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Michael Blankfort is a Scriptwriter and Associate Producer American born on 10 december 1907 at New York City (USA)
Michael Seymour Blankfort (December 10, 1907 – July 13, 1982) was an American screenwriter, author and playwright. He served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Broken Arrow (1950). He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles.
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Michael Blankfort
Nationality USA
Birth 10 december 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 13 july 1982 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 10 december 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 13 july 1982 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Michael Blankfort est mort en juillet 1982, blessé à la tête à la suite d'une chute.Usually with
Filmography of Michael Blankfort (19 films)
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A Fire in the Sky (1978)
, 2h30Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles, Lloyd Bochner, Andrew Duggan
Roles Writer
Rating59%
While reviewing pictures of the planet Jupiter, astronomer Jennifer Dreiser (Joanna Miles) discovers a new comet streaking through space. The joy of finding the comet is short-lived, however, when it is determined that it may hit the Earth in just eight days. Dreiser is summoned to see the President (Andrew Duggan) at his vacation home, along with a number of other experts, to discuss the situation. Astronomer Jason Voight (Richard Crenna), a specialist in near-Earth objects, shocks the group by telling them that the comet will hit within 50 miles of Phoenix. Voight urges the President to order an evacuation of Phoenix and the surrounding area, but the President ultimately leaves that decision in the hands of Arizona's governor, Michael Ritchie (Nicolas Coster). The President does order the MIRV nosecone of a Minuteman ICBM be launched into space aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket, so that an attempt can be made at destroying the comet.
The Plainsman (1966)
, 1h32Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Guy Stockwell, Abby Dalton, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Henry Silva
Roles Writer
Rating51%
After being taken prisoner by Crazy Knife and a band of Cheyenne warriors, Wild Bill Hickok's life is spared by Chief Black Kettle, but when he is set free, it is without his horse and his boots.
The Plainsman (1966)
, 1h32Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Guy Stockwell, Abby Dalton, Bradford Dillman, Henry Silva, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Writer
Rating51%
Tandis que la Guerre de Sécession prend fin, Wild Bill Hickok est heureux d'être libre et de pouvoir rentrer chez lui après quatre années passées à servir au front. Alors qu'il est sur le chemin du retour, il est attaqué par Crazy Knife et sa bande de Cheyennes mais est secouru par le chef Black Kettle qu'il a connu avant le conflit. Hickok apprend que les Cheyennes se font livrer des armes par un homme d'affaires peu scrupuleux...
See How They Run (1964)
, 1h40Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors John Forsythe, Senta Berger, Jane Wyatt, Pamela Franklin, Franchot Tone, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Teleplay
Rating80%
Three orphans head for the US, unknowingly carrying important evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father. The cartel is desperate to retrieve the evidence.
The Vintage (1957)
, 1h32Directed by Jeffrey Hayden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan, Theodore Bikel, Leif Erickson
Rating56%
Italian brothers Ernesto and Giancarlo Barandero are fugitives, Ernesto having accidentally killed a man. They cross the border to France and hope to find work picking grapes.
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irène Papas, Vic Morrow, James Griffith
Roles Story
Rating66%
Rustlers rob horses belonging to wealthy Wyoming rancher Jeremy Rodock and shoot him. He is found by young cowboy Steve Miller, who digs out the bullet, saves Rodock's life and is offered a job at the ranch.
Untamed (1955)
, 1h51Directed by Henry King, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films set in Africa, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Dutchman Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power) a Boer cavalry commander travels to Ireland from his native South Africa in 1847 to buy horses for his commandos back home, who need them to fight Zulu tribal warriors. He meets lovely Katie O'Neill (Susan Hayward), daughter of the man selling the horses. She falls in love, but Paul feels he must return home alone.
