Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Lorenzo Semple Jr. was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for his work on the television series "Batman" and the feature films "The Parallax View", "Papillon", and "Three Days of the Condor".
Works
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
The episodes "A Piece of the Action" and "Batman's Satisfaction" have been edited together, along with other scenes and period TV promos of the 1966 television show "Batman" and 1967's "The Green Hornet" for this interesting feature film.
Release Date: 2020-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Script Consultant
Vote Count: 1
Condor
Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.
Release Date: 2018-06-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Episode Count: 20
Vote Count: 229
The Road to Casino Royale
Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the screen in recognizable form.
Release Date: 2008-10-21
The Era of Chan
Film historians discuss the Charlie Chan films
Release Date: 2008-09-16
Character: Self
Batman: A Dynamic Legacy
I look at the legacy of the the 1966 Batman television series
Release Date: 2008-06-01
Character: Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Release Date: 2008-01-18
Character: Self
Vote Count: 66
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's La Strada to today's Hannibal franchise. This profile follows octogenarian De Laurentiis in Hollywood and returning to Rome to set up a new film.
Release Date: 2001-04-01
Character: Self
Vote Count: 5
Pretty Poison
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.
Release Date: 1996-09-24
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1
Rapture
A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.
Release Date: 1993-03-11
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Vote Count: 2
Never Too Young to Die
Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.
Release Date: 1986-06-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 49
Rearview Mirror
When the psychopathic jailbreaker Hopps and his cousin steal a camper to continue their flight, they notice too late that there's a baby on the back seat. At first they want to kill it, but...
Release Date: 1984-11-16
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 4
Sheena
Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
Release Date: 1984-08-17
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 146
The Bengal Lancers!
30 minutes of footage left after the finances collapsed.
Release Date: 1984-06-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Never Say Never Again
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.
Release Date: 1983-10-07
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1462
Flash Gordon
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Release Date: 1980-09-01
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 991
Hurricane
The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
Release Date: 1979-04-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 16
King Kong
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Release Date: 1976-09-08
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 847
Three Days of the Condor
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Release Date: 1975-09-24
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1178
The Drowning Pool
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Release Date: 1975-07-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 124
The Parallax View
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Release Date: 1974-06-14
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 317
The Super Cops
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Release Date: 1974-03-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 20
Papillon
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Release Date: 1973-12-16
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1935
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
Release Date: 1971-08-19
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 2
The Sporting Club
The wealthy members of an exclusive backwoods retreat face an existential threat from both a disgruntled former manager as well as a subversive, anarchistic current member.
Release Date: 1971-02-28
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 5
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Release Date: 1969-05-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 4
Pretty Poison
A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.
Release Date: 1968-07-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 83
Fathom
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.
Release Date: 1967-08-25
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 31
The Rat Patrol
The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps".
Release Date: 1966-09-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 18
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966–1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato.
Release Date: 1966-09-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 68
Batman
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Release Date: 1966-07-30
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 964
Batman
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
Release Date: 1966-01-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 16
Vote Count: 546
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 Date: 1964-09-13
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
Release Date: 1963-10-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
Burke's Law
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
Release Date: 1963-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 11
The Honeymoon Machine
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
Release Date: 1961-08-16
Department: Writing
Job: Theatre Play
Vote Count: 21
Pursuit
Pursuit is an American television anthology drama series which aired on CBS from October 1958 to January 1959.
Release Date: 1958-10-22
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1