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Charles Lederer
Writer 1906 - 1976

Charles Lederer

New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Lederer (December 31, 1906 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a prominent theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion... Read full bio →

Filmography

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14 titles
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Lewis Milestone 1962 3h 5m 7.0

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship.

Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream

Gordon Douglas 1962 1h 49m 4.5

When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their "adopted" children - Holly, Ariadne and the twins - start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

Lewis Milestone 1960 2h 7m 7.8

Ocean's Eleven is the 'Rat-Pack' comedy about robber Danny Ocean and his gang in an attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas.

Can-Can

Can-Can

Walter Lang 1960 2h 22m 5.7

A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Howard Hawks 1953 1h 31m 7.6

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a romantic comedy based on a successful musical and starring Marilyn Manroe in her last role in a film.

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

Howard Hawks 1952 1h 37m 7.2

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler.

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

Christian Nyby 1951 1h 27m 7.5

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Wabash Avenue

Wabash Avenue

Henry Koster 1950 1h 32m

Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it back, Andy schemes to make Mike's position untenable. He also hopes to turn Ruby Summers, Mike's motor-mouthed burlesque queen, into a classier entertainer, and incidentally to make her his own.

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

Howard Hawks 1949 1h 45m 7.5

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse

Robert Montgomery 1947 1h 41m 7.0

WW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Henry Hathaway 1947 1h 39m 7.6

Ex hood Nick Bianco rats on vicious killer Tommy Udo. But when at trial Udo is acquitted, Bianco is sure that Udo will be out for revenge.

Love Crazy

Love Crazy

Jack Conway 1941 1h 39m

William Powell and Myrna Loy are a couple whose marriage is on the verge of being broken up by his old girlfriend and her disapproving mother.

I Love You Again

I Love You Again

W.S. Van Dyke 1940 1h 39m

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

Howard Hawks 1940 1h 32m 7.8

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

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