Nathaniel Benchley

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed. (imdb)

A couple and their teenage son rent a haunted New England seaside house, and their summer vacation turns into a ghost-hunt. (imdb)

An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hide-away, where they soon become friends and, eventually, lovers. (imdb)

Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problems with his wife. (imdb)