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Walter Bernstein
Writer 1919 - 2021

Walter Bernstein

Brooklyn, New York, USA

In February 1941, Bernstein was drafted into the U.S. Army. Eventually attaining the rank of Sergeant, he spent most of World War II as a correspondent on the staff of the Army newspaper Yank, filing dispatches from Iran, Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Sicily and Yugoslavia.... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

14 titles
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

Walter Bernstein 1980 1h 43m 7.0

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.

Yanks

Yanks

John Schlesinger 1979 2h 18m

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls.

The Betsy

The Betsy

Daniel Petrie 1978 2h 5m

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

Michael Ritchie 1977 1h 48m

A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.

The Front

The Front

Martin Ritt 1976 1h 35m 6.0

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires

Martin Ritt 1970 2h 8.5

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to infiltrate the group and report on its members. But on which side do his sympathies lie?

The Money Trap

The Money Trap

Burt Kennedy 1965 1h 31m

A cop turns to crime to keep his spoiled sexy young wife happy. When the money starts coming in his partner was in on the action.

The Train

The Train

John Frankenheimer 1964 2h 13m 7.6

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them.

Fail-Safe

Fail-Safe

Sidney Lumet 1964 1h 52m 8.2

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric vision of the future with a Cold War backdrop.

Paris Blues

Paris Blues

Martin Ritt 1961 1h 38m

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

John Sturges 1960 2h 8m 7.9

The Magnificent Seven is a western film from John Sturges and a remake of the Akira Kurosawa's film The Seven Samurai from 1954.

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights

George Cukor 1960 1h 40m 6.5

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string.

The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

Robert Parrish 1959 1h 38m 8.0

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen.

That Kind of Woman

That Kind of Woman

Sidney Lumet 1959 1h 32m

A young GI (Tab Hunter) falls in love with a kept woman (Sophia Loren) on a train to New York.

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