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Howard Koch is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Radio Play American born on 12 december 1901 at New York City (USA)

Howard Koch

Howard Koch
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 december 1901 at New York City (USA)
Death 17 august 1995 (at 93 years) at Woodstock (USA)

Howard E. Koch (December 12, 1901 – August 17, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.

Biography

Récompensé par l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté pour Casablanca en 1944 (avec Philip Epstein et Julius J. Epstein), il fut en 1951 inscrit sur la liste noire des studios hollywoodiens.

Best films

Sergeant York (1941)
(Scriptwriter)
Casablanca (1943)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(8 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(8 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(7 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(6 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Howard Koch (27 films)

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Actor

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt, 1h18
Directed by Tommy Noonan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Tommy Noonan, Paul Gilbert, T. C. Jones, Howard Koch, Alvy Moore
Roles Dr. Otis Salverson
Rating47% 2.3746552.3746552.3746552.3746552.374655
An out of work Method actor is hired by a stripper, a male model, and a car salesman to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist on their behalf; the three "nuts" lack the funds to see the psychiatrist on their own, hence the request. The actor has to pretend that he alone has all the problems of the three who hired him. The psychiatrist is naturally intrigued and begins secretly recording her sessions with him.

Director

Badge 373
Badge 373 (1973)
, 1h55
Directed by Howard W. Koch, Howard Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Luis Ávalos, Tracey Walter, Orestes Matacena
Rating57% 2.851532.851532.851532.851532.85153
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense, abrasive and racist Irish NYPD cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a Puerto Rican suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop, but that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to find out who killed his partner of three years, Gigi Caputo (Louis Cosentino), all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryan's search leads him to Puerto Rican drug kingpin Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and a shipment of guns for Puerto Rican independenistas.

Scriptwriter

The Fox
The Fox (1967)
, 1h51
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea
Rating64% 3.2461653.2461653.2461653.2461653.246165
Jill Banford and Ellen March struggle to support themselves by raising chickens on an isolated farm in rural Canada. Dependent Jill tends to household chores and finances while the self-sufficient Ellen deals with heavier work, such as chopping wood, repairing fences, and stalking the fox that keeps raiding their coops, although she is hesitant about killing it. Jill seems content with their secluded existence, but the frustrated Ellen is less enchanted by the solitude.
Journey Out Of Darkness, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ed Devereaux
Rating53% 2.690382.690382.690382.690382.69038
In 1901, trooper Peterson is sent to the Australian outback to arrest an aboriginal man responsible for a ritual killing. He is accompanied by blacktracker Jubbal.
633 Squadron, 1h41
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston, Michael Goodliffe
Rating63% 3.1978053.1978053.1978053.1978053.197805
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman travels to Great Britain to report the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's No. 633 Squadron is assigned to destroy it. The squadron is led by Wing Commander Roy Grant, an ex-Eagle Squadron pilot (U.S. fighter pilots serving in the RAF before America entered the war).
The War Lover, 1h45
Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Crawford, Ed Bishop, Burt Kwouk
Rating64% 3.2459153.2459153.2459153.2459153.245915
In 1943, Captain Buzz Rickson (Steve McQueen) is an arrogant pilot in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed The Body. While stationed in England during World War II, one of the bombing missions is aborted because clouds obscure all potential targets, but Rickson ignores the order to turn around and dives under the clouds. He completes the mission, at the cost of one of the bombers in his squadron and its entire crew. Rickson revels in the fighting and destruction; when he is assigned to drop propaganda leaflets, he makes his displeasure felt by buzzing the airfield. His commanding officer tolerates his repeated insubordination because he is the best pilot in the bomber group. Even so, when he asks the flight surgeon his opinion, the latter is uncertain whether Rickson is a hero or a psychopath. However Rickson's crew, especially his co-pilot, Lieutenant Ed Bolland (Robert Wagner), trusts his great flying skill, .
The Greengage Summer, 1h39
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Claude Nollier, Raymond Gérôme, Jane Asher
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.339643.339643.339643.339643.33964
Joss Grey (Susannah York), a 16-year-old English girl, finds herself responsible for the care of her three younger siblings on a summer vacation in France when their mother is suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital. When they go to the Hotel Oeillets, proprietress Mademoiselle Zisi (Danielle Darrieux) does not want the responsibility of unchaperoned children, but her enigmatic English lover Eliot (Kenneth More) persuades her to accept them. As the days pass, she wishes she had stuck to her original answer; she is increasingly jealous of the attention Eliot pays to the children—especially to Joss.
Finger of Guilt
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey, Faith Brook, Mervyn Johns
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.096713.096713.096713.096713.09671
Reggie Wilson, a film cutter, has lost his Hollywood career due to an affair with his boss's wife. He has moved to England and made good, marrying the daughter of a studio head and working on new film Eclipse. His new life is threatened when he starts to receive demanding letters from a woman who claims to have had a brief affair with him, and who knows intimate details about his life - but whom he cannot remember at all.
The 13th Letter, 1h25
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Charles Boyer, Linda Darnell, Constance Smith, Michael Rennie, Françoise Rosay, Judith Evelyn
Roles Ecrivain
Rating62% 3.144023.144023.144023.144023.14402
The film concerns a doctor at a Canadian hospital in the province of Quebec, Canada who receives a series of poison pen letters. Later, more letters all signed with the mysterious pseudonym "Raven," are delivered to others in the small Canadian town. The wife of the doctor receives a letter accusing her of having an affair. One letter informs a shell-shocked veteran that he is dying of cancer, causing the distraught man to commit suicide. Quickly, the townsfolk begin pointing fingers at all possible suspects.
No Sad Songs for Me, 1h28
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors, Natalie Wood, John McIntire, Ann Doran
Rating65% 3.2921553.2921553.2921553.2921553.292155
Entre son mari Bradford Scott, géomètre de son métier, et sa fille Polly, Mary Scott est une femme heureuse. D'ailleurs, elle se croit à nouveau enceinte et va consulter le docteur Ralph Frene, un ami de la famille. Ce dernier lui annonce que tel n'est pas le cas et que, d'après les examens poussés qu'il lui a fait passer, elle est atteinte d'un cancer incurable. Mary apprend l'horrible vérité: elle n'a plus que dix mois à vivre…
Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1h26
Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Erskine Sanford, Marcel Journet, Betty Blythe, Art Smith
Rating78% 3.947723.947723.947723.947723.94772
In Vienna in the early twentieth century, Lisa (Joan Fontaine), a teenager living in an apartment complex, becomes fascinated by a new tenant, concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Stefan is making a name for himself through energetic performances. Lisa becomes obsessed with Stefan, staying up late to listen to him play, and sneaking into his apartment and admiring him from a distance. Despite her actions, they only meet once and Stefan takes little notice of her.
Three Strangers, 1h32
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joan Lorring, Robert Shayne
Rating69% 3.4933853.4933853.4933853.4933853.493385
Crystal Shackleford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) lures two strangers, solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and charming and erudite drunkard Johnny West (Peter Lorre) to her London flat on Chinese New Year in 1938 because of her belief that if three strangers make the same wish to an idol of Kwan Yin, Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny, the wish will be granted. Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold on to it until the race is run. Shackleford would use the money to try to win her estranged husband back, Arbutny to smooth the way for his selection to the prestigious Barrister's Club, and Johnny to buy a bar and live in it.
Rhapsody in Blue, 2h15
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Hazel Scott, Julie Bishop, Charles Coburn
Rating69% 3.4946153.4946153.4946153.4946153.494615
La relation tumultueuse du compositeur George Gershwin avec la chanteuse Julie Adams.