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W.R. Burnett

Born: 1899-11-25 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
Died: 1982-04-25
Filmography: 53 titles on TMDB

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Backdrop from The Great Escape

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51 titles

The Great Escape poster

7.9

The Great Escape1963 · Film

Screenplay

Scarface poster

7.4

Scarface1932 · Film

Dialogue · Continuity

The Asphalt Jungle poster

7.5

The Asphalt Jungle1950 · Film

Novel

Ice Station Zebra poster

6.4

Ice Station Zebra1968 · Film

Screenplay

This Gun for Hire poster

7.0

This Gun for Hire1942 · Film

Screenplay

High Sierra poster

7.1

High Sierra1941 · Film

Screenplay · Novel

Little Caesar poster

6.9

Little Caesar1931 · Film

Novel

I Died a Thousand Times poster

6.2

I Died a Thousand Times1955 · Film

Novel · Screenplay

Action in the North Atlantic poster

7.1

Action in the North Atlantic1943 · Film

Additional Dialogue

Night People poster

6.1

Night People1954 · Film

Screenplay

Yellow Sky poster

7.0

Yellow Sky1948 · Film

Story

The Whole Town's Talking poster

6.9

The Whole Town's Talking1935 · Film

Story

Dark Command poster

6.4

Dark Command1940 · Film

Novel

4 for Texas poster

5.1

4 for Texas1963 · Film

Writer

San Antonio poster

6.1

San Antonio1945 · Film

Screenplay

Colorado Territory poster

7.0

Colorado Territory1949 · Film

Novel

The Man I Love poster

6.1

The Man I Love1946 · Film

Additional Writing

Belle Starr's Daughter poster

5.1

Belle Starr's Daughter1948 · Film

Screenplay

Law and Order poster

5.7

Law and Order1953 · Film

Novel

King of the Underworld poster

6.4

King of the Underworld1939 · Film

Story

The Beast of the City poster

5.9

The Beast of the City1932 · Film

Story

Short Cut to Hell poster

5.8

Short Cut to Hell1957 · Film

Screenplay

Crash Dive poster

6.4

Crash Dive1943 · Film

Story

The Badlanders poster

6.2

The Badlanders1958 · Film

Novel

Iron Man poster

6.2

Iron Man1951 · Film

Novel

Dangerous Mission poster

6.0

Dangerous Mission1954 · Film

Writer

Arrowhead poster

6.1

Arrowhead1953 · Film

Novel

The Racket poster

6.3

The Racket1951 · Film

Screenplay

Wake Island poster

5.9

Wake Island1942 · Film

Screenplay · Story

Captain Lightfoot poster

6.4

Captain Lightfoot1955 · Film

Novel · Writer

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Rookie of the Year1955 · Film

Writer

Nobody Lives Forever poster

6.4

Nobody Lives Forever1946 · Film

Screenplay · Novel

Illegal poster

6.5

Illegal1955 · Film

Screenplay

Background to Danger poster

6.7

Background to Danger1943 · Film

Screenplay

Sergeants 3 poster

5.8

Sergeants 31962 · Film

Writer

Dr. Socrates poster

6.6

Dr. Socrates1935 · Film

Story

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