Lewis Meltzer

Lewis Meltzer
Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Writer)
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Golden Boy
Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer. (imdb)
Texas
Two young men head west in search of fortune and adventure. (imdb)
The Brothers Rico
Eddie Rico has been the book-keeper of an important Mafia boss but now he is an honest merchant and lives with his family in Florida. Everything changes when the police starts to search for his brothers. Now Eddie sees himself forced to get in touch with the Mafia again. (imdb)
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Merrick escorts a murder suspect to justice, opposed by a lynch-minded rancher. (imdb)
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The Beat Generation
A detective is assigned to track down and capture a crazed serial rapist. (imdb)
Destroyer
The crew of a torpedoed ship fights to take out an enemy sub. (TCM.com)
The Lady in Question
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son. (TCM.com)
The Lady Gambles
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 casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her. (imdb)
Thunder in the East
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerrilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson. (imdb)
Comanche Territory
Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue. (imdb)
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Desert Legion
Paul Lartal of the Foreign Legion meets the princess of a lost city in the Algerian mountains. (imdb)
The Jazz Singer
A son must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. (imdb)
+3
Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven
A would-be playwright and a young woman escaping from a job at a gas station meet cute and fall in love. (imdb)
New York Town
Victor Ballard is a poor but happy-go-lucky New York sidewalk photographer who shares a studio apartment with a painter from Poland, Stefan Janowski. When Victor shoots a photo of Alexandra Curtis, he realizes she is desperate and in need of a friend who can guide her through the ways and means of surviving in Manhattan with no money.
Those High Grey Walls
Dr.. MacAuley, a kind country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police. A man, whom he had brought into the world many years before. At Filmore prison he is assigned to work in the jute mill after the prison doctor, Frank Norton, spurned his request to work in the hospital. "Lindy", MacAuley's co-worker in the mill, has a sudden heart attack and Dr. Norton declares him beyond help, but Dr.. MacAuley doesn't stop.
Shark River
Clay Webley returns to Florida from the Civil War a hunted man and his brother, Dan Webley agrees to lead him and his wounded friend, Curtis Parker, through the Everglades to the Gulf of Mexico with Cuba as their final destination. The dying man reveals that Clay has murdered a man. The brothers slog through the swamp fighting off alligators, snakes and the plot and come upon a widow and her son whom the Seminoles, who control the Everglades, have allowed to stay.