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James R. Webb is a Scriptwriter American born on 4 october 1910 at Denver (USA)
James R. Webb (October 4, 1909 – September 28, 1974) was an American writer. He won an Academy Award in 1963 for How the West Was Won.
Webb was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Stanford University in 1930. During the 1930s he worked both as a screenwriter and a fiction writer for a number of national magazines, including Collier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post.
Webb was commissioned an army officer in June 1942 and became a personal aide to General
Lloyd R. Fredendall who was commander of the II Corps (United States). Webb accompanied Fredendall
to England in October 1942 and participated in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942
when the Second Corps captured the city of Oran. The Second Corps then attacked eastward into
Tunisia. In February 1943 the German army launched a counterattack at Kasserine Pass which
repulsed the Second Corps and nearly broke through the Allied lines. The Supreme Commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower relieved Fredendall of command in March 1943 and sent him back to the
United States where he became deputy commander of the Second United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee.
Webb returned to the United States with Fredendall and later served in the European Theater. Webb left the Army after the war and returned to Hollywood, California, where he continued his work as a screenwriter. He died on September 27, 1974.
(1991)
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(1962)
(Writer)
(1956)
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(1954)
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(1958)
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 october 1910 at Denver (USA)
Death 27 september 1974 (at 63 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Birth 4 october 1910 at Denver (USA)
Death 27 september 1974 (at 63 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Webb was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Stanford University in 1930. During the 1930s he worked both as a screenwriter and a fiction writer for a number of national magazines, including Collier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post.
Webb was commissioned an army officer in June 1942 and became a personal aide to General
Lloyd R. Fredendall who was commander of the II Corps (United States). Webb accompanied Fredendall
to England in October 1942 and participated in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942
when the Second Corps captured the city of Oran. The Second Corps then attacked eastward into
Tunisia. In February 1943 the German army launched a counterattack at Kasserine Pass which
repulsed the Second Corps and nearly broke through the Allied lines. The Supreme Commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower relieved Fredendall of command in March 1943 and sent him back to the
United States where he became deputy commander of the Second United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee.
Webb returned to the United States with Fredendall and later served in the European Theater. Webb left the Army after the war and returned to Hollywood, California, where he continued his work as a screenwriter. He died on September 27, 1974.
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Filmography of James R. Webb (31 films)
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Add to a movie listCape Fear (1991)
, 2h3Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating72%
Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is a lawyer in the quiet town of New Essex, North Carolina. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a former client whom Bowden defended 14 years earlier when he was working as a public defender in Atlanta. Cady was being tried for the violent rape and battery of a young woman. Bowden, appalled by Cady's crime, buried crucial evidence about the victim—that she was promiscuous—which might have lightened Cady's sentence or even secured his acquittal, violating his ethical and professional duty as a defense attorney. Cady was illiterate at the time and unaware of Bowden's actions. After his release from prison, Cady tracks down Bowden. The former convict learned to read and studied law in prison, and even assumed his own defense, unsuccessfully appealing his conviction several times. Cady hints strongly that he has learned about Bowden burying the report, stating that the judge and prosecutor in his case did their jobs while Bowden betrayed his own client.
The Organization (1971)
, 1h43Directed by Don Medford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Sheree North, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Raúl Juliá, Billy "Green" Bush
Roles Writer
Rating60%
After a break-in at the headquarters of a company, the police are called in. One of the executives has been murdered, and the watchman has been bludgeoned. It is not a simple robbery, the man was killed by shots from two different guns, there are several unexplained facts and nothing was stolen.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
, 1h48Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asnere, Jeff Corey
Rating59%
Detective Virgil Tibbs, now a lieutenant with the San Francisco police, is assigned to investigate the murder of a prostitute. A prime suspect is Rev. Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau), a liberal street preacher and political organizer, who insists to Tibbs that he was merely visiting the hooker in a professional capacity, advising her spiritually.
The Hawaiians (1970)
, 2h14Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako Iwamatsu, Bette Midler, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen
Rating60%
The story begins forty years after the events depicted in the original Hawaii, as a new generation of Americans and Asians must deal with a changing island and world; one of them is a sea captain.
Sinful Davey (1969)
, 1h35Directed by John Huston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Actors John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Fionnula Flanagan, Anjelica Huston, Robert Morley
Roles Writer
Rating57%
En Écosse, au début du XIX siècle, le jeune Davey Haggart est le fils d'un illustre brigand qui fut pendu. Davey est bien décidé à devenir lui aussi un bandit exceptionnel, cependant il échoue dans tout ce qu'il entreprend.
