James Lee Barrett (Writing)
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Works
Warden of Red Rock
In 1910, John Flinders is warden of Red Rock Territorial Prison, in Arizona. When a condemned man's last request brings Flinders into contact with the man's widow, Flinders finds himself falling in love. Meanwhile, a new convict, Mike Sullivan, turns out to be an old friend of Flinders'. They talk over old times, but it's clear that Sullivan has plans to leave the prison before his time is up. When those plans come to pass, Flinders sets out to re-take his old pal.
Release Date: 2001-06-06
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Ruby Jean and Joe
In a tale set in the rough and tumble world of professional rodeo, an over-the-hill former champion broncobuster and a young hitchhiker develop a special friendship.
Release Date: 1996-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
All eyes are on Sparta after an internationally renowned actress arrives unexpectedly in the rural Mississippi town—and with a killer secret.
Release Date: 1994-12-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
When a serial killer of women is on the loose in Sparta, all the clues lead Sheriff Gillespie and Forbes to the home of the wealthy Judge Walker.
Release Date: 1994-10-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
April Morning
A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.
Release Date: 1988-04-24
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Vote Count: 10
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
Release Date: 1988-03-06
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 59
Jesse
True television account of a caring nurse whose work in Death Valley was challenged by the state.
Release Date: 1988-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
Poker Alice
She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.
Release Date: 1987-05-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 6
The Quick and the Dead
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.
Release Date: 1987-02-28
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Vote Count: 42
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
A true story of the lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart after the murder of Bill and Myrtle Moon. Although the killer is caught the judicial system takes too long for the Moon's devoted stepson and he takes matter into his own hands.
Release Date: 1986-11-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 6
Our House
Our House is an American television drama series that aired on NBC for two seasons from September 11, 1986 to May 8, 1988. The series centers on the Witherspoon family and the challenges they face adjusting to life with three generations living in the same house.
Release Date: 1986-09-11
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 9
Stagecoach
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday
Release Date: 1986-05-18
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Vote Count: 24
Angel City
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Release Date: 1980-11-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 2
Belle Starr
Belle Star is a bandit with an itch to ride with the outlaw legends, the James gang, the Youngers and the Dalton boys.
Release Date: 1980-04-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
The Day Christ Died
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
Release Date: 1980-03-26
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Vote Count: 5
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. The film tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.
Release Date: 1979-11-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 6
Wild Horse Hank
A teenage girl tries to save a herd of wild horses from a local gang intending on capturing and selling them for dog meat. Unfortunately the nearest Federal land where the horses will be safe lies one hundred and fifty miles away, over badlands and a mountain range.
Release Date: 1979-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 5
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and learns a valuable lesson about the spirit of the holiday along the way.
Release Date: 1978-12-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
The Awakening Land
A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.
Release Date: 1978-02-19
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 5
Smokey and the Bandit
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Release Date: 1977-05-26
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 727
Something Big
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wants for the gun? A woman! So Baker kidnaps a woman off of the stagecoach, only to find that she is the wife of the commandant of the local Cavalry detachment. Things get further complicated when a girl named Dover McBride shows up. She has come to force Baker to marry her and return east, as he promised to do four years earlier
Release Date: 1971-11-19
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 18
Fools' Parade
When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. This attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued Mattie the check.
Release Date: 1971-08-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Character: Sonny Boy
Vote Count: 24
The Cheyenne Social Club
Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
Release Date: 1970-06-12
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 68
Tick... Tick... Tick...
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
Release Date: 1970-01-09
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 25
The Undefeated
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Release Date: 1969-10-04
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 122
The Green Berets
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Release Date: 1968-07-04
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 173
Bandolero!
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Release Date: 1968-06-01
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 115
Shenandoah
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.
Release Date: 1965-06-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 144
The Greatest Story Ever Told
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Release Date: 1965-04-09
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 188
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
Release Date: 1965-03-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 11
Outlaws
Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma Territory about Stillwater. The program aired 50 one-hour episodes from September 29, 1960, to May 10, 1962. The first season was shot in black-and-white, the second in color. Co-starring with MacLane in the 1960–1961 season was Don Collier as deputy marshal Will Foreman. In the second season, MacLane left the program, and Collier was promoted to full marshal, with Bruce Yarnell joining the cast as deputy marshal Chalk Breeson. Jock Gaynor appeared in the first season as deputy Heck Martin, the on-screen nephew of Will Foreman. Slim Pickens appeared as "Slim" in the second season. Judy Lewis also appeared the second season as Connie Masters, an employee of the Wells Fargo office in Stillwater. The dog who appeared in Walt Disney's Old Yeller was also cast in The Outlaws. Others who appeared on the program on at least three occasions were Vic Morrow, Cliff Robertson, Pippa Scott, and Harry Townes. In addition, John Anderson, Edgar Buchanan, Jackie Coogan, Bruce Gordon, Robert Harland, Robert Lansing Cloris Leachman, Robert Karnes, Brian Keith, Larry Pennell, Chris Robinson, William Shatner, Ray Walston, Jack Warden, and David Wayne each appeared twice in the series.
Release Date: 1960-09-26
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
The D.I.
Gunnery Sergeant Jim Moore is one of the toughest Drill Instructors on Parris Island. But he's got a thorn in his side: Pvt. Owens, who always seems to foul up when the pressure's on. Convinced that "there's a man underneath that baby powder," Sgt. Moore drives Owens to the point of desertion. Making things worse, Capt. Anderson has given Moore three days to make the scared private into Marine material, "or I'll personally cut the lace off his panties and ship him out!" Adding to the pressure, Moore also juggles a budding romance with a shop girl.
Release Date: 1957-05-30
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 11
I Led Three Lives
I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series stars Richard Carlson. The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama I Was a Communist for the FBI, which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by Ziv from 1952 to 1954.
Release Date: 1953-01-01
Episode Count: 1