Warren Duff

Mannix

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Release Date1967-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count51

The Invaders

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.

Release Date1967-01-10

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count57

Ironside

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.

Release Date1967-03-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count64

The Rogues

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.

Release Date1964-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count5

My Friend Tony

My Friend Tony is an American crime drama that aired on NBC in 1969. The pilot originally aired as "My Pal Tony" on The Danny Thomas Hour on March 4, 1968.

Release Date1969-01-05

DepartmentCreator

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Vote Count1

Out of the Past

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Release Date1947-11-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count610

No Time for Love

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

Release Date1943-04-09

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count17

Angels with Dirty Faces

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

Release Date1938-11-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count329

Each Dawn I Die

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Release Date1939-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count56

Gold Diggers in Paris

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

Release Date1938-06-11

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Vote Count3

The Turning Point

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

Release Date1952-07-12

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count33

Espionage Agent

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

Release Date1939-09-30

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JobScreenplay

Vote Count9

'Til We Meet Again

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.

Release Date1940-04-20

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Vote Count9

Back in Circulation

Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.

Release Date1937-08-27

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count3

Varsity Show

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.

Release Date1937-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count6

Frisco Kid

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Release Date1935-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count8

Experiment Perilous

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

Release Date1944-12-18

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Vote Count34

Appointment with Danger

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Release Date1950-03-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count30

Step Lively

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

Release Date1944-07-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count6

Sealed Cargo

A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it's a U-boat supply ship in disguise, loaded with torpedoes. So, together with his crew and a group of villagers he sets about a plan to blow the ship as well as any U-boats that approach it. Based on the novel "The Gaunt Woman" by Edmund Gilligan.

Release Date1951-05-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count22

Invisible Stripes

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Release Date1939-12-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count23

A Dangerous Profession

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.

Release Date1949-12-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count15

The Oklahoma Kid

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

Release Date1939-03-11

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count28

The Last Command

During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't heed his advice since he's a Mexican citizen, married to the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor of the province and a friend to General Santa Anna since the days they had fought together for Mexico's independence. After serving as president for 22 years, Santa Anna has become too powerful and arrogant. He rules Mexico with an iron fist and he would not allow Texas to self-govern. Bowie sides with the Texans in their bid for independence and urges a cautious strategy, given Santa Anna's power and cunning. Despite the disagreement between the Texicans and Bowie regarding the right strategy they ask Bowie to lead them in a last-ditch stand, at Alamo, against General Santa Anna's numerically superior forces.

Release Date1955-08-03

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Vote Count9

Make Haste to Live

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

Release Date1954-03-25

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Vote Count13

Gold Is Where You Find It

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.

Release Date1938-02-12

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count9

I've Got Your Number

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

Release Date1934-02-24

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count6

Fashions of 1934

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.

Release Date1934-02-14

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count21

Deluge

A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.

Release Date1933-08-17

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Vote Count16

Broadway Gondolier

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

Release Date1935-07-27

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Vote Count5

Sweet Music

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

Release Date1935-02-23

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Vote Count3

Honeymoon

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

Release Date1947-05-17

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count5

The Fallen Sparrow

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.

Release Date1943-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count24

Gold Diggers of 1937

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.

Release Date1936-12-28

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count18

The Singing Kid

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.

Release Date1936-04-10

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count1

X Marks the Spot

The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter is finally able to get the cash from a shady acquaintance, Riggs. Eight years later in New York, circumstances conspire to place the reporter as the number one suspect in the murder of a showgirl. With no witness or alibi, the reporter devises a plan to smoke out the real culprit. A meeting is arranged under the cover of night and to the surprise of both men, the murderer is Riggs. Out of gratitude for past generosity to his sister, the reporter agrees not to expose Riggs, however unwittingly leads the police to him! Riggs is found guilty, and a dramatic scene in the courthouse ensues.

Release Date1931-12-13

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count3

Submarine D-1

Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable.

Release Date1937-11-27

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count6

The Big Brain

A small-town barber finds himself short of stature but a giant in the world of stock promotion. As his bank account grows, Stone's ethics diminish, and soon he's playing fast and loose with other people's money. Disgruntled investor Fay Wray is the one who finally blows the whistle on the prevaricating hair-snipper.

Release Date1933-08-04

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The Lady from Cheyenne

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!

Release Date1941-04-11

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Vote Count3

Roaring Guns

Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.

Release Date1944-02-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Lena Rivers

Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her uncle's wife and daughter make no secret of their dislike of Lena and that they don't want her in their family.

Release Date1932-03-27

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count2

Stolen Holiday

A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

Release Date1937-02-06

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count6

The Iron Major

William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history.

Release Date1943-10-31

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Vote Count5

Ready, Willing and Able

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

Release Date1937-03-06

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Vote Count7

Uptown New York

Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max

Release Date1932-11-27

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count4

Midnight Alibi

An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.

Release Date1934-07-12

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count2

Strangers of the Evening

Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.

Release Date1932-05-14

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count12

Gambling House

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

Release Date1950-12-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count15

The St. Louis Kid

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.

Release Date1934-11-10

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count5

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!

Release Date1934-07-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Chicago Deadline

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

Release Date1949-11-03

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count12

In Caliente

At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

Release Date1935-05-25

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count6

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

Release Date1934-05-26

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count6

Heat Lightning

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Release Date1934-03-01

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count15

The Constant Woman

A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....

Release Date1933-03-12

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Vote Count4

Hotel Continental

Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The last night attracts many nostalgic patrons, including a gangster planning to grab the loot that he hid there many years ago.

Release Date1932-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count1

Marine Raiders

A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in Australia.

Release Date1944-07-11

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count5

The Crosby Case

Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.

Release Date1934-03-05

DepartmentWriting

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Vote Count4