Richard Connell – Scripts on Screen

The Most Dangerous Game Script

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Year:1932

Director:Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel

Written by:James Ashmore Creelman (Screenplay), Richard Connell (Story)

Script Synopsis:When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

The Most Dangerous Game Script Resources:

The Most Dangerous Game Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Most Dangerous Game 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.

Brother Orchid Script

Year:1940

Director:Lloyd Bacon

Written by:Richard Connell (Story), Earl Baldwin (Writer), Jerry Wald (Writer), Richard Macaulay (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Brother Orchid Script Resources:

Brother Orchid Script PDF - [missing pp. 70 71 72] at Script Fly ($)
Brother Orchid Script PDF - 3/27/1940 (pages) at Script City ($)
Brother Orchid 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.

Meet John Doe

Year:1941

Director:Frank Capra

Written by:Richard Connell (Story), Robert Presnell Sr. (Story), Robert Riskin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Meet John Doe Script Resources:

Meet John Doe Script PDF at The Script Savant
Meet John Doe Script at The Daily Script
Meet John Doe Script at The Daily Script
Meet John Doe Script at IMSDb
Meet John Doe Script PDF - [miss pg. 110][light type thru out] at Script Fly ($)
Meet John Doe Script PDF - 1941 FINAL at Script City ($)

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.