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James Poe

Known for writing · Born 4 October 1921 · Died 24 January 1980 · aged 58 · Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

22 credits

James Poe was an American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Academy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer and Smoke, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

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Known for

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

Lilies of the Field

1963

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

Attack

1956

The Bedford Incident

1965

The Big Knife

1955

Scandal Sheet

1952

Summer and Smoke

1961

Toys in the Attic

1963

Riot

1969

Writing (22)

1992The NightmanWriterFilm
1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic BombWriterFilm
1979The Gathering, Part IICharactersFilm
1977The GatheringWriterFilm
1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?ScreenplayFilm
1969RiotScreenplayFilm
1965The Bedford IncidentScreenplayFilm
1963Lilies of the FieldScreenplayFilm
1963Toys in the AtticWriterFilm
1961Summer and SmokeScreenplayFilm
1961SanctuaryScreenplayFilm
1961The Dick Powell ShowWriterSeries
1959Last Train from Gun HillScreenplayFilm
1958Cat on a Hot Tin RoofScreenplayFilm
1958Hot SpellScreenplayFilm
1956Around the World in 80 DaysScreenplayFilm
1956AttackScreenplayFilm
1955The Big KnifeWriterFilm
1953A Slight Case of LarcenyStoryFilm
1952Scandal SheetScreenplayFilm
1952PaulaWriterFilm
1949Without HonorWriterFilm