Mini-Biography:
William R. Burnett was born on November 25, 1899. He was an American Author, 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.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1963: The great escape (Scenario), Directed by John Sturges, with Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough,
1955: Captain Lightfoot (Story: novel), Directed by Douglas Sirk, with Rock Hudson, Jeff Morrow, Barbara Rush,
1955: Illegal (The Mouthpiece (Working title)) (Scenario), Directed by Lewis Allen, with Ellen Corby, Albert Dekker, Nina Foch,
1950: The Asphalt Jungle (Raubmord) (Story), Directed by John Huston, with Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Marilyn Monroe,
1949: Colorado territory (North of the Rio Grande) (Story: 'High Sierra'), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone,
1948: Yellow Sky (Story), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark,
1945: San Antonio (Scenario), Directed by David Butler, Robert Florey, Raoul Walsh, with John Alvin, Robert Barrat, Florence Bates,
1943: Background to Danger (Scenario), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Brenda Marshall, George Raft, Osa Massen,
1941: High Sierra (Scenario), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy,
1940: Dark Command (Based on : novel), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Porter Hall, George Hayes, Marjorie Main,
1932: Scarface, Shame of the Nation (Scenario), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Vince Barnett, Ann Dvorak, Henry Gordon,
1932: The Beast of the City (Based on ), 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,