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Writer 1912 - 1980

Steve Fisher

Marine City, Michigan, USA

Crime novelist and screenwriter Stephen Gould Fisher adapted his novel into the screenplay for I Wake Up Screaming (1941). He also wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Johnny Angel (1945), Dead Reckoning (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

23 titles
Johnny Reno

Johnny Reno

R.G. Springsteen 1966 1h 23m 6.0

The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.

I Mobster

I Mobster

Roger Corman 1958 1h 21m 8.0

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante.

The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed

Allan Dwan 1957 1h 26m 5.0

Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son (Scott Brady) comes looking for revenge.

Top Gun

Top Gun

Ray Nazarro 1955 1h 13m

A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.

The Shanghai Story

The Shanghai Story

Frank Lloyd 1954 1h 30m

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre

John H. Auer 1954 1h 30m 5.0

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

Allan Dwan 1953 1h 30m 9.0

Civil War period film about refined young woman Leslie who comes to Western town and learns to tote gun; title tells the rest.

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo

Budd Boetticher 1953 1h 19m 6.0

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?

City That Never Sleeps

City That Never Sleeps

John H. Auer 1953 1h 30m

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act.

36 Hours

36 Hours

Montgomery Tully 1953 1h 20m 6.0

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her.

The Lost Hours

The Lost Hours

David MacDonald 1952 1h 7m 5.0

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.

Flat Top

Flat Top

Lesley Selander 1952 1h 23m

A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War

Roadblock

Roadblock

Harold Daniels 1951 1h 13m 7.0

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

Stuart Heisler 1949 1h 28m 5.5

An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

The Hunted

The Hunted

Jack Bernhard 1948 1h 28m

A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

William Nigh 1948 1h 10m 6.0

Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

Edward Buzzell 1947 1h 26m 4.5

Nick and Nora investigate a murder on a gambling cruise.

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

Robert Montgomery 1947 1h 45m 6.3

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

John Cromwell 1947 1h 40m 6.9

War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past.

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

Edwin L. Marin 1945 1h 19m

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

Delmer Daves 1943 2h 15m 6.0

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

H. Bruce Humberstone 1942 1h 26m 6.0

Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy Secrets

Navy Secrets

Howard Bretherton 1939 1h 2m

Two undercover agents fall in love while trying to crack a spy ring in Brooklyn.

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