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Philip Yordan

Known for writing · Born 1 April 1914 · Died 24 March 2003 · aged 88 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 – March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film producer, novelist and playwright. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee, winning Best Story for Broken Lance (1954). From Wikipedia.

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Known for

Johnny Guitar

1954

El Cid

1961

Battle of the Bulge

1965

The Man from Laramie

1955

King of Kings

1961

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

55 Days at Peking

1963

The Big Combo

1955

Panic in the Streets

1950

Detective Story

1951

The Harder They Fall

1956

The Bravados

1958

Acting (1)

1984Death Wish ClubDirty Old MoviegoerFilm

Production (6)

1969Krakatoa, East of JavaProducerFilm
1967Custer of the WestProducerFilm
1965Battle of the BulgeProducer, WriterFilm
1965Crack in the WorldExecutive ProducerFilm
1963The Day of the TriffidsExecutive ProducerFilm
1956The Wild PartyProducerFilm

Writing (61)

1992Marilyn Alive and Behind BarsWriterFilm
1992Dead Girls Don't TangoWriterFilm
1988The UnholyWriterFilm
1988Bloody WednesdayScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1987Cry WildernessWriter, ProducerFilm
1985Night Train to TerrorWriterFilm
1984Death Wish ClubScreenplayFilm
1983Savage JourneyWriterFilm
1980CataclysmWriterFilm
1977BrighamWriterFilm
1971Captain ApacheScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1971Bad Man's RiverStoryFilm
1969The Royal Hunt of the SunScreenplayFilm
1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireScreenplayFilm
1964Circus WorldStoryFilm
196355 Days at PekingScreenplayFilm
1961El CidScreenplayFilm
1961King of KingsScreenplayFilm
1960Studs LoniganScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1960The Bramble BushWriterFilm
1959Day of the OutlawScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1958The BravadosScreenplayFilm
1958God's Little AcreScreenplayFilm
1958Anna LucastaScreenplay, Theatre PlayFilm
1958The Fiend Who Walked the WestScreenplayFilm
1958Island WomenWriterFilm
1957Men in WarScreenplayFilm
1957Gun GloryNovelFilm
1957No Down PaymentScreenplayFilm
1957Four Boys and a GunWriterFilm
1957Street of SinnersStory, Executive ProducerFilm
1956The Harder They FallScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1955The Man from LaramieScreenplayFilm
1955The Big ComboWriterFilm
1955Conquest of SpaceAdaptationFilm
1955The Last FrontierScreenplayFilm
1955Joe MacbethWriterFilm
1954Johnny GuitarScreenplayFilm
1954The Naked JungleScreenplayFilm
1954Broken LanceStoryFilm
1953HoudiniScreenplayFilm
1953Blowing WildScreenplayFilm
1953Man CrazyScreenplayFilm
1952Mara MaruStoryFilm
1952MutinyWriterFilm
1951Detective StoryScreenplayFilm
1951Drums in the Deep SouthScreenplayFilm
1950Panic in the StreetsWriterFilm
1950Edge of DoomScreenplayFilm
1949House of StrangersWriterFilm
1949Reign of TerrorStory, ScreenplayFilm
1949Anna LucastaTheatre Play, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
1949Bad Men of TombstoneScreenplayFilm
1946The ChaseScreenplayFilm
1946Whistle StopScreenplayFilm
1946SuspenseScreenplayFilm
1945DillingerScreenplayFilm
1944When Strangers MarryScreenplayFilm
1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here AnymoreScreenplayFilm
1943The Unknown GuestWriterFilm
1942SyncopationScreenplayFilm