Carl Foreman
Known for writing · Born 23 July 1914 · Died 26 June 1984 · aged 69 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
High Noon
1952
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Champion
1949
The Men
1950
When Time Ran Out...
1980
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950
The Victors
1963
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Young Winston
1972
Directing (1)
1963The VictorsDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
Production (4)
1979The Golden Gate MurdersExecutive ProducerFilm
1972Living FreeExecutive ProducerFilm
1969OtleyExecutive ProducerFilm
1966Born FreeExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (25)
2000High NoonOriginal Film WriterFilm
1980When Time Ran Out...ScreenplayFilm
1978Force 10 from NavaroneScreenstoryFilm
1974Born FreeStory, CreatorSeries
1972Young WinstonScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1969Mackenna's GoldScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1961The Guns of NavaroneScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1958The KeyWriter, ProducerFilm
1957The Bridge on the River KwaiScreenplayFilm
1957A Hatful of RainScreenplayFilm
1954The Sleeping TigerScreenplayFilm
1952High NoonScreenplay, Associate ProducerFilm
1950The MenScreenplay, StoryFilm
1950Cyrano de BergeracScreenplayFilm
1950Young Man with a HornWriterFilm
1949ChampionScreenplayFilm
1949The Clay PigeonScreenplay, StoryFilm
1949Home of the BraveWriterFilm
1948So This Is New YorkScreenplayFilm
1945DakotaStoryFilm
1945Know Your Enemy: JapanWriterFilm
1942Rhythm ParadeStoryFilm
1941Spooks Run WildScreenplay, StoryFilm
1941Bowery BlitzkriegWriterFilm
—High NoonOriginal Film WriterFilm