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Jerry Wald
Writer 1911 - 1962

Jerry Wald

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

9 titles
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

Nicholas Ray 1952 1h 53m 9.0

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Vincent Sherman 1943 1h 49m 7.0

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

Anatole Litvak 1941 1h 25m 6.0

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

Manpower

Manpower

Raoul Walsh 1941 1h 44m

Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

William Keighley 1940 1h 28m 7.0

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

Raoul Walsh 1940 1h 35m 6.8

Joe (George Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Humphrey Bogart) are Wildcat or, independent truck drivers who have their own small one truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

Raoul Walsh 1939 1h 44m 8.0

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1938 1h 37m 6.0

Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

Busby Berkeley 1937 1h 49m

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere.

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