W.R. Burnett
Writer
November 25, 1899 — 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 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Cairo · as Novel |
| 1963 | The Great Escape · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Novel |
| 1960 | September Storm · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Badlanders · as Novel |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Short Cut to Hell · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder · as Novel |
| 1955 | Illegal · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times · as Novel |
| 1955 | |
| 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 | |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Novel |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory · as Novel |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever · as Screenplay |
| 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 | The WesternerOn Plex |
| 1940 | Dark Command · as Novel |
| 1937 | Wild West Days · as Novel |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard · as Novel |
| 1932 | Law and Order · as Novel |
| 1931 | |
| 1931 | Little Caesar · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1967 | The Jackals · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James · as Adaptation |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Story |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as Story ByOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Story |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip · as From A Novel By |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse · as Story |
| 1954 | Studio 57 · as Original |
| 1948 | Yellow Sky · as Story |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Story |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Story |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1943 | Crash Dive · as Story |
| 1941 | Dance Hall · as Novel "giant Swing" |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld · as Story |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses · as Novel "dark Hazard" |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill · as Based On A Story By |
| 1935 | Dr. Socrates · as Story |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking · as Story |
| 1932 | Scarface · as Continuity |
| 1932 | Scarface · as Dialogue |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City · as Story |
| 1931 | The Iron Man · as Story |