W.R. Burnett

Deceased · Born: Nov 25, 1899 · Died: Apr 25, 1982

Career

writing

1972

Cool Breeze as Novel

1969

Stiletto as Writer

1968

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra as Screenplay

1967

The Jackals as Story

1963

4 for Texas as Writer

Cairo as Novel

The Great Escape

The Great Escape as Screenplay

1962

Sergeants 3 as Writer

1961

The Lawbreakers

The Lawbreakers as Writer

1960

September Storm

September Storm as Screenplay

1958

The Badlanders as Novel

1957

Short Cut to Hell

Short Cut to Hell as Screenplay

1956

Accused of Murder

Accused of Murder as Novel, Screenplay

1955

Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot as Writer

Illegal as Screenplay

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times as Novel, Screenplay

1954

Dangerous Mission

Dangerous Mission as Writer

Night People as Screenplay

1953

Law and Order as Novel

Arrowhead as Novel

1951

The Racket as Screenplay

Iron Man as Novel

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle as Novel

Vendetta as Screenplay

1949

Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory as Novel

1948

Yellow Sky as Story

Belle Starr's Daughter

Belle Starr's Daughter as Screenplay

1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever as Novel, Screenplay

1945

San Antonio as Screenplay

1943

Background to Danger

Background to Danger as Screenplay

Crash Dive as Story

1942

Wake Island as Story, Screenplay

This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire as Screenplay

1941

The Getaway as Screenplay

High Sierra as Novel, Screenplay

1940

Dark Command as Novel

Law and Order as Screenplay

1939

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld as Story

1937

Wild West Days as Novel

1935

The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking as Story

Dr. Socrates as Story

1934

Dark Hazard as Novel

1932

The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City as Story

Law and Order as Novel

1931

The Finger Points

The Finger Points as Writer

Little Caesar as Novel