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Frank S. Nugent
New York City, New York, USA
Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote…
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Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
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1971
Mean Justice
Movie Writer
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1966
Incident at Phantom Hill
Movie Screenplay
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1963
Donovan's Reef
Movie Screenplay
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1962
Empire
TV show Writer
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1961
Two Rode Together
Movie Screenplay
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1959
North West Frontier
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Last Hurrah
Movie Screenplay
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1958
Gunman's Walk
Movie Screenplay
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1957
The Rising of the Moon
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Searchers
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Rookie of the Year
Movie Writer
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1955
The Tall Men
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Mister Roberts
Movie Screenplay
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1954
They Rode West
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Trouble in the Glen
Movie Screenplay
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1953
The Red Beret
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Angel Face
Movie Screenplay
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1952
The Quiet Man
Movie Screenplay
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1950
Two Flags West
Movie Story
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1950
Wagon Master
Movie Screenplay
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1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie Screenplay
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1949
Tulsa
Movie Screenplay
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1948
3 Godfathers
Movie Screenplay
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1948
Fort Apache
Movie Screenplay
