Harold Jacob Smith

1912-07-02 New York, USA 17 Credits
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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1986

Story

4.7
Writing

Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each o...

The McMasters

The McMasters

1970

Screenplay

4.4
Writing

When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his ...

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960

Screenplay

7.7
Writing

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...

Enchanted Island

Enchanted Island

1958

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958

Writer

7.1
Writing

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

1958

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

After having been recently shipwrecked, a group of survivors begin dealing with both the reality of being stranded on a remote island as well as with ...

The River's Edge

The River's Edge

1957

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wif...

It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea

1955

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coas...

Customs Agent

Customs Agent

1950

Story

Writing

An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

Black Eagle

Black Eagle

1948

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Black Eagle is based on The Passing of Black Eagle, a short story by O. Henry. William Bishop stars as Jason Bond, who stays out of trouble by the sim...

Thunderhoof

Thunderhoof

1948

Screenplay

Writing

Two men, one woman and one horse get into trouble.

Dangerous Business

Dangerous Business

1946

Screenplay

Writing

Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims he has been framed. He is kidnapped by a gangster, ...

Night Editor

Night Editor

1946

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Music in Manhattan

Music in Manhattan

1944

Story

4.0
Writing

Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest...

She's a Soldier Too

She's a Soldier Too

1944

Story

3.0
Writing

Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

Story

5.8
Writing

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.