3 Movies Starring Martha Scott

Our Town

Our Town

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1940-05-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1581 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Wood

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Thornton Wilder (play)

Thornton Wilder (screenplay)

Frank Craven (screenplay)

Harry Chandlee (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors.

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-02-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6307 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Cast:

Writer:

Joseph Hayes (screenplay)

Joseph Hayes (adapted from the novel and play by)

Fullplot:

After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house in a well-to-do suburb of Indianapolis in which to hide out. The home belongs to the Hilliard family, Dan and Ellie who live there with their 19-year old daughter Cindy and their young son Ralph. They plan on staying only until midnight as Griffin is awaiting his girlfriend who will meet them with some money he had stashed away. When she doesn't arrive, their stay stretches out to several days. Dan Hilliard plays their game knowing that if he makes any attempt to contact the police, his family could be caught in the crossfire.

Sayonara

Sayonara

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-12-20

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

147 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4036 Reviews)

Director:

Joshua Logan

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Osborn (screen play)

James A. Michener (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Major Lloyd Gruver, a Korean War flying ace reassigned to Japan, staunchly supports the military's opposition to marriages between American troops and Japanese women. But that's before Gruver experiences a love that challenges his own deeply set prejudices... and plunges him into conflict with the U.S. Air Force and Japan's own cultural taboos.

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