Writer
John Paxton
115 years · Kansas City, Missouri, USA · 17 films
John Paxton (May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial film The Wild One in 1953, starring Marlon Brando.
Best known for
Filmography 17
On the Beach
2000 · Screenplay
On Plex
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972 · Writer
Kotch
1971 · Screenplay
On the Beach
1959 · Screenplay
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957 · Screenplay
Interpol
1957 · Screenplay
A Prize of Gold
1955 · Screenplay
The Cobweb
1955 · Screenplay
The Wild One
1953 · Screenplay
On YouTube TV
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Screenplay
Of Men and Music
1951 · Writer
Crossfire
1947 · Screenplay
So Well Remembered
1947 · Screenplay
Crack-Up
1946 · Screenplay
On Fawesome
Cornered
1945 · Screenplay
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Screenplay
On Artiflix
My Pal, Wolf
1944 · Writer