Tag: Philip Dunne

Escape Script

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Year:1948
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by:Philip Dunne (Writer), John Galsworthy (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Escape is a thriller about a World War II vet who goes to prison for murder and then escapes. He meets a woman who tries to get him to surrender.
Escape Script Resources:

  • Escape Script PDF - 2/3/48 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

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The View from Pompey’s Head Script

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Year:1955
Director:Philip Dunne
Written by:Philip Dunne (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?
The View from Pompey's Head Script Resources:

  • The View from Pompey's Head Script PDF - (XL) 5/24/55 SHOOTING at Script City ($)

Other Links:
  • The View from Pompey's Head ( tt0048788 ) at IMDb
  • The View from Pompey's Head ( 255620 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Lydia Bailey Script

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Year:1952
Director:Jean Negulesco
Written by:Kenneth Roberts (Novel), Michael Blankfort (Writer), Philip Dunne (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
Lydia Bailey Script Resources:

  • Lydia Bailey Script PDF - 5/12/51 FINAL SHOOTING at Script City ($)

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Blue Denim Script

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Year:1959
Director:Philip Dunne
Written by:Edith R. Sommer (Screenplay), Philip Dunne (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion. Director Philip Dunne's 1959 film about teenage pregnancy stars Brandon de Wilde, Carol Lynley, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt, Warren Berlinger, William Schallert and Roberta Shore.
Blue Denim Script Resources:

  • Blue Denim Script PDF - 3/12/59 FINAL at Script City ($)

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Pinky Script

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Year:1949
Director:Elia Kazan
Written by:Cid Ricketts Sumner (Novel), Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Dudley Nichols (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, Pinky has fallen in love with a young white doctor, Dr. Thomas Adams, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
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The Rains Came Script

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Year:1939
Director:Clarence Brown
Written by:Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Julien Josephson (Screenplay), Louis Bromfield (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
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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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The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Script

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Year:1947
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by:Philip Dunne (Screenplay), R.A. Dick (Novel)

Script Synopsis:In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. Sure enough, that very night she meets the ghost of crusty former owner Captain Gregg...and refuses to be scared off. Indeed, they become friends and allies, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom. But when a charming live man comes courting, Lucy and the captain must deal with their feelings for each other.
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Script Resources:

  • The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Script PDF - 11/6/46 FINAL at Script City ($)
  • The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Ghost And Mrs. Muir Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • The Ghost And Mrs. Muir ( tt0039420 ) at IMDb
  • The Ghost And Mrs. Muir ( 22292 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Robe Script

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Year:1953
Director:Henry Koster
Written by:Albert Maltz (Screenplay), Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Gina Kaus (Adaptation), Lloyd C. Douglas (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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