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Jay Presson Allen
Writer 1922 - 2006

Jay Presson Allen

San Angelo, Texas, USA

Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. She was one of few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. She was born as Jacqueline Presson, the only child... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Harry Hook 1990 1h 31m 7.5

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

Sidney Lumet 1982 1h 56m 6.9

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

Sidney Lumet 1981 2h 47m 7.5

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants

Just Tell Me What You Want

Just Tell Me What You Want

Sidney Lumet 1980 1h 52m

A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

Funny Lady

Funny Lady

Herbert Ross 1975 2h 16m 10.0

1930s in New York. The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub. Written by Mattias Thuresson

The Borrowers

The Borrowers

Walter C. Miller 1973 1h 21m 5.0

An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.

40 Carats

40 Carats

Milton Katselas 1973 1h 50m 6.0

After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party.

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

George Cukor 1972 1h 49m

A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt"s shady schemes.

Cabaret

Cabaret

Bob Fosse 1972 2h 4m 8.0

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emcee (Joel Grey) sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Ronald Neame 1969 1h 56m 7.7
Marnie

Marnie

Alfred Hitchcock 1964 2h 10m 7.3

Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

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