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John Twist
Writer 1898 - 1976

John Twist

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

15 titles
None But the Brave

None But the Brave

Frank Sinatra 1965 1h 46m 6.0

During WW2, a platoon of Marines crash-lands on a tiny Pacific island occupied by a small Japanese unit.

A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet

Raoul Walsh 1964 1h 57m 5.0

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.

Band of Angels

Band of Angels

Raoul Walsh 1957 2h 5m 7.0

Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black.

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

Robert Wise 1956 2h 1m 6.0

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

John Farrow 1955 1h 57m 6.0

As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.

King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders

David Butler 1954 1h 54m 4.0

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.

So Big

So Big

Robert Wise 1953 1h 41m

A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

The Big Trees

The Big Trees

Felix E. Feist 1952 1h 29m 5.3

A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron.

Fort Worth

Fort Worth

Edwin L. Marin 1951 1h 20m 6.0

Civil War veteran and former newspaperman Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.

Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory

Raoul Walsh 1949 1h 34m 7.8

Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.

Tycoon

Tycoon

Richard Wallace 1947 2h 8m 4.0

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter

Sinbad, the Sailor

Sinbad, the Sailor

Richard Wallace 1947 1h 56m 4.0

The tale of the "eighth" voyage of Sinbad, wherein he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great.

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

John Farrow 1939 1h 4m

The Saint returns... but this time he's up to his old tricks in San Francisco.

The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York

Rowland V. Lee 1937 1h 49m

A 19th century con artist rises from medicine shows to Wall Street.

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

George Stevens 1935 1h 30m 6.0

Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

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