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Dalton Trumbo
Writer 1905 - 1976

Dalton Trumbo

Montrose, Colorado, USA

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

27 titles
Papillon

Papillon

Franklin J. Schaffner 1973 2h 31m 8.3

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

FTA

FTA

Francine Parker 1972 1h 37m 4.0

Available for the first time since it mysteriously disappeared in 1972 after only one week in theaters, this raucous film is a riveting slice of the Vietnam anti-war movement.

The Horsemen

The Horsemen

John Frankenheimer 1971 1h 50m 9.0

Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo 1971 1h 52m 8.6

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

The Fixer

The Fixer

John Frankenheimer 1968 2h 12m

In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.

Hawaii

Hawaii

George Roy Hill 1966 3h 9m

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.

The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper

Vincente Minnelli 1965 1h 57m 3.0

A free-spirited artist (Elizabeth Taylor), who lives near California's Big Sur, meets the administrator (Richard Burton) of the parochial school that her young son attends and lures the cleric away from his wife (Eva Marie Saint).

Lonely Are the Brave

Lonely Are the Brave

David Miller 1962 1h 47m 8.8

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset

Robert Aldrich 1961 1h 52m 7.8

At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.

Spartacus

Spartacus

Stanley Kubrick 1960 3h 17m 7.9

Stanley Kubrick's film Spartacus hosts top-class cast and tells the story of rebellion of the slaves in ancient Rome. The film was awarded four Oscars and stands today as one of the greatest classics of the Sword and Sandal genre.

Exodus

Exodus

Otto Preminger 1960 3h 28m 6.8

The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands with his adoptive parents, until he finds his mother in the shanty town, Dreamland, where she’s been ghettoised with other ‘undesirables’. He takes on his father, Pharaoh, and leads a radical campaign to liberate the people of Dreamland.

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

Joseph H. Lewis 1958 1h 21m 7.5

Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.

Cowboy

Cowboy

Delmer Daves 1958 1h 32m 7.0

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico

Phil Karlson 1957 1h 32m

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.

The Brave One

The Brave One

Irving Rapper 1956 1h 40m

A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

William Wyler 1953 1h 59m 8.0

Roman Holiday is a romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck involving a mix-up game with a young and beautiful princess who spends some days with the charming American reporter in Rome.

The Prowler

The Prowler

Joseph Losey 1951 1h 33m 8.3

Van Heflin plays Webb Garwood, a disgruntled cop called to investigate a voyeur by Susan Gilvray (played by Evelyn Keyes). Her husband works nights as an overnight radio personality. The cop falls in love with the young and attractive married woman.

He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way

John Berry 1951 1h 17m 8.3

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl''s apartment.

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Joseph H. Lewis 1950 1h 27m 8.6

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Jealousy

Jealousy

Gustav Machatý 1945 1h 11m

A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Mervyn LeRoy 1944 2h 18m 10.0

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

Victor Fleming 1943 2h

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.

Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

Wesley Ruggles 1942 1h 48m

Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.

Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle

Sam Wood 1940 1h 48m

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

John Farrow 1940 1h 14m

Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

John Farrow 1939 1h 15m 8.0

A small and disparate band of passengers board a small charter plane to South America, but a storm crashes them into a jungle. Facing off against the natural elements, a tribe of angry headhunters,and each other, the ragtag group of survivors soon must make a harrowing choice when the extent of the crash is made clear.

Road Gang

Road Gang

Louis King 1936 1h 1m

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.

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