John Michael Hayes

John Michael Hayes

Birth : 1919-05-11, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death : 2008-11-19

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John Michael Hayes

Movies

Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
Self
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes reminisces about his partnership with Alfred Hitchcock during the making of the classic 1954 film Rear Window.
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
Self
This is the featurette on the DVD of The Trouble With Harry. It consists of interviews, clips of the film and stills from the making of it.
Iron Will
Writer
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
Pancho Barnes
Writer
A made for TV movie in which Valerie Bertinelli portrays Florence Pancho Barnes, a bored socialite who decides to learn to fly
Nevada Smith
Producer
A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.
Nevada Smith
Writer
A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.
Winter Kill
Teleplay
Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
Nevada Smith
Screenplay
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Judith
Writer
A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Harlow
Screenplay
Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.
Where Love Has Gone
Screenplay
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
The Carpetbaggers
Screenplay
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
The Chalk Garden
Writer
A grandmother seeks a governess for her 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, who manages to drive away each and every one so far by exposing their past, with a record of three in one week! When an applicant with a mysterious past manages to get the job, Laurel vows to expose her. Meanwhile, Laurel's married-divorced-married mother tries to get her back.
The Children's Hour
Screenplay
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run the school of being in a relationship.
BUtterfield 8
Screenplay
The story about Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, who falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.
But Not for Me
Screenplay
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.
The Matchmaker
Screenplay
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
Peyton Place
Screenplay
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Screenplay
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
It's a Dog's Life
Writer
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
The Trouble with Harry
Screenplay
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
To Catch a Thief
Screenplay
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
Rear Window
Screenplay
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
War Arrow
Writer
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior's wishes, to stop a planned Kiowa attack.
Torch Song
Writer
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
Thunder Bay
Story
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Thunder Bay
Screenplay
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
The Red Ball Express
Screenplay
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.