Leo Rosten

Movies

Captain Newman, M.D.
Novel
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.
Mister Cory
Story
An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.
Walk East on Beacon!
Screenplay
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
Walk East on Beacon!
Story
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
Double Dynamite
Story
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Where Danger Lives
Story
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
The Velvet Touch
Writer
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Sleep, My Love
Novel
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Sleep, My Love
Screenplay
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Lured
Screenplay
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
The Dark Corner
Story
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
The Conspirators
Screenplay
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
They Got Me Covered
Original Story
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
All Through the Night
Story
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.