Writer 1908 - 1995

John C. Higgins

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John C. Higgins was born on 28 April 1908 in Winnipeg, Canada. He was a writer, known for Main Street After Dark (1945), Raw Deal (1948) and T-Men (1947). He was previously married to Gail Otto. He died on 2 July 1995 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

13 titles

Daughters of Satan

Hollingsworth Morse 1972 1h 30m

A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.

Impasse

Richard Benedict 1969 1h 40m 5.0

Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Byron Haskin 1964 1h 50m 7.0

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

Untamed Youth

Howard W. Koch 1957 1h 20m 5.0

Two sisters are arrested for skinny-dipping on their way to Los Angeles and are sentenced to labor work on a farm.

The Black Sleep

Reginald Le Borg 1956 1h 22m

A brain surgeon's experiments create a race of deadly freaks.

Big House, U.S.A.

Howard W. Koch 1955 1h 23m

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

Shield for Murder

Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch 1954 1h 22m

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

Border Incident

Anthony Mann 1949 1h 34m 8.0

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Raw Deal

Anthony Mann 1948 1h 19m 7.3

In this film noir classic, a revenge-seeking gangster (Dennis O'Keefe) is sent to prison after being framed for a crime he didn't commit. After seducing a beautiful young woman, he uses her to help him carry out his plot for vengeance, leading him to the crazy pyromaniac (Raymond Burr) who set him up.