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Writer 1905 - 1989

Marguerite Roberts

Greeley, Colorado

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marguerite Roberts (21 September 1905 –17 February 1989) was an American screenwriter, one of the highest paid in the 1930s. After she and her husband John Sanford refused to testify in 1951 before the House Un-American Activities... Read full bio →

Filmography

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13 titles
Shoot Out

Shoot Out

Henry Hathaway 1971 1h 34m 5.5

A former bank robber searches for his double-crossing partner who left him for dead, all while having to look after a six-year-old girl.

True Grit

True Grit

Henry Hathaway 1969 2h 8m 7.2

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

Henry Hathaway 1968 1h 43m 5.6

After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging.

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Richard Thorpe 1952 1h 46m 8.0

Sir Walter Scott classic story of the chivalrousness Ivanhoe who Joins Robin of Locksley in the fight against Price John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

Soldiers Three

Soldiers Three

Tay Garnett 1951 1h 32m

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Ambush

Ambush

Sam Wood 1950 1h 30m 7.0

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

The Bribe

The Bribe

Robert Z. Leonard 1949 1h 38m 8.0

Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect.

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

Elia Kazan 1947 2h 3m 6.0

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed

Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet 1944 2h 28m

Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II.

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.

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Robert Z. Leonard 1941 2h 12m 7.5
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

Jack Conway 1941 1h 45m 6.0

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Peck's Bad Boy

Peck's Bad Boy

Edward F. Cline 1934 1h 10m 6.0

Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result in Bill rather than Horace getting in trouble.

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