Tag: Budd Schulberg

A Face in the Crowd Script

Script by:Budd Schulberg (Story), Budd Schulberg (Screenplay)
Directed by:Elia Kazan
Year:1957
IMDb:tt0050371

Plot:"A Face in the Crowd" charts the rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
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The Harder They Fall (1956) Script

Script by:Budd Schulberg (Novel), Philip Yordan (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mark Robson
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0049291

Plot:Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
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Nothing Sacred Script

Script by:James H. Street (Original Story), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Ring Lardner, Jr. (Writer), Budd Schulberg (Writer)
Directed by:William A. Wellman
Year:1937
IMDb:tt0029322

Plot:When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
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On the Waterfront (1954) Script

Script by:Budd Schulberg (Screenplay), Budd Schulberg (Story)
Directed by:Elia Kazan
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0047296

Plot:Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
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On the Waterfront Script

Script by:Budd Schulberg (Screenplay), Budd Schulberg (Story)
Directed by:Elia Kazan
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0047296

Plot:Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny’s thugs, and later meets the dead man’s sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
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