Irwin Shaw

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Irwin Shaw

Writing February 27, 1913

The Bronx, New York, USA

Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies.…

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Ulysses

Ulysses

6.6 1954 Movie
Playhouse

Playhouse

7.0 1974 TV Show
The Young Lions

The Young Lions

6.7 1958 Movie
The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

7.3 1942 Movie
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

8.3 1976 TV Show
Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man

7.9 1976 TV Show
Centre Play

Centre Play

7.0 1973 TV Show
Two Weeks in Another Town

Two Weeks in Another Town

5.9 1962 Movie
Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

5.7 1957 Movie
Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

6.3 1941 Movie
Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

6.8 1958 Movie
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

5.5 1942 Movie

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Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2005
    From 180 & Taller

    Movie Novel

  2. 1991
    Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

    Movie Short Story

  3. 1985
    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    Movie Self

  4. 1982
    The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

    Movie Book

  5. 1982
    Rich Man, Poor Man...

    Movie Novel

  6. 1982
    Rich Man, Poor Man...

    TV show Novel

  7. 1981
    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

    Movie Short Story

  8. 1980
    Top of the Hill

    TV show Story

  9. 1979
    Beggarman, Thief

    TV show Novel

  10. 1978
    Evening in Byzantium

    TV show Writer

  11. 1976
    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    TV show Characters

  12. 1976
    Rich Man, Poor Man

    TV show Novel

  13. 1974
    Playhouse

    TV show Short Story

  14. 1973
    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

    Movie Writer

  15. 1973
    Centre Play

    TV show Writer

  16. 1969
    Three

    Movie Story

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  1. 1969
    Bury the Dead

    Movie Writer

  2. 1963
    In the French Style

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1962
    Two Weeks in Another Town

    Movie Novel

  4. 1961
    The Big Gamble

    Movie Writer

  5. 1958
    The Young Lions

    Movie Novel

  6. 1958
    Desire Under the Elms

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1957
    This Angry Age

    Movie Writer

  8. 1957
    Tip on a Dead Jockey

    Movie Novel

  9. 1957
    Fire Down Below

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1954
    Ulysses

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1953
    Act of Love

    Movie Writer

  12. 1951
    I Want You

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1949
    Easy Living

    Movie Story

  14. 1949
    Take One False Step

    Movie Novel

  15. 1942
    Commandos Strike at Dawn

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1942
    The Talk of the Town

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1941
    Out of the Fog

    Movie Theatre Play

  18. 1936
    The Big Game

    Movie Screenplay

  19. —
    Dobrodinec

    TV show Short Story