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Philip Dunne is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing American born on 11 february 1908 at New York City (USA)

Philip Dunne

Philip Dunne
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 february 1908 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 june 1992 (at 84 years) at Malibu (USA)

Philip Dunne est un scénariste et réalisateur américain, né le 11 février 1908 et mort le 2 juin 1992 (à 84 ans).

Biography

Il est le fils de l'humoriste Finley Peter Dunn , et de Margaret Abbott, médaillée à la compétition de golf des Jeux olympiques de Paris de 1900. C'est un scénariste hollywoodien qui a reçu deux nominations aux Oscars.

Pour faire face au Comité des activités-américaines du sénateur Joseph McCarthy, il co-fonde le Comité pour le premier amendement (donc en faveur de la liberté d'expression), avec Myrna Loy, John Huston et William Wyler. Il est aussi cofondateur de la Screen Writers Guild , et siège au conseil d'administration de l'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), de 1946 à 1948.

Best films

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
(Scriptwriter)
The Robe (1953)
(Scriptwriter)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
(Scriptwriter)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
(Scriptwriter)
Forever Amber (1947)
(Writer)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(17 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(13 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(10 films)
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Philip Dunne (42 films)

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Director

Blindfold
Blindfold (1966)
, 1h42
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden, Guy Stockwell, Brad Dexter, Vito Scotti
Rating61% 3.0997353.0997353.0997353.0997353.099735
A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Bartholomew Snow is a government scientist who evidently has had a mental breakdown. General Pratt, a national security chief, hides the patient, Arthur Vicenti, in a remote place known only as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there.
The Inspector, 1h52
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern, Hugh Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Finlay Currie
Rating66% 3.3401553.3401553.3401553.3401553.340155
In 1946 Holland, Lisa Held (Dolores Hart), a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, has fallen prey to ex-Nazi Thorens (Marius Goring), who has promised to smuggle her into Palestine. In reality, Thorens is a white slaver who plans to send Lisa to South America. Unbeknownst to both Lisa and Thorens, they are being trailed by Dutch Inspectors Peter Jongman (Stephen Boyd) and Sergeant Wolters (Donald Pleasence). Jongman carries with him the guilt of not having saved his Jewish fiancée from death at the hands of the Nazis during the war. Jongman follows Lisa and Thorens to London, where Jongman meets with Thorens to discuss Lisa’s situation. During their encounter, Jongman strikes Thorens, who accidentally falls into an SS dagger and dies. Jongman leaves, unaware of Thorens’ death, and thinks Thorens has only passed out from the blow.
Wild in the Country, 1h54
Directed by Jerry Wald, Clifford Odets, Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood
Rating62% 3.1490853.1490853.1490853.1490853.149085
The movie starts off with Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) getting into a fight with, and badly injuring, his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town, appointing Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to give him psychological counselling. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanors including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.
Blue Denim
Blue Denim (1959)
, 1h29
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays
Actors Carol Lynley, Brandon deWilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt, Warren Berlinger, Nina Shipman
Rating65% 3.2891053.2891053.2891053.2891053.289105
The story is set in Dearborn, Michigan, during the 1950s, and revolves around sixteen-year-old Arthur Bartley (Brandon deWilde) and his schoolmates, fifteen-year-old Janet Willard (Carol Lynley) and Ernie (Warren Berlinger). While widower's-daughter Janet laughs at Arthur and Ernie's forays into smoking, drinking, and playing cards, she's always been interested in Arthur, and as Arthur's parents try to shelter him from negative things in life (like the euthanasia of the family dog, done while he's at school), he turns to Janet for comfort.
In Love and War, 1h51
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Bradford Dillman, Sheree North
Rating60% 3.049463.049463.049463.049463.04946
The film traces the progress of three Marines on shore leave during WWII, in the Pacific. One of the men, Nico (Jeffrey Hunter), is a gung-ho patriot; the second, Frankie (Robert Wagner), is a perennial goof-off; and the third, Alan (Bradford Dillman), hopes to prove his worth to his wealthy father.
Ten North Frederick, 1h42
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Gary Cooper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diane Varsi, Suzy Parker, Tom Tully, Tom Tully
Rating67% 3.3950853.3950853.3950853.3950853.395085
In April 1945, outside the titular address in the fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, a radio reporter is describing the funeral of distinguished attorney Joseph Chapin (Gary Cooper). While his shrewish wife Edith (Geraldine Fitzgerald) delivers his eulogy, daughter Ann (Diane Varsi) thinks back to Joe's fiftieth birthday celebration five years earlier.
Hilda Crane, 1h27
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Judith Evelyn, Evelyn Varden, Peggy Knudsen
Rating63% 3.1500653.1500653.1500653.1500653.150065
In the five years since she left Winona, her hometown, Hilda Crane has been divorced twice and acquired quite a dubious reputation. She returns from New York to a scolding mother, who hopes Hilda will have the good sense to marry successful builder Russell Burns and finally settle down.
Three Brave Men, 1h28
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ernest Borgnine, Ray Milland, Frank Lovejoy, Virginia Christine, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger
Rating67% 3.378713.378713.378713.378713.37871
Communist conspiracies seem to be everywhere in the 1950s, particularly in Washington, D.C., where word has reached John Rogers, the Secretary of the Navy, that one of his subordinates is strongly suspected to be a Communist sympathizer.
Prince of Players, 1h42
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Sellars
Rating66% 3.342343.342343.342343.342343.34234
Edwin "Ned" Booth (Richard Burton) is the son of the noted thespian Junius Brutus Booth and the older brother of another actor, John Wilkes Booth. Beginning In 1848, as a boy, and into early manhood, he travels with and assists Junius, who is often drunk and seems at times on the brink of madness.
The Count of Monte Cristo, 1h53
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Philip Dunne, Edward Small
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Lionel Belmore, William Farnum
Rating73% 3.69143.69143.69143.69143.6914
In 1815, a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba. A letter from the exiled Napoleon is given to the ship's captain to deliver to a man in Marseille. Before he dies of a sickness, the captain entrusts the task to his first officer, Edmond Dantès (Donat). However, the city magistrate, Raymond de Villefort, Jr. (Calhern), is tipped off by an informer, the second officer, Danglars (Raymond Walburn), and has both men arrested after the exchange.
Me and My Gal, 1h19
Directed by Raoul Walsh, Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonald, Noel Madison
Rating65% 3.2967653.2967653.2967653.2967653.296765
In this wisecracking comedy, Dan Dolan (Spencer Tracy) is a cop whose beat is the New York waterfront. Dan has a soft spot for Helen Riley (Joan Bennett), a sharp-tongued waitress at a cheap diner, while her scatter-brained sister Kate (Marion Burns) is in love with Duke Castage (George Walsh), a sleazy low-level mobster. While Duke makes a play for Kate, both Helen and Dan know that he's bad news, and Dan wants to put Duke behind bars before he can break Kate's heart. Me and My Gal was directed by Raoul Walsh, one of the great craftsmen of the studio system -- and also the brother of George Walsh, who plays the villain.

