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Harry Kleiner is a Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing American born on 10 september 1916 at Tbilisi (Georgie)

Harry Kleiner

Harry Kleiner
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 september 1916 at Tbilisi (Georgie)
Death 17 october 2007 (at 91 years) at Chicago (USA)

Harry Kleiner est un scénariste américain né le 10 septembre 1916 à Tbilissi et décédé le 17 octobre 2007 à Chicago. Il a parfois utilisé le pseudonyme de Harold Clements.

Biography

Né en Russie, d'une famille qui émigre en Amérique alors qu'il est encore enfant, il est élevé à Philadelphie. Il fait des études supérieures en sciences à l'université Temple, puis décroche une maîtrise en arts de l'université Yale.

Il devient scénariste à Hollywood pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il signe surtout des scénarios de qualité pour plusieurs films policiers, dont Crime passionnel (Fallen Angel) (1945) d'Otto Preminger, La Dernière Rafale (The Street With No Name) (1948) de William Keighley, La Maison de bambou (House of Bamboo) (1955) de Samuel Fuller et surtout Bullitt (1968) de Peter Yates qui lui vaut le prix Edgar-Allan-Poe du meilleur scénario. Il a également rédigé en 1966 le scénario du film de science-fiction Le Voyage fantastique (Fantastic Voyage) de Richard Fleischer.

Dans les années 1960, il travaille beaucoup pour la télévision et donne notamment plusieurs scripts pour les séries télévisées C'est arrivé à Sunrise (Bus Stop) et Le Virginien (The Virginian).

Il a parfois travaillé, seul ou en collaboration, sous le pseudonyme de Harold Clements.

Best films

Bullitt (1968)
(Scriptwriter)
Red Heat (1988)
(Scriptwriter)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
(Scriptwriter)
Salome (1953)
(Story)

Usually with

Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(6 films)
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(4 films)
Walter Hill
Walter Hill
(3 films)
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harry Kleiner (21 films)

