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John Lee Mahin
Writer 1902 - 1984

John Lee Mahin

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

28 titles
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

Rob Lowe 2018 1h 24m

A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.

Moment to Moment

Moment to Moment

Mervyn LeRoy 1966 1h 48m

When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.

The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road

Robert Mulligan 1962 2h 20m 6.0

A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

Henry Hathaway 1960 2h 2m 6.0

Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

John Ford 1959 1h 55m 6.3

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

Mervyn LeRoy 1958 1h 59m 6.0

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

John Huston 1957 1h 48m 7.0

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together.

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

Mervyn LeRoy 1956 2h 9m 7.2

A woman realizes her daughter was born to kill.

Elephant Walk

Elephant Walk

William Dieterle 1954 1h 43m 5.5

The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.

Mogambo

Mogambo

John Ford 1953 1h 56m 6.0

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Show Boat

Show Boat

George Sidney 1951 1h 47m 5.0

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Mervyn LeRoy 1951 2h 54m 6.6

A fierce Roman commander becomes infatuated with a Christian hostage and begins to question the emperor's tyrannical leadership.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Elia Kazan 1950 1h 36m 7.7

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

Henry Hathaway 1949 2h

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

Mervyn LeRoy 1941 1h 47m 6.0

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Victor Fleming 1941 1h 53m 7.3

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Boom Town

Boom Town

Jack Conway 1940 1h 59m 7.0

McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsey comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster

Edward Ludwig 1937 1h 21m 7.0

A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.

Red Dust

Red Dust

Victor Fleming 1937 1h 23m 7.7

The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

Victor Fleming 1937 1h 55m 7.3

A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary

Clarence Brown 1936 1h 28m 7.0

The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

William A. Wellman 1936 1h 46m

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town.

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

W.S. Van Dyke 1935 1h 43m

A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout.

China Seas

China Seas

Tay Garnett 1935 1h 27m 8.0

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Victor Fleming 1934 1h 43m

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

The Prizefighter and the Lady

W.S. Van Dyke 1933 1h 42m

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Bombshell

Bombshell

Victor Fleming 1933 1h 36m

Sexpot film star Lola Burns (Jean Harlow) is at the top of the pile in Hollywood in this pre-code film directed by Victor Fleming But with her father and brother always hanging around for handouts and the studio PR honcho cooking up endless lurid newspaper stories, she decides to get a new image by trying all sorts of schemes which go awry.

Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

Howard Hawks 1932 1h 17m

A Portuguese tuna fisherman (Edward G. Robinson) catches his bride (Zita Johann) with his first mate (Richard Arlen).

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