Tag: Walter Newman

The Champ Script

Script by:Walter Newman (Writer), Frances Marion (Screenstory)
Directed by:Franco Zeffirelli
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0078950

Plot:The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be The Champ.
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Cat Ballou Script

Script by:Roy Chanslor (Novel), Walter Newman (Screenplay), Frank Pierson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Elliot Silverstein
Year:1965
IMDb:tt0059017

Plot:A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
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Ace in the Hole Script

Script by:Billy Wilder (Writer), Walter Newman (Writer), Lesser Samuels (Writer)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0043338

Plot:A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.
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The Man with the Golden Arm Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Nelson Algren (Author), Walter Newman (Screenplay), Lewis Meltzer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Otto Preminger
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048347

Plot:A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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The True Story of Jesse James Script

Script by:Walter Newman (Screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Nicholas Ray
Year:1957
IMDb:tt0051114

Plot:Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.
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