Tag: W.R. Burnett

The Great Escape Script

Script by:James Clavell (Screenplay), Paul Brickhill (Novel), W.R. Burnett (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Sturges
Year:1963
IMDb:tt0057115

Plot:The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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High Sierra Script

Script by:W.R. Burnett (Screenplay), W.R. Burnett (Novel), John Huston (Screenplay)
Directed by:Raoul Walsh
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0033717

Plot:Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
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Little Caesar Script

Script by:W.R. Burnett (Novel), Francis Edward Faragoh (Screenplay), Francis Edward Faragoh (Dialogue)
Directed by:Mervyn LeRoy
Year:1931
IMDb:tt0021079

Plot:A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Asphalt Jungle Script

Script by:Ben Maddow (Screenplay), John Huston (Screenplay), W.R. Burnett (Novel)
Directed by:John Huston
Year:1950
IMDb:tt0042208

Plot:Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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Crash Dive Script

Script by:Jo Swerling (Screenplay), W.R. Burnett (Story)
Directed by:Archie Mayo
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0035763

Plot:A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart (Power), has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Andrews), for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett (Baxter) and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
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The Racket Script

Script by:W.R. Burnett (Screenplay), William Wister Haines (Screenplay), Bartlett Cormack (Theatre Play)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0043955

Plot:Mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQueeg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turck (Conrad), are crooked and make McQueeg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
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Scarface (1932) Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Armitage Trail (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Dialogue), Seton I. Miller (Dialogue), W.R. Burnett (Dialogue)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0023427

Plot:A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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Night People Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Jed Harris (Story), Tom Reed (Story), W.R. Burnett (Screenplay)
Directed by:Nunnally Johnson
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0047279

Plot:A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
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