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W. R. Burnett

Highest Rated: 100% Dark Command (1940)

Lowest Rated: 30% The Racket (1951)

Birthday: Nov 25, 1899

Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, USA

A highly-prolific author whose novels and short stories provided the basis for numerous films ranging from the gangster classic "Little Caesar" (1930) to the Western "Dark Command" (1940), W R Burnett also adapted his own work for film (e.g., "High Sierra" 1941) and wrote original screenplays, both alone and in collaboration (e.g., "This Gun for Hire" 1942, "The Great Escape" 1963).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 68% Dark Command Watchlist 94% 95% The Great Escape Watchlist 94% 81% This Gun for Hire Watchlist 92% 78% High Sierra Watchlist 89% 44% Wake Island Watchlist 30% 44% The Racket Watchlist Vendetta Watchlist 62% San Antonio Watchlist 43% Background to Danger Watchlist 31% Sergeants 3 Watchlist

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The Great Escape 94% 95% 1963 Screenwriter Sergeants 3 31% 1962 Writer September Storm 1960 Screenwriter Accused of Murder 1956 Screenwriter I Died a Thousand Times 61% 1955 Screenwriter Illegal 59% 1955 Screenwriter Dangerous Mission 17% 1954 Screenwriter Law and Order 47% 1953 Writer Iron Man 1951 Writer The Racket 30% 44% 1951 Screenwriter Vendetta 1950 Screenwriter Colorado Territory 70% 1949 Writer Belle Starr's Daughter 1948 Screenwriter Nobody Lives Forever 68% 1946 Screenwriter San Antonio 62% 1945 Screenwriter Background to Danger 43% 1943 Screenwriter This Gun for Hire 94% 81% 1942 Writer Wake Island 89% 44% 1942 Screenwriter High Sierra 92% 78% 1941 Screenwriter Dark Command 100% 68% 1940 Writer
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