W.R. Burnett

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1899-11-25

Deathday 1982-04-25 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Springfield, Ohio, USA

Also Known As William Riley Burnett

W.R. Burnett

Biography

No biography available for this person.

Known For

Writer

1972
Cool Breeze

as Novel

1969
Stiletto

as Writer

1968
Ice Station Zebra

as Screenplay

1967
The Jackals

as Story

1963
The Great Escape

as Screenplay

1963
Cairo

as Novel

1963
4 for Texas

as Writer

1962
Sergeants 3

as Writer

1961
The Lawbreakers

as Writer

1961
1960
September Storm

as Screenplay

1958
1957
Short Cut to Hell

as Screenplay

1956
Accused of Murder

as Screenplay

1956
1955
1955
Illegal

as Screenplay

1955
1955
1954
Night People

as Screenplay

1954
1953
Arrowhead

as Novel

1953
Law and Order

as Novel

1951
The Racket

as Screenplay

1951
Iron Man

as Novel

1950
1950
Vendetta

as Screenplay

1949
1948
1948
Yellow Sky

as Story

1946
Nobody Lives Forever

as Screenplay

1945
San Antonio

as Screenplay

1943
Background to Danger

as Screenplay

1943
Crash Dive

as Story

1942
This Gun for Hire

as Screenplay

1942
Wake Island

as Screenplay

1942
Wake Island

as Story

1941
The Get-Away

as Screenplay

1941
High Sierra

as Screenplay

1941
High Sierra

as Novel

1940
Dark Command

as Novel

1940
Law and Order

as Screenplay

1937
1935
Dr. Socrates

as Story

1934
Dark Hazard

as Novel

1932
Law and Order

as Novel

1932
Scarface

as Dialogue

1931
Little Caesar

as Novel

1931

Crew

1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Additional Dialogue

Director

1932
Scarface

as Continuity