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Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The film retells the 1789 real-life mutiny aboard H.M.A.V. Bounty led by Fletcher Christian against the ship's captain, William Bligh. It is the second...
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Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht (last name pronounced Hekt; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964), was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist. Called "the Shakespeare of Hollywood", he received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for...
Date of birth:
- Feb 28, 1894
Date of death:
- Apr 18, 1964 (age 70 years)
Eric Ambler
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an influential English author of spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.
Ambler was born...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1909
Date of death:
- Oct 22, 1998 (age 89 years)
Charles Lederer
Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American film writer and director. He was born in New York City, and was the son of two prominent figures in the American theater – Broadway producer George Lederer and singer Reine...
Date of birth:
- Dec 31, 1910
Date of death:
- Mar 5, 1976 (age 65 years)
Borden Chase
Borden Chase (January 11, 1900 – March 8, 1971) was an American writer.
Born Frank Fowler, he went through an assortment of jobs, including driving for gangster Frankie Yale and working as a sandhog on the construction of New York's Holland Tunnel,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 11, 1900
Date of death:
- Mar 8, 1971 (age 71 years)
John Gay
John Gay (born April 1, 1924) is an American screenwriter.
Born in Whittier, California, Gay began his career writing episodes for television anthology series such as Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, and Goodyear Television Playhouse. He...
Date of birth:
- Apr 1, 1924 (age 85 years)
