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Walter Newman (I) (1916–1993)

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Filmography

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1979 The Champ (writer)
 
1978 Bloodbrothers (screenplay)
 
1970-1971 The Interns (TV series)
Metamorphosis (1971) (adapted from the motion picture screenplay by)
The Prisoners (1970) (adapted from the motion picture screenplay by)
 
1965 Cat Ballou (screenplay)
 
1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV series)
The Hooligan (1964) (adaptation)
 
1962 The Beachcomber (TV series)
Paradise Lost (1962) (creator)
Roll of Thunder (1962) (creator)
A Rooster Named Red (1962) (creator)
The Two-Sided Triangle (1962) (creator)
The Search for Robert Herrick (1962) (creator)
 
1962 The Interns
 
1960 The Magnificent Seven (uncredited)
 
1959 Crime & Punishment, USA (writer)
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
The Crazy Hunter (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Jefferson Drum (TV series)
The Bounty Man (1958) (story)
 
1957 The Web (TV series)
Man with a Choice (1957) (writer / as Walter B. Newman)
 
1957 The True Story of Jesse James (screenplay)
 
1956 Magoo's Canine Mutiny (short) (story)
 
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm (screenplay)
 
1955 Underwater! (screenplay)
 
1954 Climax! (TV series)
The Thirteenth Chair (1954) (adaptation / as Walter Brown Newman)
 
1952 Macao (dialogue - uncredited)
 
1951 Ace in the Hole (written by)
 

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Ace in the Hole -- A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1956, wrote the screen play for "The Gun and the Quill," a pilot for a proposed TV series about a two-fisted Western lawyer. The series never came to fruition.

Alternate Names:

Walter B. Newman | Walter Brown Newman
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Star Sign:

Aquarius