W.R. Burnett
Writing · Story · Screenplay · Additional Dialogue
Born Nov 25, 1899 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
Active 1931–1982 · Awards: The Grand Master, O. Henry Award
William Riley 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.
Filmography
The Great Escape (1963) — ScreenplayScarface (1932) — Dialogue · ContinuityThe Asphalt Jungle (1950) — NovelHigh Sierra (1941) — Screenplay · NovelLittle Caesar (1931) — NovelThis Gun for Hire (1942) — ScreenplayYellow Sky (1948) — StoryIce Station Zebra (1968) — ScreenplayColorado Territory (1949) — NovelAction in the North Atlantic (1943) — Additional DialogueThe Whole Town's Talking (1935) — StoryDark Command (1940) — NovelIllegal (1955) — ScreenplayThe Racket (1951) — ScreenplayThe Badlanders (1958) — NovelBackground to Danger (1943) — ScreenplayNight People (1954) — ScreenplayI Died a Thousand Times (1955) — Novel · ScreenplayKing of the Underworld (1939) — StoryCrash Dive (1943) — StoryNobody Lives Forever (1946) — Screenplay · NovelThe Man I Love (1946) — Additional WritingCaptain Lightfoot (1955) — Novel · WriterArrowhead (1953) — Novel