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John D. F. Black is a Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 30 december 1932
John D. F. Black is a scriptwriter, TV producer, and TV director. He is best known for his work on the TV series Star Trek (The Original Series) in 1966, and its sequel series, Star Trek: The Next Generation during the 1980s.
Black was the associate producer for ten episodes of Star Trek made during the program's first season, all of which were broadcast from September 8, 1966, through December 15, 1966. (This information can be found in www.ImdB.com.) Black also wrote the teleplay for and was the associate producer of one of the outstanding early episodes of Star Trek—The Naked Time. During the 1980s, Black was also given credit for the story for sequel episode, The Naked Now, in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Black also received story-writing credit for one more episode in this series, Justice, under his pseudonym of "Ralph Wills".
Black also wrote for many other TV series, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Charlie's Angels, Hawaii Five-O, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix.
In work for motion pictures, Black co-wrote the movie adaptation of Shaft (1971), along with his co-writer, Ernest Tidyman, who had written the original novel of Shaft. Black also was the executive producer of the detective movie Trouble Man (1972), which starred Robert Hooks and whose musical score was written by Marvin Gaye.
In 1972, Black received an Edgar Award from the Writers Guild of America in the category of "Best Television Feature or Miniseries Teleplay" for writing the script for the made-for-TV movie Thief.
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Black was the associate producer for ten episodes of Star Trek made during the program's first season, all of which were broadcast from September 8, 1966, through December 15, 1966. (This information can be found in www.ImdB.com.) Black also wrote the teleplay for and was the associate producer of one of the outstanding early episodes of Star Trek—The Naked Time. During the 1980s, Black was also given credit for the story for sequel episode, The Naked Now, in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Black also received story-writing credit for one more episode in this series, Justice, under his pseudonym of "Ralph Wills".
Black also wrote for many other TV series, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Charlie's Angels, Hawaii Five-O, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix.
In work for motion pictures, Black co-wrote the movie adaptation of Shaft (1971), along with his co-writer, Ernest Tidyman, who had written the original novel of Shaft. Black also was the executive producer of the detective movie Trouble Man (1972), which starred Robert Hooks and whose musical score was written by Marvin Gaye.
In 1972, Black received an Edgar Award from the Writers Guild of America in the category of "Best Television Feature or Miniseries Teleplay" for writing the script for the made-for-TV movie Thief.
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Wonder Woman (1974)
, 1h13Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Cathy Lee Crosby, Kaz Garas, Andrew Prine, Charlene Holt, Ricardo Montalbán, Richard X. Slattery
Roles Writer
Rating46%
This version of Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby) did not wear the comic book costume including the tiara trademark and her "secret identity" of Diana Prince was not all that secret. The film follows Wonder Woman, assistant to government agent Steve Trevor (Kaz Garas) as she pursues a villain named Abner Smith (Ricardo Montalban) who has stolen a set of code books containing classified information about U.S. government field agents.
The Carey Treatment (1972)
, 1h41Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle, Elizabeth Allen, John Fink, Dan O'Herlihy
Rating60%
Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) is a pathologist who moves to Boston, where he starts working in a hospital. He soon meets Georgia Hightower (Jennifer O'Neill), with whom he falls in love. Karen Randall, daughter of the hospital's Chief Doctor, becomes pregnant and is brought to the emergency department after an illegal abortion. She dies there, and Dr. David Tao (James Hong), a brilliant surgeon and friend of Carey, is arrested and accused of being responsible for the illegal abortion. Carey does not believe his friend to be guilty and starts investigating on his own, despite strong opposition by the police and the doctors around the hospital's chief.
Trouble Man (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Ivan Dixon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Paula Kelly, Ralph Waite, Bill Henderson, Gordon Jump
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Dans ce drame urbain, un homme de la ville cherche à fuir à la fois les flics et des escrocs dans ce drame urbain. T (Robert Hooks) est la combinaison d'un requin de piscine, d'un détective privé et d'un homme à tout faire du ghetto, menant ses affaires depuis un club de billard dans le centre-sud de Los Angeles.
