XL 2/9/50 SHOOTING FINAL at Script City ($)
Panic in the Streets Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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Underneath Script

Year:1995

Director:Steven Soderbergh

Written by:Don Tracy (Original Story), Steven Soderbergh (Screenplay), Daniel Fuchs (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Michael Chambers has come home to Austin, Texas. To the mother who's starting a new life and the brother driven by old jealousies. To the places he remembers and the memories he can't forget. And to Rachel, the woman he married and then betrayed with his passion for gambling. Now she's together with Tommy Dundee, a man no one trifles with. He takes care of her in a way Michael never could, but there's a price for his attention and Rachel knows this. And when Michael devises a plan to get Rachel out from under Tommy's control, they become entangled in a web of intrigue, danger and desire from which no one escapes unscathed.

Underneath Script Resources:

Underneath Script PDF - 3/6/94 REVISED at Script City ($)
Underneath Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Underneath 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.