W. R. Burnett
William Riley Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel Little Caesar, the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies.
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Frequent Collaborators
🎬 Movies
Cool Breeze
writer
1972
Stiletto
writer
1969
Ice Station Zebra
writer
1968
4 for Texas
writer
1963
Cairo
writer
1963
The Great Escape
writer
1963
Sergeants 3
writer
1962
The Badlanders
writer
1958
Accused of Murder
writer
1956
I Died a Thousand Times
writer
1955
Illegal
writer
1955
Night People
writer
1954
Dangerous Mission
writer
1954
Arrowhead
writer
1953
Law and Order
writer
1953
The Racket
writer
1951
Iron Man
writer
1951
Vendetta
writer
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
writer
1950
Colorado Territory
writer
1949
Yellow Sky
writer
1948
Nobody Lives Forever
writer
1946
San Antonio
writer
1945
Background to Danger
writer
1943
Crash Dive
writer
1943
Wake Island
writer
1942
This Gun for Hire
writer
1942
High Sierra
writer
1941
Dark Command
writer
1940
Dr. Socrates
writer
1935
Scarface
writer
1932
Law and Order
writer
1932
Little Caesar
writer
1931
