Gerald Drayson Adams
Writing · Screenplay · Story · Writer
Born Jun 25, 1900 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Active 1941–1988
Gerald Drayson Adams was a Canadian-born American business executive and literary agent when he began writing for films in the 1940s. The Oxford University-educated Adams specialized in action/adventure and western films.
Filmography
Dead Reckoning (1946) — StoryThe Big Steal (1949) — ScreenplayHis Kind of Woman (1951) — StoryArmored Car Robbery (1950) — ScreenplayMaverick (1957) — WriterThe Duel at Silver Creek (1952) — Story · Screenplay77 Sunset Strip (1958) — WriterThe Black Sleep (1956) — StoryThe Lady from Texas (1951) — ScreenplayTell It to a Star (1945) — Original StoryThe Battle at Apache Pass (1952) — Story · ScreenplayCheyenne (1955) — Writer · Teleplay · StoryPrincess of the Nile (1954) — WriterA Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945) — StoryBetween Midnight and Dawn (1950) — StoryDuel on the Mississippi (1955) — Screenplay · StoryUntamed Frontier (1952) — ScreenplayTaza, Son of Cochise (1954) — Story · AdaptationChief Crazy Horse (1955) — Screenplay · StoryThe Invisible Informer (1946) — Original StoryThe Gambler from Natchez (1954) — Story · ScreenplayThe Gallant Legion (1948) — ScreenplayThe Wild Westerners (1962) — WriterNorthwest Passage (1958) — Writer