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Writer 1902 - 1977

Daniel Mainwaring

Oakland, California, USA

Daniel Mainwaring (aka Geoffrey Homes) (July 22, 1902 – January 31, 1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter. A native of Oakland, California, he began his professional career as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and enjoyed a successful career as a mystery... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

20 titles
Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Taylor Hackford 1984 2h 1m 5.8

She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

George Pal 1961 1h 30m 6.0

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world.

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

Don Siegel 1957 1h 25m

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Don Siegel 1956 1h 20m 8.3

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story

Phil Karlson 1955 1h 40m 7.5

Phil Karlson's docudrama based on the notorious Phenix City -- a city known for it's gambling, crime and prostitution rackets.

A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

Lewis Allen 1955 1h 25m 6.0

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.

Black Horse Canyon

Black Horse Canyon

Jesse Hibbs 1954 1h 21m

The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.

Alaska Seas

Alaska Seas

Jerry Hopper 1954 1h 18m 6.0

The owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it.

The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

Ida Lupino 1953 1h 11m 7.3

Two carefree young travellers make the mistake of their lives when they pick up a mysterious, and slightly psychotic, hitch-hiker who never closes his right eye -- even when he sleeps!

This Woman Is Dangerous

This Woman Is Dangerous

Felix E. Feist 1952 1h 40m

A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.

The Tall Target

The Tall Target

Anthony Mann 1951 1h 18m 7.3

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of a mysterious "tall man" during a train ride.

Roadblock

Roadblock

Harold Daniels 1951 1h 13m 7.0

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

The Lawless

The Lawless

Joseph Losey 1950 1h 23m 5.0

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

Lewis R. Foster 1950 1h 44m

Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

The Big Steal

The Big Steal

Don Siegel 1949 1h 11m 6.7

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turned being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.

Out of the Past

Out of the Past

Jacques Tourneur 1947 1h 37m 8.3

Out of the Past is a classic later Film Noir.

They Made Me a Killer

They Made Me a Killer

William C. Thomas 1946 1h 4m

A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.

Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire

William H. Pine 1946 1h 9m 7.0

Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller battle it out in Cajun country! Johnny, a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, is seduced away from his fiance (Carol Thurston) by a rich outsider (Virginia Grey) who's nursed him back to health after a serious accident. She owns a large piece of the swamp and has outlawed hunting on her property.

Big Town

Big Town

William C. Thomas 1946 1h

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff

Frank McDonald 1945 1h 5m

A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.

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