Steve Shagan (Writer)

Gotti

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

Release Date1996-08-17

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count91

Voyage of the Damned

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

Release Date1976-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count72

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.

Release Date1975-05-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count11

Primal Fear

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

Release Date1996-03-06

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3689

Sole Survivor

In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood's teleplay, the ghosts of a bomber crew hang around their derelict plane, awaiting the day that their bones will be recovered and given a decent burial. The sole survivor, navigator Russell Hamner, has in the intervening 25 years become a General. He joins an investigation team that has come across the wreckage, while the ghosts, headed by Major Devlin, plot to expose Hamner as a coward who deserted his post and left his crew mates to die.

Release Date1970-01-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count23

The Sicilian

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Release Date1987-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count140

Sylvia

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.

Release Date1965-02-10

DepartmentProduction

JobAssociate Producer

Vote Count8

Hustle

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.

Release Date1975-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count64

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

In Central America, a little native boy, Ramel, is abducted by Vinaro, a madman who believes the child to be the sole link to a lost Aztec city of gold. Vinaro uses one of his diabolical explosive mechanisms to eliminate police and army officials; and the legendary Tarzan is flown in to help locate the jungle city, rescue the boy, and bring Vinaro to justice.

Release Date1966-07-01

DepartmentProduction

JobAssociate Producer

Vote Count12

The Formula

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.

Release Date1980-12-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count45

Save the Tiger

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

Release Date1973-02-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count88

Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army

Tarzan has to deal with slave traders who are making raids into African villages to get slaves.

Release Date1968-03-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Tarzan and the Great River

Tarzan is summoned to Brazil by an old friend to stop an evil tribal cult from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors. The Lord of the Jungle is accompanied on his quest by a pretty blonde doctor, a boy and a grizzled sea captain.

Release Date1967-09-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count8

Nightwing

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.

Release Date1979-06-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count40

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

Jai, the orphaned boy adopted by the Monkey Man, helps missionary Charity Jones bring an organ to a friendly tribe, but they are captured by hostile natives.

Release Date1971-10-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Mountains of the Moon

A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it is inhabited by a bloodthirsty tribe. Luckily Tarzan intervenes.

Release Date1967-11-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The House on Garibaldi Street

When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.

Release Date1979-05-28

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count2

A Step Out of Line

Three financially down-and-out buddies plot to pull a bank robbery to cure their financial woes.

Release Date1971-02-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Man Who Died Twice

A painter who surfaces after having disappeared for seven years finds himself contending with art forgeries and a crooked art dealer.

Release Date1973-04-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Blood & Orchids

Blood & Orchids is a 1986 made-for-TV crime-drama film. Written for the screen by Norman Katkov, it was an adaptation of Katkov's own novel which, in turn, was inspired by the 1932 Massie Trial in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was typical of many crime dramas produced during the period.

Release Date1986-02-23

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

In this exciting jungle adventure the esteemed archaeologist, Dr Singleton, and his daughter, Mary, travel to mystical Africa in search of an ancient artifact: the fabled Blue Stone of Heaven. Imbued with the unfathomable power to bestow its holder with immense strength, the statuette attracts corrupt Colonel Tatakombi, who, blind with greed, intends to spark an uprising, and turn the natives against Tarzan. Can mighty Tarzan avert the jungle rebellion?

Release Date1967-09-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

River of Mystery

A couple of freelance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a revolutionary leader and a diamond hunter.

Release Date1971-10-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer