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W.R. Burnett

★ Writing #1,153

1899 - 1982 (age 82) • Writing

Born: 11/25/1899 in Springfield, Ohio, USA

Died: 4/25/1982 (age 82)

Known for: Writing

W.R. Burnett

★ Writing #1,153

Known For

The Great Escape

79%

Screenplay

1963

Scarface

74%

Dialogue

1932

The Asphalt Jungle

75%

Novel

1950

High Sierra

71%

Screenplay

1941

Little Caesar

69%

Novel

1931

Ice Station Zebra

64%

Screenplay

1968

This Gun for Hire

70%

Screenplay

1942

Yellow Sky

70%

Story

1948

Cool Breeze

51%

Novel

1972

Stiletto

53%

Writer

1969

Ice Station Zebra

64%

Screenplay

1968

The Jackals

51%

Story

1967

4 for Texas

51%

Writer

1963

Cairo

51%

Novel

1963

The Great Escape

79%

Screenplay

1963

Sergeants 3

58%

Writer

1962

The Lawbreakers

64%

Writer

1961

The Asphalt Jungle

50%

Novel

1961

September Storm

56%

Screenplay

1960

The Badlanders

62%

Novel

1958

Short Cut to Hell

58%

Screenplay

1957

Accused of Murder

48%

Novel

1956

Accused of Murder

48%

Screenplay

1956

I Died a Thousand Times

62%

Novel

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

62%

Screenplay

1955

Illegal

65%

Screenplay

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse

70%

Story

1955

Captain Lightfoot

64%

Novel

1955

Captain Lightfoot

64%

Writer

1955

Night People

62%

Screenplay

1954

Dangerous Mission

60%

Writer

1954

Arrowhead

61%

Novel

1953

Law and Order

57%

Novel

1953

The Racket

63%

Screenplay

1951

Iron Man

62%

Novel

1951

Vendetta

65%

Screenplay

1950