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Niven Busch

Highest Rated: 100% The Westerner (1940)

Lowest Rated: 79% Duel in the Sun (1946)

Birthday: Apr 26, 1903

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Best known for his screenplays for the Oscar-nominated "In Old Chicago" (1937; based on his novel "We the O'Learys") and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), Busch was also successful as a writer of psychological westerns, most notably "The Westerner" (1940), "Pursued" (1947), "Distant Drums" (1951) and "The Man from the Alamo" (1953). His 1944 novel "Duel in the Sun" was made into an overwrought, lavish box-office success by King Vidor in 1947.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 76% The Westerner
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100% 82% Pursued
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92% 79% The Furies
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90% 79% The Postman Always Rings Twice
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79% 55% Duel in the Sun
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29% The Big Shakedown
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8% He Was Her Man
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Angels Wash Their Faces
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9% The Capture
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33% The Man With Two Faces
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Filmography

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Distant Drums 42% 1951 Screenwriter The Furies 92% 79% 1950 Writer The Capture 9% 1950 Producer Pursued 100% 82% 1947 Writer The Postman Always Rings Twice 90% 79% 1946 Screenwriter Duel in the Sun 79% 55% 1946 Writer The Westerner 100% 76% 1940 Screenwriter Angels Wash Their Faces 1939 Screenwriter The Big Shakedown 29% 1934 Screenwriter The Man With Two Faces 33% 1934 Screenwriter He Was Her Man 8% 1934 Screenwriter
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