Scriptwriter

The Last of the Mohicans, 1h52
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Jodhi May, Eric Schweig, Steven Waddington
Rating76% 3.847523.847523.847523.847523.84752
The action of the story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War (part of the Seven Years' War) in the Adirondack Mountains in what was then the British colony of New York. Three frontiersmen are traveling west to find a new home. The oldest is Chingachgook, the last chief of the Mohican tribe. With him is his son, Uncas, and an adopted son, a white man named Nathaniel Poe, who also goes by the name “Nathaniel Hawkeye”.
Blindfold
Blindfold (1966)
, 1h42
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden, Guy Stockwell, Brad Dexter, Vito Scotti
Rating61% 3.0997353.0997353.0997353.0997353.099735
A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Bartholomew Snow is a government scientist who evidently has had a mental breakdown. General Pratt, a national security chief, hides the patient, Arthur Vicenti, in a remote place known only as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there.
The Agony and the Ecstasy, 2h18
Directed by Carol Reed, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture, Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi
Roles Screenstory
Rating70% 3.54853.54853.54853.54853.5485
Michelangelo Buonarroti, a sculptor from Florence, is first commissioned to craft the Pope's tomb in Rome. Instead, Pope Julius II orders him to paint frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling depicting the Twelve Apostles. After his first attempt at painting the Apostles, he destroys his work and flees to Carrara to quarry Carrara marble. He evades the pope's guard and flees into the mountains, where he becomes inspired.
Blue Denim
Blue Denim (1959)
, 1h29
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays
Actors Carol Lynley, Brandon deWilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt, Warren Berlinger, Nina Shipman
Rating65% 3.2891053.2891053.2891053.2891053.289105
The story is set in Dearborn, Michigan, during the 1950s, and revolves around sixteen-year-old Arthur Bartley (Brandon deWilde) and his schoolmates, fifteen-year-old Janet Willard (Carol Lynley) and Ernie (Warren Berlinger). While widower's-daughter Janet laughs at Arthur and Ernie's forays into smoking, drinking, and playing cards, she's always been interested in Arthur, and as Arthur's parents try to shelter him from negative things in life (like the euthanasia of the family dog, done while he's at school), he turns to Janet for comfort.