Shaft (1971)
, 1h40Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Christopher St. John, Charles Cioffi, Antonio Fargas, Lawrence Pressman
Rating65%
John Shaft, a private detective, is informed that some gangsters are looking for him. Police Lt. Vic Androzzi meets Shaft and unsuccessfully tries to get information from him on the two gangsters. After Androzzi leaves, Shaft spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building. He commandeers the first gangster, forcing him into his office where the second gangster is waiting. After a quick fight, Shaft dodges one of them who goes out the window, while the other surrenders and reveals to him that Bumpy Jonas, the leader of a Harlem-based organized crime family, wanted Shaft brought uptown to Harlem for a meeting.
, 1h13Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about computing
Actors Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Vince Edwards, Myrna Loy, Sylvia Sidney, John Beradino
Rating63%
Residing in the Los Angeles County city of Pasadena, four middle class ladies in their late sixties (Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy, Mildred Natwick and Sylvia Sidney) habitually meet for lunch and exchange small talk with their waitress (Dodo Denney). During the meal they discuss an "amusing" project to create a fictitious profile of a young woman and submit it to a computer dating service. Several days later, they start receiving letters from potential suitors and derive additional amusement from reading them out loud. Meanwhile, after dark, in a car parked in front of her home on a quiet residential street, a young woman (Diane Shalet) becomes alarmed by the aggressive behavior of her date (Vince Edwards) whose attempts to force himself upon her cause her to scramble out of his car and, when he comes out and attempts to manhandle and restrain her, she tearfully runs into the house, as her mother (Margaret Wheeler) calls out through the window, "Ruthie". The man gets back in his car and drives away while his audible thoughts reveal that he has difficulty relating to women and the resulting resentment and rage he feels towards them. He tries to recall the name of another prospect for a relationship and settles on the fictitious "Rebecca" submitted to the "Scientific Associates" computer dating agency by the aged ladies.
Nobody's Perfect (1968)
, 1h43Directed by Alan Rafkin
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Doug McClure, Nancy Kwan, James Whitmore, James Garner, David Hartman, Gary Vinson
Rating66%
A US Navy submarine rescue ship's crew has taken a Buddha statue from a Japanese village as souvenir. If the theft is discovered, it would threaten Japanese/American relations. The protagonist is one of the ship's chief petty officers who tries to stay out of trouble with his tough captain, return the statue and woo a US Navy Nurse of Japanese-American descent.
Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
, 1h26Directed by William Hale
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bobby Darin, Leslie Nielsen, Don Galloway, Donnelly Rhodes, Frank McGrath, Michael Sarrazin
Rating57%
Cal Wayne accidentally kills a fellow Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He returns to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas after the war and ends up replacing the corrupt Joe Slade as the town's sheriff.
The Unearthly (1957)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Zombie films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Marilyn Buferd, Myron Daniel Healey, Tor Johnson, Harry Fleer
Rating33%
Le professeur Charles Conway est un savant fou qui espère découvrir le secret de la jeunesse éternelle en faisant des expériences sur des glandes situées dans le cerveau. Il utilise comme cobayes des personnes dépressives, sans familles et sans attaches, qui pensent être soignées pour leur dépression. Toutefois, les expériences du Pr. Conway tournent mal et ses cobayes deviennent des sortes de zombies…
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Trouble Man (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Ivan Dixon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Paula Kelly, Ralph Waite, Bill Henderson, Gordon Jump
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66%
Dans ce drame urbain, un homme de la ville cherche à fuir à la fois les flics et des escrocs dans ce drame urbain. T (Robert Hooks) est la combinaison d'un requin de piscine, d'un détective privé et d'un homme à tout faire du ghetto, menant ses affaires depuis un club de billard dans le centre-sud de Los Angeles.