Mini-Biography:
William R. Burnett was born on November 25, 1899. He was an American Autor, known for The Asphalt Jungle (1950), High Sierra (1941), Colorado territory (1949), William R. Burnett's first movie on record is from 1931. William R. Burnett died on April 25, 1982. His last motion picture on file dates from 1963.
1963: The great escape (Gesprengte Ketten) (Drehbuch), Directed by John Sturges, with Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough,
1955: Captain Lightfoot (Wenn die Ketten brechen) (Story : novel), Directed by Douglas Sirk, with Rock Hudson, Jeff Morrow, Barbara Rush,
1955: Illegal (Schakale der Unterwelt) (Drehbuch), Directed by Lewis Allen, with Ellen Corby, Albert Dekker, Nina Foch,
1950: The Asphalt Jungle (Asphalt Dschungel) (Story ), Directed by John Huston, with Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Marilyn Monroe,
1949: Colorado territory (Vogelfrei) (Story : 'High Sierra'), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone,
1948: Yellow Sky (Herrin der toten Stadt, Nevada) (Story ), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark,
1945: San Antonio (Ein Mann der Tat) (Drehbuch), Directed by David Butler, Robert Florey, with John Alvin, Robert Barrat, Florence Bates,
1943: Background to Danger (Spion im Orientexpress) (Drehbuch), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Brenda Marshall, George Raft, Osa Massen,
1941: High Sierra (Entscheidung in der Sierra) (Drehbuch), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy,
1940: Dark Command (Schwarzes Commando) (Nach einer Vorlage von: novel), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Porter Hall, George Hayes, Marjorie Main,
1932: Scarface, Shame of the Nation (Scarface - Der Mann mit der Narbe, Narbengesicht) (Drehbuch), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Vince Barnett, Ann Dvorak, Henry Gordon,
1932: The Beast of the City (Nach einer Vorlage von), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford,
1931: Iron Man (Story ), Directed by Tod Browning, with Lew Ayres, Jean Harlow, Robert Armstrong,