Five Came Back Script

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Year:1939
Director:John Farrow
Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Nathanael West (Screenplay), Richard Carroll (Story), Jerome Cady (Screenplay)

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.
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The Purple Heart Script

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Year:1944
Director:Lewis Milestone
Written by:Jerome Cady (Writer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Story)

Script Synopsis:This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.
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Forever Amber Script

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Year:1947
Director:Otto Preminger
Written by:Philip Dunne (Writer), Ring Lardner, Jr. (Writer), Jerome Cady (Writer), Kathleen Winsor (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
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Call Northside 777

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Year:1948
Director:Henry Hathaway
Written by:Jerome Cady (Screenplay), Jay Dratler (Screenplay), Leonard Hoffman (Adaptation), Quentin Reynolds (Adaptation), James P. McGuire (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
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