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All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) FR #216 | Movie | War, Drama | USA | English, French
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Director Lewis Milestone
Writer Erich Maria Remarque, Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott
Cast Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray
Plot A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
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Ben-Hur (1959) FR #331 | Movie | History, Drama | USA | English
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Director William Wyler
Writer Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg, Maxwell Anderson
Cast Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Plot A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
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Key Largo (1948) FR #958 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA | English, Italian
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Director John Huston
Writer Richard Brooks, John Huston, Maxwell Anderson
Cast Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore
Plot A drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.
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The Wrong Man (1956) FR #2662 | Movie | Court-Drama, Crime | USA, Japan | Italian, Spanish
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Maxwell Anderson, Angus Macphail, Edmond S. Albout
Cast Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Plot In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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The Bad Seed (1956) FR #4654 | Movie | Horror, Drama | USA | English
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Director Mervyn Leroy
Writer John Lee Mahin, Maxwell Anderson, William March
Cast Nancy Kelly, Patty Mccormack, Gage Clarke, Paul Fix
Plot A woman realizes her daughter was born to kill.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Maxwell Anderson collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