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Scriptwriter

Red Heat
Red Heat (1988)
, 1h43
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Political films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon
Rating61% 3.05093.05093.05093.05093.0509
Captain Ivan Danko of the Moscow Police sets a trap for Viktor Rostavili, a Georgian drug kingpin and crime lord. The ambush severely backfires; Viktor flees the Soviet Union and comes to the USA, after gunning down several other Moscow cops, including Danko's partner.
Extreme Prejudice, 1h44
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, María Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown, Mickey Jones
Roles Ecrivain
Rating65% 3.2961653.2961653.2961653.2961653.296165
Master Sergeant Larry McRose, U.S. Army, Frankfurt, West Germany Report to Zombie Unit, El Paso, Texas
Le Mans
Le Mans (1971)
, 1h46
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Steve McQueen, Elga Andersen, Luc Merenda, Siegfried Rauch, Angelo Infanti, Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.34953.34953.34953.34953.3495
Michael Delaney, coureur automobile, revient sur le circuit des 24 Heures du Mans un an après son grave accident dans lequel Pierre Belgetti, un autre pilote, a perdu la vie. Delaney dispute la course au volant d'une Porsche 917 aux couleurs du pétrolier américain Gulf, il est l'un des deux favoris avec l'Allemand Erich Stahler (sur Ferrari 512 S). La course se déroule sous les yeux de la veuve de Belgetti.
Bullitt
Bullitt (1968)
, 1h53
Directed by Walter Hill, Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, L'Outfit de Chicago, Road movies, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland
Rating73% 3.6980953.6980953.6980953.6980953.698095
Ambitious politician Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) is about to present a surprise star witness in a Senate Subcommittee hearing on organized crime. The witness, Johnny Ross (Pat Renella), a defector from the Organization in Chicago, is put under San Francisco Police Department protective custody for the weekend, 40 hours until his Monday morning appearance.
Fantastic Voyage, 1h40
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, John Arthur Kennedy, Arthur O'Connell
Rating67% 3.3986853.3986853.3986853.3986853.398685
The United States and the Soviet Union have both developed technology that can miniaturize matter by shrinking individual atoms, but only for a limited amount of time, depending on how small the item is miniaturized.
A Fever in the Blood, 1h57
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Efrem Zimbalist II, Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly, Don Ameche, Ray Danton, Herbert Marshall
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.192523.192523.192523.192523.19252
A man murders a woman who rejects him, then creates a fire to make the death look accidental. The district attorney, Dan Callahan, on a hunting trip with Judge Leland Hoffman, is summoned back to the city to handle the murder investigation. Callahan and Hoffman both have political ambitions, eyeing the upcoming election for governor.
Ice Palace
Ice Palace (1960)
, 2h23
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Martha Hyer, Carolyn Jones, Jim Backus, Ray Danton
Rating60% 3.04843.04843.04843.04843.0484
The film follows the Edna Ferber novel in telling the story of Zeb Kennedy (Richard Burton) and Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), Alaska settlers in the period following World War I. Kennedy works his way up through the Alaskan fish cannery business, befriending Wang, a Chinese worker (George Takei), and Storm, an idealistic fishing boat captain. Kennedy and Storm begin to plan a cannery together in the fictional Alaskan town of Baranof, when Kennedy falls for Bridie Ballantyne, Storm's fiancée (Carolyn Jones). The feeling is reciprocated, but Kennedy chooses money over love, marrying Seattle heiress Dorothy Wendt (Martha Hyer). When Storm discovers his disappointed fiancée's infidelity, he punches out Kennedy and flees into the wilderness on a dog sled.
Cry Tough
Cry Tough (1959)
, 1h24
Directed by Paul Stanley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia, Harry Townes, Don Gordon, Perry Lopez
Roles Ecrivain
Rating58% 2.9104852.9104852.9104852.9104852.910485
The Garment Jungle, 1h28
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia
Roles Histoire
Rating65% 3.2951153.2951153.2951153.2951153.295115
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out.
House of Bamboo, 1h42
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Cameron Mitchell, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.394073.394073.394073.394073.39407
In 1954, a military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is attacked as it travels between Kyoto and Tokyo. During the raid, which is carried out with great precision, an American sergeant is killed, and the train's cargo of guns and ammunition is stolen. The crime is investigated by Capt. Hanson, an American, and Japanese police inspector Kita, who, five weeks later, are concerned when a thief named Webber is shot with some of the stolen bullets. As Webber lies dying in a Tokyo hospital, he is questioned by Hanson and Kita, and although Webber was left for dead by his gang during a thwarted robbery, he refuses to implicate his cohorts, who presumably are responsible for the earlier crime. Webber, who is also an American, does reveal, however, that he is secretly married to a Japanese woman named Mariko. Among Webber's possessions is a letter from an American named Eddie Spanier, who wants to join Webber in Japan after his release from a U.
The Violent Men, 1h36
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Warner Anderson
Rating68% 3.444923.444923.444923.444923.44492
Parrish (Ford), a Union Army ex-officer, plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, Caroline (May Wynn), but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner, Lew Wilkison (Robinson), and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. When one of Parrish's hands is murdered, he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience.
Carmen Jones, 1h45
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on operas, Children's films
Actors Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Harry Belafonte, Roy Glenn, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Rating66% 3.344543.344543.344543.344543.34454
Set during World War II, the story focuses on Carmen Jones, a vixen who works in a parachute factory in North Carolina. When she is arrested for fighting with a co-worker who reported her for arriving late for work, foreman Sgt. Brown assigns young soldier Joe to deliver her to the authorities, much to the dismay of Joe's fiancée Cindy Lou, who had agreed to marry him during his leave.
Miss Sadie Thompson, 1h31
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Diosa Costello
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9474652.9474652.9474652.9474652.947465
A bar girl from Hawaii, a religious zealot and a love-struck Marine struggle with sin and salvation just after World War II while Sadie Thompson kicks out several songs, including the Oscar-nominated "Blue Pacific Blues".
Salome
Salome (1953)
, 1h43
Directed by William Dieterle, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel
Roles Story
Rating58% 2.9010452.9010452.9010452.9010452.901045
Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the biblical text.
King of the Khyber Rifles, 1h40
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe, Richard Stapley
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.146263.146263.146263.146263.14626
Alan King, dont le père était un officier britannique et la mère une indienne musulmane, est un officier brillant mais aussi un métis, ce qui l'exclut de la bonne société anglaise. Orphelin très jeune, il a été élevé avec Karram Khan qui devient un chef rebelle contre les Britanniques et cherche à fédérer les tribus le long de la frontière. King se voit confier un régiment d'élite composé de soldats musulmans. Au fort, la fille du général tombe amoureuse de lui, l'idylle paraît impossible à Alan qui propose de se sacrifier en tuant Karram Khan. Il échoue mais repart avec ses soldats à l'assaut du camp de Khan dans les montagnes. Khan est tué, Alan revient au fort en héros.