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Daniel Mainwaring is a Scriptwriter and Radio Play American born on 22 july 1902 at Oakland (USA)

Daniel Mainwaring

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Nationality USA
Birth 22 july 1902 at Oakland (USA)
Death 31 january 1977 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Daniel Mainwaring, né le 27 février 1902 à Oakland, Californie (États-Unis), décédé le 31 janvier 1977 (à 74 ans) à Los Angeles (États-Unis), est un scénariste américain de Série B et un écrivain de roman policier qui signe ses publications du pseudonyme Geoffrey Homes.

Biography

Après des études au State College de Fresno, il exerce quelques emplois sans lendemain (garçon de bureau, cueilleur de fruits, vendeur, détective privé, enseignant) avant d'amorcer une carrière professionnelle de journaliste au San Francisco Chronicle.

Il publie son premier roman (et le seul qu'il ait jamais publié sous son propre nom), One Against the Earth en 1933. Il signe ensuite du pseudonyme Geoffrey Homes douze thrillers aux dialogues finement ciselés dont plusieurs ont comme toile de fond la Californie rurale de la Grande Dépression, ce qui les rapproche des romans sociaux de John Steinbeck et des romans noirs de Horace McCoy. Dans The Doctor Died at Dusk (1936) apparaît le journaliste et ancien détective privé Robin Bishop et sa femme Mary, héros de cinq romans. L'auteur les délaisse ensuite au profit de Humphrey Campbell, un détective privé plus dur qui a la particularité de ne boire que du lait. Pour assurer le passage entre les deux héros, l'auteur les fait se rencontrer dans la dernière aventure de Robin Bishop, Marjorie n'est pas rentrée (1938). Par ailleurs, deux romans d'enquête, qui lorgnent du côté du fantastique, mettent en scène José Manuel Madero, un détective indien zapotèque fort singulier « qui tricote ses chaussettes et fait sauter en l'air ses cigarettes avant de les rattraper avec sa bouche ».

Build My Gallows High, son dernier roman, publié en 1946, est généralement considéré comme le meilleur qu'il ait écrit. Il en fera l’adaptation, l’année suivante, sous le titre Out of the Past, un film réalisé par Jacques Tourneur, devenu un classique du film noir. En France, roman et film portent le titre Pendez-moi haut et court. Un remake à partir du scénario a été tourné en 1984 par Taylor Hackford sous le titre Contre toute attente.

Il se consacre ensuite presque exclusivement à l’écriture de scénarios de films noirs et de westerns. À partir de la fin des années 1950, il produit plusieurs scripts pour des séries télévisées policières et westerns.

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Filmography of Daniel Mainwaring (45 films)

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Scriptwriter

Walker Payne, 1h57
Directed by Matt Williams
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jason Patric, Drea de Matteo, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Sylvia Jefferies, Sam Shepard, Bruce Dern
Roles Co-Writer
Rating59% 2.9969852.9969852.9969852.9969852.996985
The license plate on Walker's old Ford pickup truck says the year is 1957. The coal mine in an Illinois town is shutting down due to government regulations about sulfur content. So Walker is out of work. Still, Lou Ann, the mother of his children demands child support. Walker takes out all his money from the bank where Audrey works, and he and Audrey eventually date and finally move in together. While Walker is attending a baseball game with his dog Brute, a man observes that Brute is a breed well-suited to fighting. Walker will not let his dog fight. Then Lou Ann insists on going to nursing school, which will cost a great deal of money, and she expects Walker to pay or he will never see his kids again. So Walker does what he has to do. Brute is very good, but Walker is reluctant to keep fighting. However, he needs the money and continues until Brute is killed and he gets arrested for dogfighting. Lou Ann meets Audrey and then abandons them while Walker is in jail, but Walker's friend Chester agrees to take the kids until Walker is free.
Against All Odds, 1h58
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Richard Widmark, Alex Karras, Jane Greer
Roles Novel
Rating58% 2.948742.948742.948742.948742.94874
Professional football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is released by his team, the (fictitious) Los Angeles Outlaws. Aging, injured and in need of money, he is contacted by an old acquaintance, the shady gambler and nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Woods), who wants Terry to find Jake's girlfriend Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward), daughter of the Outlaws' owner. Jake claims that Jessie assaulted him, stole money and fled. Terry is reluctant to take on the job, but needs the money and knows Wise is capable of blackmailing him.
Catacombs
Catacombs (1965)

Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson, Jane Merrow, Neil McCallum, Frederick Piper
Roles Ecrivain
Rating61% 3.092223.092223.092223.092223.09222
A man who murders his wife is haunted by her, and eventually goes to his own death.
Convict Stage, 1h11
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Harry Lauter, Don "Red" Barry, Walter Reed, George Sawaya, Fred Beir
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.7199252.7199252.7199252.7199252.719925
Au cours de l'attaque d'une diligence les frères Sims abattent le côcher, le garde et l'unique passagère Beth Lattimore. Au cours de leur fuite le vieux Marshal Karnin parvient à les capturer. Il escorte ensuite la diligence qui emmène les Sims à leur procès.
Atlantis: The Lost Continent, 1h31
Directed by George Pal
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films set in Atlantis
Actors John Dall, Frank DeKova, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, William Smith, Edgar Stehli
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.750082.750082.750082.750082.75008
A Greek fisherman named Demetrios (Sal Ponti, under the screen name of Anthony Hall) and his father rescue Princess Antillia (Joyce Taylor) from a shipwreck without knowing that she is from the technologically advanced civilization of Atlantis. After rescuing the Atlantean princess, Demetrios must travel beyond the Pillars of Hercules to take her home. Upon returning her to her civilization, Demetrios, expecting to receive a reward, is instead enslaved and forced to work in the crater of the volcano which dominates the island.
The Revolt of the Slaves, 1h31
Directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Origin German
Genres Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Rhonda Fleming, Gino Cervi, Lang Jeffries, Darío Moreno, Serge Gainsbourg, Ettore Manni
Roles Dialogue
Rating54% 2.7140652.7140652.7140652.7140652.714065
À Rome, trois siècles après la mort du Christ, sous le règne de l'empereur Maximin, les chrétiens doivent se cacher dans les catacombes pour pratiquer leur religion. L'un d'eux, l'esclave Vibio, est acheté par le patricien Claudius. Mais comme il refuse de se battre contre un gladiateur selon ses préceptes religieux, il est emprisonné. Il réussit à s'évader, suivi par Claudia, fille de Claudius, amoureuse de lui et qui ne tarde pas à se convertir.
Space Master X-7, 1h11
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis, Paul Frees, Rhoda Williams, Robert Ellis
Rating52% 2.6133352.6133352.6133352.6133352.613335
A space probe returns to Earth covered with a mysterious fungus, which, when accidentally tinged with human blood, transforms into an ever-growing pile of space rust. If not stopped, this infection may cover the entire world.
The Gun Runners, 1h23
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane, Jack Elam, Carlos Romero
Roles Ecrivain
Rating62% 3.1462153.1462153.1462153.1462153.146215
Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for some revolutionaries.
Baby Face Nelson, 1h25
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Noir, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo Gordon, Jack Elam, Anthony Caruso
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1418953.1418953.1418953.1418953.141895
Chicago mob boss Rocca manages to get Lester Gillis sprung from jail in Joliet. His motive is to have Gillis kill a labor organizer, but Gillis refuses, preferring to work with Rocca's gang on robberies instead. He meets mob moll Sue Nelson and they start a relationship.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1h20
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Ralph Dumke
Rating76% 3.8478853.8478853.8478853.8478853.847885
Psychiatrist Dr. Hill is called to the emergency room of a hospital, where a screaming man is being held in custody. Dr. Hill agrees to listen to his story. The man identifies himself as doctor, and he recounts, in flashback, the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital:
A Bullet for Joey, 1h27
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, Peter van Eyck, George Dolenz, William Bryant
Roles Ecrivain
Rating59% 2.9970052.9970052.9970052.9970052.997005
Communist agents in Canada are spying on Dr. Carl Macklin, an atomic physicist whose knowledge they want. To kidnap him, Eric Hartman, the party's top man in Montreal, offers $100,000 to a deported American criminal, Joe Victor.