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
, 2h4Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Tom Tully, E. G. Marshall
Roles Dialogue
Rating76%
Callow, rich Ensign Willis Seward Keith (Robert Francis), reports for his first assignment aboard the Caine, which is homeported in Pearl Harbor. "Willie", as he is known by his fellow officers, is disappointed to find that the Caine is a small, battle-scarred destroyer-minesweeper. Its gruff captain, Lieutenant Commander William H. DeVriess (Tom Tully), has almost completely given up on discipline, and the crew has become slovenly and superficially undisciplined, although their performance is excellent. Keith has already met the executive officer, Lieutenant Stephen Maryk (Van Johnson), and is introduced to the communications officer, Lieutenant Thomas Keefer (Fred MacMurray), a novelist in civilian life. Keith has an opportunity to transfer from the ship to a more glamorous billet as an Admiral's aide, but decides to stay aboard. However, Keith remains frustrated with the ship's lack of discipline, despite his own shortcomings.
The Juggler (1953)
, 1h24Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Circus films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joseph Walsh, Alf Kjellin, Charles Lane
Roles Novel
Rating64%
After World War II, a German named Hans Müller (Kirk Douglas) is one of a shipload of Jewish refugees who debark at Haifa in 1949. Like many other concentration camp survivors, Hans has psychological problems, including survivor guilt. At one point, he mistakes a woman and some children for his murdered family.
My Six Convicts (1952)
, 1h44Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Prison films
Actors John Beal, Gilbert Roland, Millard Mitchell, Marshall Thompson, Alf Kjellin, Fay Roope
Rating65%
My Six Convicts is the true story of a prison psychologist (John Beal) and his attempts to get through to his incarcerated patients. While dealing with serious issues, the film was created in comedic form. While the film is true to the overall spirit of the book, dramatic license was taken with the adaptation and certain events (e.g., the failed prison break and the resulting death of an innocent inmate) are fictional and were created solely to add dramatic elements to the film.
Lydia Bailey (1952)
, 1h29Directed by Jean Negulesco, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, William Horace Marshall, Luis van Rooten, Robert Evans
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Albion Hamlin, a farmer and lawyer from Maine, defends a Boston publisher from prosecution under the Alien and Sedition Acts and falls in love with his daughter Lydia after seeing a painting of her. He looks for her in revolution-torn Haiti and the two eventually become involved in the American action against the Barbary pirates.
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
, 1h53Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Jack Webb, Martin Milner
Roles Ecrivain
Rating65%
During World War II, a Marine battalion prepares to land on a large Japanese-held island in the Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel Gilfillan (Richard Boone) warns the men that it will be a tough mission, and that they have been ordered to take prisoners in order to gain information about the Japanese fortifications. Below deck, veteran Lieutenant Carl A. Anderson (Richard Widmark), a chemistry teacher in civilian life, questions his former student, Corporal Stuart Conroy (Richard Hylton), who complains that he is ill and cannot fight. Anderson assures him that he has shown courage before and can do so again. In the landing boat heading to shore, Navy corpsman C. E. "Doc" Jones (Karl Malden) is worried because Anderson has been suffering from "psychological migraines" for months. Anderson and his platoon have been fighting since Guadalcanal, and now only seven men remain of the original platoon. Although Doc urged Anderson to seek treatment in the United States, Anderson refuses to leave his men and has been relying on Doc to supply him with painkillers.
Broken Arrow (1950)
, 1h28Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Will Geer, Arthur Hunnicutt, Iron Eyes Cody
Rating70%
Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) comes across a wounded, 14-year-old Apache boy dying from buckshot wounds in his back. Jeffords gives the boy water and heals his wounds. The boy's tribesmen appear and are at first hostile, but decide to let Jeffords go free. However, a group of gold prospectors happens by, and the Apache gag Jeffords and tie him to a tree. Helpless, he watches as they attack the prospectors and torture the survivors. The warriors then let him go but warn him not to enter Apache territory again.
An Act of Murder (1948)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John McIntire
Rating68%
Calvin Cooke, a principled but stubborn judge, presides over a murder case in which lawyer David Douglas is unsuccessful in proving that his client's state of mind was a mitigating factor. (Later, though, Cooke grants Douglas's motion for a mistrial on the grounds that he may have unconsciously shown prejudice.)
The Dark Past (1948)
, 1h15Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne
Roles Writer
Rating62%
A psychoanalyst and his young family and some friends are taken hostage by a gang led by an escaped killer, Al Walker. The doctor gets the killer to talk to him in an attempt to find out the killer's unconscious motivation for his evil ways.