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Philip Yordan
Writer 1914 - 2003

Philip Yordan

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 – March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film producer, novelist and playwright. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee, winning Best Story for Broken Lance (1954). From Wikipedia.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

38 titles
The Unholy

The Unholy

Camilo Vila 1988 1h 42m 5.0

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

Cry Wilderness

Cry Wilderness

Jay Schlossberg-Cohen 1987 1h 33m 4.0

A Bigfoot-type creature befriends Paul, a young student. His father is a park ranger trying to capture an escaped tiger. Everyone in town is on edge and wants the tiger killed. David tries to keep Bigfoot a secret.

Night Train to Terror

Night Train to Terror

Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen 1985 1h 38m 4.5

God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows us the adventures of a server of Satan.

Savage Journey

Savage Journey

Tom McGowan 1983 1h 36m 3.0

A story of the settling in the West and the hardship and determination it took to do it.

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Irving Lerner 1969 2h 1m 6.0

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

Ken Annakin 1965 2h 49m 4.7

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Anthony Mann 1964 3h 8m 7.4

Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

Circus World

Circus World

Henry Hathaway 1964 2h 23m 6.0

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

Nicholas Ray 1963 2h 34m 7.3

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

King of Kings

King of Kings

Nicholas Ray 1961 2h 51m 6.3

Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.

El Cid

El Cid

Anthony Mann 1961 3h 7m 7.0

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Studs Lonigan

Studs Lonigan

Irving Lerner 1960 1h 35m 4.0

A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.

Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

André de Toth 1959 1h 32m 7.5

Rival cattlemen join forces to fight off outlaws.

The Fiend Who Walked the West

The Fiend Who Walked the West

Gordon Douglas 1958 1h 41m 8.0

Director Gordon Douglas' 1958 western about a psychotic gunman stars Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, June Blair, Edward Andrews, Ron Ely and Emile Meyer.

The Bravados

The Bravados

Henry King 1958 1h 38m 6.5

Jim is a rancher and a widower, and he rides into Rio Arriba, where four men are awaiting execution. He wants to see the hanging, but the town has issued instructions to only allow the hangman to enter. They have never had an execution before, so they have brought in a man from outside town to do the job.

God's Little Acre

God's Little Acre

Anthony Mann 1958 1h 58m

A dirt-farmer lets his family fall apart while he hunts for his grandfather''s buried gold.

No Down Paymen

No Down Paymen

Martin Ritt 1957 1h 45m 6.0

In California, four couples who have bought houses near one another face problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives.

Men in War

Men in War

Anthony Mann 1957 1h 42m 8.0

During the Korean War, a battle-worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief.

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

Mark Robson 1956 1h 49m 7.3

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw.

The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

Anthony Mann 1955 1h 43m 8.3

Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

Anthony Mann 1955 1h 38m 7.0

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain (Guy Madison) who loses his fort to a hated colonel (Robert Preston).

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

Joseph H. Lewis 1955 1h 28m 8.0

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangsters' girlfriend.

The Naked Jungle

The Naked Jungle

Byron Haskin 1954 1h 35m 6.7

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.

Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

Nicholas Ray 1954 1h 50m 8.2

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover.

Broken Lance

Broken Lance

Edward Dmytryk 1954 1h 36m 7.5

Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.

Houdini

Houdini

George Marshall 1953 1h 46m 6.5

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.

Blowing Wild

Blowing Wild

Hugo Fregonese 1953 1h 30m 7.0

Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.

Detective Story

Detective Story

William Wyler 1951 1h 43m 7.6

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Elia Kazan 1950 1h 36m 7.7

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

Mark Robson 1950 1h 39m 6.0

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

Anthony Mann 1949 1h 27m 7.7

Opponents plot to bring down Robespierre during the French Revolution.

House of Strangers

House of Strangers

Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1949 1h 41m 7.5

After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

Léonide Moguy 1946 1h 25m 5.0

When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

The Chase

The Chase

Arthur Ripley 1946 1h 26m 6.3

A penniless man gets involved with a beautiful woman and gangsters.

Suspense

Suspense

Frank Tuttle 1946 1h 41m

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate...

Dillinger

Dillinger

Max Nosseck 1945 1h 10m

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

When Strangers Marry

When Strangers Marry

William Castle 1944 1h 7m

Young Robert Mitchum may not be what Kim Hunter thinks he is in the thriller When Strangers Marry.

Syncopation

Syncopation

William Dieterle 1942 1h 28m 6.0

Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues.

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