Delmer Daves
Delmer Lawrence Daves was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Hanging Tree (1959). He was required to work exclusively on studio-based films after heart trouble in 1959, one of which, A Summer Place (1959), was a huge commercial success.
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
actor
2005
Love Affair
writer
1994
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
writer
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
director
1965
Youngblood Hawke
director
1964
Youngblood Hawke
writer
1964
Spencer's Mountain
writer
1963
Spencer's Mountain
director
1963
Rome Adventure
director
1962
Rome Adventure
writer
1962
Susan Slade
director
1961
Susan Slade
writer
1961
Parrish
writer
1961
Parrish
director
1961
A Summer Place
director
1959
A Summer Place
writer
1959
The Hanging Tree
director
1959
The Badlanders
director
1958
Cowboy
director
1958
3:10 to Yuma
director
1957
An Affair to Remember
writer
1957
The Last Wagon
writer
1956
The Last Wagon
director
1956
Jubal
writer
1956
Jubal
director
1956
Drum Beat
director
1954
Drum Beat
writer
1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators
director
1954
Never Let Me Go
director
1953
Return of the Texan
director
1952
Bird of Paradise
director
1951
Bird of Paradise
writer
1951
Broken Arrow
director
1950
Task Force
writer
1949
Task Force
director
1949
A Kiss in the Dark
director
1949
Dark Passage
writer
1947
Dark Passage
director
1947
The Red House
director
1947
The Red House
writer
1947
Pride of the Marines
director
1945
Hollywood Canteen
writer
1944
Hollywood Canteen
director
1944
Destination Tokyo
director
1943
Destination Tokyo
writer
1943
Stage Door Canteen
writer
1943
You Were Never Lovelier
writer
1942
The Night of January 16th
writer
1941
The Farmer's Daughter
writer
1940
$1,000 a Touchdown
writer
1939
Love Affair
writer
1939
The Singing Marine
writer
1937
The Go-Getter
writer
1937
The Petrified Forest
writer
1936
Page Miss Glory
writer
1935
Stranded
writer
1935
Dames
writer
1934
Shipmates
writer
1931