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Richard Brooks
Catalogued films 39Director 25Actor 3
Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Oscars in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977).
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Fever Pitch
Wrong Is Right
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Bite the Bullet
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The Happy Ending
In Cold Blood
The Professionals
Lord Jim
Sweet Bird of Youth
Elmer Gantry
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Brothers Karamazov
Something of Value
The Catered Affair
The Last Hunt
Blackboard Jungle
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Flame and the Flesh
Take the High Ground!
Battle Circus
Deadline - U.S.A.
The Light Touch
Crisis
With the Marines at Tarawa
