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Marvin Albert is a Scriptwriter American born on 22 january 1924 at Philadelphia (USA)

Marvin Albert

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Birth name Marvin Hubert Albert
Nationality USA
Birth 22 january 1924 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 24 march 1996 (at 72 years) at Menton (France)

Marvin Hubert Albert, né le 22 janvier 1924 à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie et mort le 24 mars 1996 à Menton dans les Alpes-Maritimes en France, est un écrivain et un scénariste américain, auteur de romans policiers et de westerns ayant utilisé plusieurs noms de plume.

Biography

Dans le drugstore de son père, il lit abondamment les livres en vente. En 1942, il sert comme officier-radio dans la marine marchande. De 1945 à 1952, il exerce différents petits métiers : coursier pour The Philadelphia Record, acteur, directeur d’une troupe de théâtre, éditeur de revues ou journaliste.

Il écrit son premier roman, The Road’s End, en 1952, mais le signe du pseudonyme Al Conroy. C’est le début d'une carrière d'écrivain à la production abondante dans le domaine du roman policier, du western et de la novélisation de scénarios.

En 1955, Albert collabore au best-seller Becoming a Mother de Theodore Roosevelt Seidman, l'obstétricien qui accoucha sa femme.

Albert novélise un grand nombre de scénarios comme The Pink Panther, The Outrage ou The Untouchables, ce qui lui vaut le surnom de « roi de la novélisation » .

En 1958, Albert crée son premier personnage, Jake Barrow, un détective privé dans une série signée Nick Quarry. En 1960, Albert crée Tony Rome pour une série de trois romans signée Anthony Rome. Tony Rome est un détective privé de Miami. Frank Sinatra l'incarnera au cinéma. En 1972, à la suite du succès du roman de Mario Puzo The Godfather, Albert s'inscrit dans la vogue littéraire de l'époque en créant le personnage de Johnny Morini, un soldat repenti de la mafia. Les deux derniers romans de cette série Strangle Hold ! et Murder Mission ! ne sont pas de la plume d’Albert, mais de Gil Brewer qui fit office de nègre littéraire . Installé en France, Albert crée, en 1978, un nouveau personnage, Pierre-Ange Sawyer, détective privé américain d'origine française vivant sur la Côte d’Azur. À travers les yeux de Sawyer, on voit la critique d’un Américain sur la société française de l'époque. Cette série comporte dix romans.

Usually with

Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
(1 films)
Richard Conte
Richard Conte
(2 films)
Bill Hart
Bill Hart
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Marvin Albert (10 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Don Is Dead, 1h55
Directed by Richard Fleischer, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Angel Tompkins, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, Victor Argo
Roles Novel
Rating61% 3.097523.097523.097523.097523.09752
Frank is the ambitious son of an organized-crime boss. He plans a heroin deal with the help of brothers Tony and Vince, but a snitch tips off the cops.
Lady in Cement, 1h30
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Dan Blocker, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan
Roles Novel
Rating58% 2.9035352.9035352.9035352.9035352.903535
While diving off the Miami coast seeking one of the eleven fabled Spanish Galleons sunk in 1591, private investigator Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) discovers a dead blonde, her feet encased in cement, at the bottom of the ocean.
A Twist of Sand, 1h30
Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Johnson, Honor Blackman, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan, Roy Dotrice, Guy Doleman
Rating54% 2.708342.708342.708342.708342.70834
Geoffrey Peace, a former British Naval Officer, makes his living as a smuggler around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, Peace is desperate to regain his loss. When an ex-colleague appears and tells him of an idea about smuggling diamonds out of South West Africa, he sees his chance to make a lot of money.
The Looters, 1h40
Directed by Jacques Besnard
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Actors Frederick Stafford, Jean Seberg, Serge Gainsbourg, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez, Mario Pisu, Paul Crauchet
Rating52% 2.638242.638242.638242.638242.63824
Sam Morgan, aventurier en villégiature, est enlevé par des partisans qui le contraignent à s'emparer de l'or d'un tyran d'Amérique du Sud pour financer leur révolution.
Rough Night in Jericho, 1h44
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Dean Martin, George Peppard, Jean Simmons, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Dean Paul Martin
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating63% 3.150043.150043.150043.150043.15004
A stagecoach bound for the town of Jericho is ambushed by Alex Flood, a lawman gone bad. Sharpshooting from a safe distance, Flood wounds the coach's driver, Ben Hickman, who is brought to town by the only passenger, a gambler named Dolan.
Tony Rome
Tony Rome (1967)
, 1h50
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Richard Conte, Sue Lyon, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.2474453.2474453.2474453.2474453.247445
Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami called the Straight Pass. This a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem.
Duel at Diablo, 1h43
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Bill Travers, John Hubbard
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating64% 3.2470753.2470753.2470753.2470753.247075
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (James Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Bibi Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Dennis Weaver). The couple have been on the move since two years before, when Ellen Grange had been kidnapped by Apaches and rescued. The townsfolk treated her as an outcast because, in captivity, she had a child by an Indian warrior.
The Ugly Ones, 1h35
Directed by Eugenio Martín
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tomás Milián, Mario Brega, Richard Stapley, Frank Braña, Enzo Fiermonte, Lola Gaos
Roles Novel
Rating62% 3.13993.13993.13993.13993.1399
The notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson pursues the Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez. He follows him through the desert only to arrive in a Mexican village where Gomez achieves to turn the peasants against his hunter. Unaware of the danger Chilson finds himself trapped.
Bullet for a Badman, 1h20
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee, Beverley Owen, Skip Homeier, George Tobias
Roles Novel
Rating63% 3.195953.195953.195953.195953.19595
Logan Keliher, a retired Ranger, meets up with an old friend, Sam Ward, who has turned outlaw and is angry at Keliher for marrying his former wife. Ward and his gang rob a bank and Keliher goes to track him down.
The Law and Jake Wade, 1h26
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes L'Or
Actors Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva, DeForest Kelley
Roles Novel
Rating67% 3.396133.396133.396133.396133.39613
Former Confederate soldier and highwayman-turned-marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) breaks his former partner, Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark), out of jail in the small western town of Morganville. The men have not seen each other for over a year, since the bank robbery and murder that resulted in Jake's arrest. At that time, Clint rescued Jake and the men separated with an agreement to reunite later. Instead, Jake buried the $20,000 from the robbery in the desert and decided to go straight. Believing that he has now repaid Clint by freeing him from jail, Jake refuses to tell Clint where the money is buried and advises him to leave the territory. Disgruntled and disturbed by what he considers Jake's betrayal, Clint vows vengeance. Carefully covering his trail, Jake returns to Cold Stream, where he serves as marshal. That evening, Jake dines at the home of his fiancée Peggy (Patricia Owens), and asks if she would consider relocating after their upcoming marriage. Startled, Peggy asks for an explanation, but when Jake hesitates, then flatly refuses to explain, Peggy angrily sends him home. Returning to his office, Jake is confronted and knocked out by a stranger, Rennie (Henry Silva). Upon reviving, Jake discovers Clint and the rest of his old gang and army comrades, Ortero (Robert Middleton), Wexler (DeForest Kelley), Burke (Eddie Firestone) and newcomer, the hot-headed Rennie. When Jake expresses amazement that Clint was able to track him, Clint reveals that he set loose the horse Jake had brought for him and followed it to Cold Stream. Clint then demands that Jake take him to the buried money and when he refuses, Clint has Burke and Rennie bring in Peggy, whom they have abducted.