John Paxton

Movies

On the Beach
Screenplay
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.
The Great Man's Whiskers
Writer
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
Kotch
Screenplay
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.
On the Beach
Screenplay
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Screenplay
A broke British nobleman (Nigel Patrick) targets his Canadian uncle (Charles Coburn), but other relatives get in the way.
Interpol
Screenplay
Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
A Prize of Gold
Screenplay
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
The Cobweb
Screenplay
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.
The Wild One
Screenplay
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Fourteen Hours
Screenplay
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
Of Men and Music
Writer
A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.
Rope of Sand
Additional Dialogue
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Crossfire
Screenplay
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
So Well Remembered
Screenplay
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
Crack-Up
Screenplay
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Cornered
Screenplay
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Murder, My Sweet
Screenplay
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
My Pal, Wolf
Writer
A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she's unaware the animal is a military dog being trained for service in WW2.