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John Roeburt is a Actor and Scriptwriter French born on 15 march 1909

John Roeburt

John Roeburt
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Nationality France
Birth 15 march 1909
Death 22 may 1972 (at 63 years)
Awards Edgar Award

John Roeburt, né le 8 mai 1932 à Forrest Hills, dans le borough new-yorkais du Queens, et mort le 22 mai 1972 à New York, est un journaliste, criminologue, scénariste et auteur américain de roman policier.

Biography

Il s’inscrit à l’université de New York en criminologie et est ensuite reporter criminel pour un journal de Brooklyn. Dans les années 1940, il rédige des centaines de scripts pour la radio, une activité qui lui vaut pour l'émission Inner Sanctum un Edgar en 1949. À partir de cette date, il écrit quelques scénarios pour le cinéma et plus d'une douzaine pour des séries télévisées policières.

En parallèle à ces activités de journaliste et de scénariste, il amorce une carrière littéraire. À partir de 1944, il publie des romans noirs, dont une série de trois titres consacrée à Jigger Moran, un attorney de l’Illinois qui a dû démissionner de son poste et qui accepte de traiter des affaires auxquels les avocats honnêtes préfèrent ne pas toucher, et deux romans ayant pour héros le détective privé new-yorkais Johnny Devereux.

John Roeburt a également signé des novelisations de films et des ouvrages de criminologie, notamment sur Al Capone et l’organisation de la pègre aux États-Unis.

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Filmography of John Roeburt (3 films)

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Actor

Strangers in the City
Genres Drama
Actors John Roeburt, Reni Santoni
Roles Grocery Man
Rating66% 3.3330953.3330953.3330953.3330953.333095

Scriptwriter

St. Benny the Dip, 1h20
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Freddie Bartholomew, Oskar Karlweis
Rating56% 2.8079352.8079352.8079352.8079352.807935
Benny (Dick Haymes), Monk (Lionel Stander) and Matthew (Roland Young) are three small-time crooks trying to escape a police dragnet in New York City. After hiding in a church and taking minister's suits and dog collars, they emerge, dressed as priests, and find shelter in an abandoned Bowery mission. When beat cops mistake them for real ministers sent to restore the soup kitchen, they're forced to go along with repairs, holding services and feeding the poor. They have to decide whether to stay, steal the mission money and run, or... change their lives. As with Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, when the bishop he has robbed lets him go, it's the first time they've been treated with respect and had a chance to do good work. The question is whether the police detectives or junior priests will turn them in before they even have a chance.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1949)
, 1h12
Directed by Fletcher Markle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Marc Lawrence, Myron McCormick, Doe Avedon, Robert Gist
Roles Story
Rating55% 2.799472.799472.799472.799472.79947
The title refers to a jigsaw puzzle and the story begins with the murder of a print shop owner that is quickly labeled a suicide. But newspaper columnist Charlie Riggs is convinced that it was a murder related to a white neo-fascist organization called the Crusaders and imparts this suspicion to Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy. He also publishes this opinion in his column. Then Riggs himself is murdered, inducing Malloy to launch an investigation into the Crusaders. Because the group appears to be getting backing from organized crime, Malloy looks there, soon receiving unasked-for help from a crime boss called Angel, who recommends him for the position of special prosecutor.