W.R. Burnett
Known for writing · Born 25 November 1899 · Died 25 April 1982 · aged 82 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
53 credits
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The Great Escape
1963
High Sierra
1941
Ice Station Zebra
1968
This Gun for Hire
1942
Yellow Sky
1948
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
4 for Texas
1963
Illegal
1955
The Racket
1951
Night People
1954
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
Background to Danger
1943
Crew (2)
1946The Man I LoveAdditional WritingFilm
1943Action in the North AtlanticAdditional DialogueFilm
Writing (51)
1972Cool BreezeNovelFilm
1969StilettoWriterFilm
1968Ice Station ZebraScreenplayFilm
1967The JackalsStoryFilm
1963The Great EscapeScreenplayFilm
19634 for TexasWriterFilm
1963CairoNovelFilm
1962Sergeants 3WriterFilm
1961The LawbreakersWriterFilm
1961The Asphalt JungleNovelSeries
1960September StormScreenplayFilm
1958The BadlandersNovelFilm
1957Short Cut to HellScreenplayFilm
1956Accused of MurderNovel, ScreenplayFilm
1955IllegalScreenplayFilm
1955I Died a Thousand TimesNovel, ScreenplayFilm
1955Captain LightfootWriter, NovelFilm
1955Screen Director's PlayhouseStorySeries
1955Rookie of the YearWriterFilm
1954Night PeopleScreenplayFilm
1954Dangerous MissionWriterFilm
1953ArrowheadNovelFilm
1953Law and OrderNovelFilm
1951The RacketScreenplayFilm
1951Iron ManNovelFilm
1950The Asphalt JungleNovelFilm
1950VendettaScreenplayFilm
1949Colorado TerritoryNovelFilm
1948Yellow SkyStoryFilm
1948Belle Starr's DaughterScreenplayFilm
1946Nobody Lives ForeverNovel, ScreenplayFilm
1945San AntonioScreenplayFilm
1943Background to DangerScreenplayFilm
1943Crash DiveStoryFilm
1942This Gun for HireScreenplayFilm
1942Wake IslandStory, ScreenplayFilm
1941High SierraScreenplay, NovelFilm
1941The Get-AwayScreenplayFilm
1940Dark CommandNovelFilm
1940Law and OrderScreenplayFilm
1939King of the UnderworldStoryFilm
1937Some Blondes Are DangerousNovelFilm
1937Wild West DaysNovelFilm
1935The Whole Town's TalkingStoryFilm
1935Dr. SocratesStoryFilm
1934Dark HazardNovelFilm
1932ScarfaceDialogue, ContinuityFilm
1932The Beast of the CityStoryFilm
1932Law and OrderNovelFilm
1931Little CaesarNovelFilm
1931The Finger PointsWriterFilm