Horace McCoy is a Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue born on 14 april 1897
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy participated to
36 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
1 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Scriptwriter
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, 2h
Directed by Sydney PollackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Dance films,
Films about suicideActors Jane Fonda,
Michael Sarrazin,
Gig Young,
Susannah York,
Red Buttons,
Bonnie BedeliaRoles Novel
Rating77%
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Robert Syverton (Michael Sarrazin), who once dreamed of being a great film director, recalls the events leading to an unstated crime. In his youth, he saw a horse break its leg, after which it was shot and put out of its misery. Years later, in 1932 during the Great Depression, he wanders into a dance marathon about to begin in the shabby La Monica Ballroom, perched over the Pacific Ocean on the Santa Monica Pier, near Los Angeles. He is recruited by MC (Master of Ceremonies) Rocky (Gig Young) as a substitute partner for a cynical malcontent named Gloria (Jane Fonda), when her original partner is disqualified because of an ominous cough.