Alfred the Great (1969)
, 2h2Directed by Clive Donner, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely, Ian McKellen, Peter Vaughan
Roles Story
Rating61%
Alfred is preparing to join the priesthood, but, angered by the invasion of his country by the Danes, he puts aside his religious vows to lead the West Saxon English against the invaders. Alfred defeats the Danes and becomes an English hero. Although Alfred still desires to join the priesthood, he is pulled between serving God and his lust for blood. After he marries the beautiful Aelhswith (Prunella Ransome), the Danes return and Alfred must muster the English forces once again for a final battle, but he also must battle the dark conflicts within his own soul.
Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
, 1h51Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres Action, Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe, Silvia Pinal, Emilio Fernández
Rating66%
In 1743, a womanizing atheist outlaw, Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn), is pursued by the Spanish military. Given sanctuary by an altruistic priest (Sam Jaffe), he is taken to a village terrorized by marauding Indians.
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
, 2h34Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Dolores del Río, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden
Rating66%
In 1878, Chiefs Little Wolf (Ricardo Montalban) and Dull Knife (Gilbert Roland) led over three hundred starved and weary Cheyenne from their reservation in the Oklahoma territory to their traditional home in Wyoming. The US government sees this as an act of rebellion, and the sympathetic Captain Thomas Archer (Richard Widmark) is forced to lead his troops in an attempt to stop the tribe. As the press misrepresents the natives' motives and goals for their trek as malicious, Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz (Edward G. Robinson) tries to prevent violence from erupting between the army and the natives. Also featured are James Stewart as Wyatt Earp, Dolores del Río as "Spanish Woman" and Carroll Baker as a pacifist Quaker school teacher and Archer's love interest.
Kings of the Sun (1963)
, 1h48Directed by John Flynn, J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, Barry Morse, James Coburn
Rating60%
Balam (George Chakiris) is the son of the ruler of a Mayan tribe who use wooden swords (with obsidian edges). His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon). Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by his advisers, including the head priest, to lead his followers away from the Yucatán, sail to the American Gulf Coast region, so they might regain their strength and fight again another day.
How the West Was Won (1962)
, 2h35Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Zebulon Prescott (Karl Malden) and his family set out west for the frontier via the Erie Canal, the “west” at this time being the Illinois country. On the journey, they meet mountain man Linus Rawlings (James Stewart), who is traveling east to Pittsburgh to trade his furs. He and Zebulon's daughter Eve (Carroll Baker) are attracted to each other, but Linus is not ready to settle down.
Cape Fear (1962)
, 1h41Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Psychologie
Actors Robert De Niro, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Nick Nolte, Martin Balsam, Juliette Lewis
Rating76%
After spending eight years in prison for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), a Georgia lawyer whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Sam interrupted his attack and testified against him. Cady begins to stalk and subtly threaten Bowden's family. He kills the Bowden family dog, though Sam cannot prove Cady did it. A friend of Bowden's, police chief Mark Dutton (Martin Balsam), attempts to intervene on Bowden's behalf; but he cannot prove Cady guilty of any crime.
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
, 1h37Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Harry Guardino
Roles Ecrivain
Rating69%
In April 1953, during the Korean War, a company of American infantry, led by Lieutenant Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck) are to recapture Pork Chop Hill from a larger Communist Chinese army force; they recapture the hill, but are depleted, only 25 of a 135-man unit are left. They prepare for a large-scale Chinese counter-attack which they know will overwhelm and kill them in vicious fire fights and hand-to-hand fighting while the Panmunjeom cease-fire negotiations continue.
The Big Country (1958)
, 2h45Directed by William Wyler, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford
Rating78%
Wealthy sea captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) travels to the American West to join his fiancée Patricia (Carroll Baker) at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), referred to by all as the "Major". Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, over water rights in the arid grazing lands of the high plains.
Trapeze (1956)
, 1h41Directed by Carol Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Minor Watson
Rating67%
Crippled trapeze aerialist and former star Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) sees great promise in young, brash Tino Orsini (Tony Curtis). Ribble—only the sixth man to have completed the dangerous triple somersault—thinks his protégé is capable of matching the same feat but only if he gives him rigorous training. However, Orsini is distracted by the new third member of their circus act, the manipulative Lola (Gina Lollobrigida). Tensions rise as a love triangle forms.
Illegal (1955)
, 1h28Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John
Rating69%
Victor Scott (Edward G. Robinson) is a District Attorney with a drive to win every case. He is assisted by attorney Ellen Miles (Nina Foch) who is not quite as relentless, but is devoted to her D.A. boss. After Scott discovers that a man he sent to his death is innocent, he falls into an alcoholic haze, is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct, and determines to defend another incarcerated man. This leads to a new career as a defense attorney.