J
Writing
Jack Moffitt
Born May 8, 1901 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died December 4, 1969 · aged 68
Mack Moffitt is best known for being an American screenwriter. He Died on December 4, 1969, aged 68 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Known For
A Man Betrayed · 1941A Man Betrayed
★ 5.51941
MovieDramaCrime
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.
You and Me · 1938You and Me
★ 6.61938
MovieCrimeRomance
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Ramrod · 1947Ramrod
★ 6.51947
MovieWestern
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
Our Leading Citizen · 1939Our Leading Citizen
★ 8.01939
MovieDramaComedy
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Passage to Marseille · 1944Passage to Marseille
★ 6.71944
MovieAdventureDrama
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
Central Airport · 1933Central Airport
★ 6.01933
MovieDrama
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
The Conspirators · 1944The Conspirators
★ 6.31944
MovieDramaRomance
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Night Key · 1937Night Key
★ 6.21937
MovieScience FictionCrime
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.












