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Norman Wexler
Writer 1926 - 1999

Norman Wexler

New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Norman Wexler (August 16, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was an American screenwriter whose work included the films Saturday Night Fever, Serpico and Joe.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

7 titles
Raw Deal

Raw Deal

John Irvin 1986 1h 46m 5.4

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down.

Staying Alive

Staying Alive

Sylvester Stallone 1983 1h 36m 4.3

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever

John Badham 1977 1h 58m 6.5

Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

Drum

Drum

Steve Carver 1976 1h 40m

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

Mandingo

Mandingo

Richard Fleischer 1975 2h 7m 8.5

A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

Serpico

Serpico

Sidney Lumet 1973 2h 9m 7.8

The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Joe

Joe

John G. Avildsen 1970 1h 47m 6.0

Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When Bill confesses the murder to Joe, the two strike up an uneasy alliance, leading to a wild adventure.

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