W. R. Burnett

Writer 36 / Author 6 · 1929 – 1972 · 🎬 36 📖 6 · 🇺🇸 United States

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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All · 42 🎬 Movies · 36 📖 Books · 6

Crime Drama Thriller Western Action

Highlights

The Badlanders

1958

Short Cut to Hell

1957

Accused of Murder

1956

Frequent Collaborators

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John Huston

4 shared

Bess Flowers

4 shared

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Raoul Walsh

4 shared

John Sturges

3 shared

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Barry Kelley

3 shared

Edward G. Robinson

3 shared

All decades 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

🎬 Movies

The Badlanders

writer

1958

Short Cut to Hell

writer

1957

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

📖 Books

Captain Lightfoot

author

1954

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Adobe walls

author

1953

Little men, big world

author

1951

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