Lewis Meltzer

Lewis Meltzer

1911-01-28 New York City, New York, USA 24 Credits
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The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1959

Writer

5.2
Writing

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

High School Confidential!

High School Confidential!

1958

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naiv...

The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico

1957

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour whe...

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956

Writer

7.0
Writing

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old d...

New Orleans Uncensored

New Orleans Uncensored

1955

Writer

4.5
Writing

Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer...

Shark River

Shark River

1953

Screenplay

Writing

Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Par...

Desert Legion

Desert Legion

1953

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1953

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide

1951

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Rode...

Comanche Territory

Comanche Territory

1950

Screenplay, Story

4.8
Writing

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into t...

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

1949

Story

6.0
Writing

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...

Man-Eater of Kumaon

Man-Eater of Kumaon

1948

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the doctor experiences a personal change when he accepts t...

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and ...

Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

1947

Screenplay

Writing

A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Fly...

Destroyer

Destroyer

1943

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the c...

First Comes Courage

First Comes Courage

1943

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies la...

The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Un...

New York Town

New York Town

1941

Screenplay

10.0
Writing

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stef...

Texas

Texas

1941

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the ...

Those High Grey Walls

Those High Grey Walls

1939

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from...

Golden Boy

Golden Boy

1939

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangste...

Blind Alley

Blind Alley

1939

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.