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Howard Hawks

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an influential American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His...
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Bringing up Baby

Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The movie tells the story of a scientist winding up in various predicaments involving a woman with a unique sense of logic and a...

Initial release date:

  • 1938

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Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 42 min

Screenplay by:

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of the play The Front Page by Hecht and MacArthur. The change in this version is that the role of Hildy...

Initial release date:

  • 1940

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 32 min

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Red River

Red River is a 1948 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive, between...

Initial release date:

  • 1948

Runtime:

  • 2 h 13 min

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Scarface

Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American gangster film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, George Raft, Vince...

Initial release date:

  • 1932

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 33 min

Sergeant York

Sergeant York is a 1941 biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year. The movie was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Abem...

Initial release date:

  • 1941

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 14 min

Estimated budget:

  • 1,400,000 (US$)

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo is a 1959 Western film, directed by Howard Hawks. The script was written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on a short story by B.H. McCampbell. It stars John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, with Angie Dickinson, Pedro...

Initial release date:

  • 1959

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 21 min

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Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century is a 1934 American screwball comedy film set on the 20th Century Limited train. The film was directed by Howard Hawks, stars John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, and features Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns and Edgar Kennedy. Ben Hecht...

Initial release date:

  • 1934

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 31 min

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Corvette K-225

Corvette K -225 is a 1943 film starring Randolph Scott and Ella Raines. It was released in the UK as The Nelson Touch. Tony Gaudio was nominated for the 1943 Academy Award for Best Cinematography (B&W;) for his work on the film. It featured a...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 29, 1943

Runtime:

  • 1 h 38 min

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El Dorado

El Dorado is a 1967 western movie starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, directed by Howard Hawks, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett and based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown....

Initial release date:

  • Dec 17, 1966

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 6 min

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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the female lead. The Big Sleep is a prime...

Initial release date:

  • 1946

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 56 min

Produced by:

Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) is a movie directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. It is generally regarded as being among Hawks' finest films, particularly in its portrayal of the professionalism of the pilots, its atmosphere,...

Initial release date:

  • 1939

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 1 min

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Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western movie starring John Wayne. The film was the last film directed by Howard Hawks, from a script by Leigh Brackett. The film was shot in Technicolor with a running time of 114 minutes. The musical score was composed by Jerry...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 17, 1970

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 54 min

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Hatari!

Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. The title means "danger" in Swahili, which was mentioned in the film as well. Portraying a group of hunters, the film presents an interesting if antiquated portrait of...

Initial release date:

  • 1962

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 37 min

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not (1944) is a thriller romance war adventure film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall that is nominally based on the novel To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway. The film is set in the...

Initial release date:

  • 1944

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

Man's Favorite Sport?

Man's Favorite Sport? is a 1964 comedy starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. Released by Universal Pictures, the movie was directed and produced by Howard Hawks. Hawks intended this movie to be a homage to his own 1938 screwball classic Bringing...

Initial release date:

  • 1964

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Runtime:

  • 2 h

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Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs is a 1955 Cinemascope epic film made by the Continental Company, Ltd and presented by Warner Bros. It was directed and produced by Howard Hawks from a screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom, Harry Kurnitz and the novelist William...

Initial release date:

  • 1955

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 24 min

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The Big Sky

The Big Sky is a 1952 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, based on the novel of the same name. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dewey Martin and Elizabeth Threatt. Though not considered amongst Hawks' major achievements by most...

Initial release date:

  • 1952

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 20 min

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