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W.R. Burnett
Writer, Additional Credits
Born November 25, 1899Died April 25, 1982 (82 years)
William Riley "W. R." Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel Little Caesar, the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies.
Known For
Filmography
| 1972 | Cool Breeze · as Novel |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Cairo · as Novel |
| 1963 | The Great Escape · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1960 | September Storm · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Badlanders · as Novel |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Short Cut to Hell · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder · as Novel |
| 1955 | Illegal · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times · as Novel |
| 1955 | Captain Lightfoot · as Novel |
| 1954 | Night People · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | Law and Order · as Novel |
| 1953 | Arrowhead · as Novel |
| 1951 | The Racket · as Screenplay |
| 1951 | Iron Man · as Novel |
| 1950 | Vendetta · as Screenplay |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Novel |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory · as Novel |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever · as Novel |
| 1945 | San Antonio · as Screenplay |
| 1943 | Background to Danger · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | Wake Island · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | The Getaway · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | High Sierra · as Screenplay |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Dark Command · as Novel |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard · as Novel |
| 1932 | Law and Order · as Novel |
| 1931 | |
| 1931 | Little Caesar · as Novel |