Tag: Walter Bernstein

Fail Safe (1964) Script

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Year:1964
Director:Sidney Lumet
Written by:Eugene Burdick (Novel), Harvey Wheeler (Novel), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Fail Safe Script

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Year:2000
Director:Stephen Frears
Written by:Eugene Burdick (Novel), Harvey Wheeler (Novel), Walter Bernstein (Teleplay)

Script Synopsis:Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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Semi-Tough Script

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Year:1977
Director:Michael Ritchie
Written by:Walter Bernstein (Screenplay), Dan Jenkins (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Semi-Tough Script Resources:

  • Semi-Tough Script PDF - FINAL DRAFT 7/22/1977. at Script City ($)
  • Semi-Tough Script PDF - 7/22/77 FINAL at Script City ($)

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The Front Script

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Year:1976
Director:Martin Ritt
Written by:Walter Bernstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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Little Miss Marker Script

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Year:1980
Director:Walter Bernstein
Written by:Damon Runyon (Story), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Little Miss Marker Script Resources:

  • Little Miss Marker Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Little Miss Marker Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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