Writing
David W. Rintels
Born June 25, 1938 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA (age 88)
No biography available.
Known For
Not Without My Daughter · 1991Not Without My Daughter
★ 6.91991
MovieDramaThriller
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Scorpio · 1973Scorpio
★ 6.21973
MovieActionThriller
Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.
The Oldest Living Graduate · 1980The Oldest Living Graduate
★ 4.01980
MovieDramaComedy
Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get into the old man's good graces so that he can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings. Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable. Adapted from Preston Jones' 1974 play and originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980.
Andersonville · 1996Andersonville
★ 6.51996
MovieWarDrama
This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders.
All the Way Home · 1981All the Way Home
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
The Execution of Raymond Graham · 1985The Execution of Raymond Graham
★ 6.61985
MovieCrimeDrama
A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately seek a reprieve.
Gideon's Trumpet · 1980Gideon's Trumpet
★ 6.51980
MovieDramaCrime
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Day One · 1989Day One
★ 6.21989
MovieHistoryDrama
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
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