Borden Chase

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Borden Chase

Writing January 11, 1900

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie…

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Red River

Red River

7.3 1948 Movie
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

7.0 1964 TV Show
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

7.3 1950 Movie
The Virginian

The Virginian

6.5 1962 TV Show
Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz

6.7 1954 Movie
Bend of the River

Bend of the River

7.0 1952 Movie
The Far Country

The Far Country

6.9 1954 Movie
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

6.4 1955 Movie
Night Passage

Night Passage

6.5 1957 Movie
The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees

6.2 1944 Movie
Backlash

Backlash

6.5 1956 Movie
The World in His Arms

The World in His Arms

6.6 1952 Movie

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Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1972
    The Bull of the West

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1969
    Backtrack!

    Movie Writer

  3. 1968
    A Man Called Gannon

    Movie Writer

  4. 1967
    Winchester '73

    Movie Original Film Writer

  5. 1964
    Daniel Boone

    TV show Writer

  6. 1964
    Gunfighters of Casa Grande

    Movie Story

  7. 1962
    The Virginian

    TV show Writer

  8. 1961
    Whispering Smith

    TV show Story

  9. 1958
    Ride a Crooked Trail

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1957
    Night Passage

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1956
    Backlash

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1955
    Man Without a Star

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1954
    Vera Cruz

    Movie Story

  14. 1954
    Rails Into Laramie

    Movie Writer

  15. 1954
    The Far Country

    Movie Story

  16. 1954
    His Majesty O'Keefe

    Movie Screenplay

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  1. 1953
    Sea Devils

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1953
    General Electric Theater

    TV show Writer

  3. 1952
    Lone Star

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1952
    The World in His Arms

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1952
    Bend of the River

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1951
    Iron Man

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1950
    The Great Jewel Robber

    Movie Writer

  8. 1950
    Winchester '73

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1950
    Montana

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1948
    Red River

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1948
    The Man from Colorado

    Movie Original Story

  12. 1947
    Tycoon

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1946
    I've Always Loved You

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1945
    Flame of Barbary Coast

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1945
    This Man's Navy

    Movie Story

  16. 1944
    The Fighting Seabees

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1943
    Destroyer

    Movie Screenplay

  18. 1943
    Harrigan's Kid

    Movie Writer

  19. 1942
    Dr. Broadway

    Movie Short Story

  20. 1942
    Blue, White and Perfect

    Movie Story

  21. 1938
    The Devil's Party

    Movie Novel

  22. 1937
    Midnight Taxi

    Movie Story

  23. 1935
    Under Pressure

    Movie Screenplay