John Lee Mahin

John Lee Mahin

1902-08-23 Evanston, Illinois, USA 43 Credits

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Moment to Moment

Moment to Moment

1966

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.

The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road

1962

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and o...

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960

Screenplay, Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ...

The Barbarians

The Barbarians

1960

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After...

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

1959

Screenplay, Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes insta...

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1958

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under c...

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1956

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps he...

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant

1955

Writer

7.0
Writing

A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.

Elephant Walk

Elephant Walk

1954

Writer

5.8
Writing

Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Tay...

Mogambo

Mogambo

1953

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley'...

My Son John

My Son John

1952

Adaptation

5.2

In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...

Show Boat

Show Boat

1951

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

1950

Writer

6.9
Writing

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a...

Love That Brute

Love That Brute

1950

Writer

5.3
Writing

The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark...

The Adventures of Tartu

The Adventures of Tartu

1943

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent ...

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

1942

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friend...

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

1941

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible c...

Boom Town

Boom Town

1940

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil t...

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1938

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he m...

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster

1937

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and m...

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

1937

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vesse...

Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1936

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

1936

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dak...

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary

1936

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional...

China Seas

China Seas

1935

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only ris...

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

1935

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unli...

Chained

Chained

1934

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose inter...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1934

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

1934

Screenplay

3.6
Writing

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

Eskimo

Eskimo

1933

Writer

6.5
Writing

The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Bombshell

Bombshell

1933

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Hell Below

Hell Below

1933

as Lieut. (JG) 'Speed' Nelson

6.3
Acting

On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Fric...

Red Dust

Red Dust

1932

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives alon...

Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

1932

Writer

6.6
Writing

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Scarface

Scarface

1932

as MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to pr...

Scarface

Scarface

1932

Dialogue, Continuity

7.4

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to pr...

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

1932

Adaptation, Writer

5.8
Writing

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton fami...