Ronald Neame – Scripts on Screen

Great Expectations (1946) Script

celluloid — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:48:59 +0000

Year:1946

Director:David Lean

Written by:Charles Dickens (Novel), Ronald Neame (Screenplay), David Lean (Screenplay), Anthony Havelock-Allan (Screenplay), Kay Walsh (Screenplay), Cecil McGivern (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Great Expectations Script Resources:

Great Expectations Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Great Expectations ( tt0038574 ) at IMDb
Great Expectations ( 14320 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Man Who Never Was Script

celluloid — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 03:51:10 +0000

Year:1956

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Ewen Montagu (Novel), Nigel Balchin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.

The Man Who Never Was Script Resources:

The Man Who Never Was Script PDF - 9/19/55 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

Other Links:

The Man Who Never Was ( tt0049471 ) at IMDb
The Man Who Never Was ( 43791 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Script

celluloid — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:29:41 +0000

Year:1969

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Muriel Spark (Novel), Jay Presson Allen (Theatre Play), Jay Presson Allen (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Script Resources:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( tt0064840 ) at IMDb
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 5179 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Odessa File Script

celluloid — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:44:25 +0000

Year:1974

Director:Ronald Neame

Script Synopsis:After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful organisation of former SS members—called ODESSA—as well as with the Israeli secret service. Miller probes deeper and eventually discovers a link between the SS-Captain, ODESSA and his own family.

Odessa File Script Resources:

Odessa File Script PDF - 11/14/1973 at Script City ($)
Odessa File Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Odessa File 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:

Odessa File ( tt0071935 ) at IMDb
Odessa File ( 21489 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Meteor Script

celluloid — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:05:07 +0000

Year:1979

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Stanley Mann (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Screenplay), Edmund H. North (Story)

Script Synopsis:After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

Meteor Script Resources:

Meteor Script PDF - 10/31/77 REVISED at Script City ($)
Meteor Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Meteor 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:

Meteor ( tt0079550 ) at IMDb
Meteor ( 40160 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Hopscotch Script

celluloid — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:52:01 +0000

Year:1980

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Brian Garfield (Screenplay), Bryan Forbes (Screenplay), Brian Garfield (Author)

Script Synopsis:When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

Hopscotch Script Resources:

Hopscotch Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Hopscotch Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Hopscotch Transcript at subslikescript.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:

Hopscotch ( tt0080889 ) at IMDb
Hopscotch ( 32030 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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First Monday In October Script

celluloid — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:02:32 +0000

Year:1981

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Robert E. Lee (Screenplay), Robert E. Lee (Theatre Play), Jerome Lawrence (Theatre Play), Jerome Lawrence (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

First Monday In October Script Resources:

First Monday In October Script PDF - 12/12/80 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
First Monday In October Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
First Monday In October Transcript at subslikescript.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:

First Monday In October ( tt0082382 ) at IMDb
First Monday In October ( 85058 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Poseidon Adventure

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:22 +0000

Year:1972

Director:Ronald Neame

Written by:Paul Gallico (Novel), Wendell Mayes (Screenplay), Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.

The Poseidon Adventure Script Resources:

The Poseidon Adventure Script PDF at Sci-Fi Scripts
The Poseidon Adventure Script PDF at Script Slug
The Poseidon Adventure Script PDF - 7/18/72 REVISED FINAL (XL) at Script City ($)
The Poseidon Adventure Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Poseidon Adventure 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:

The Poseidon Adventure ( tt0069113 ) at IMDb
The Poseidon Adventure ( 551 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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