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Philip Yordan is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1 april 1914 at Chicago (USA)
Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who also produced several films.
He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Some of his films include The Chase (1946), Whistle Stop (1946), House of Strangers (1949), Houdini (1953), Broken Lance (1954), Johnny Guitar (1954), The Big Combo (1955), The Harder They Fall (1956), The Bravados (1958) and God's Little Acre (1958, official credit, but actually written by Ben Maddow). He worked several times in collaboration with independent producer Samuel Bronston and contributed to the screenplays of such films as King of Kings (1961), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and Circus World (1964).
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 april 1914 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 march 2003 (at 88 years) at La Jolla (USA)
Birth 1 april 1914 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 march 2003 (at 88 years) at La Jolla (USA)
Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who also produced several films.
He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Some of his films include The Chase (1946), Whistle Stop (1946), House of Strangers (1949), Houdini (1953), Broken Lance (1954), Johnny Guitar (1954), The Big Combo (1955), The Harder They Fall (1956), The Bravados (1958) and God's Little Acre (1958, official credit, but actually written by Ben Maddow). He worked several times in collaboration with independent producer Samuel Bronston and contributed to the screenplays of such films as King of Kings (1961), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and Circus World (1964).
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Fils d'émigrants polonais, il obtint son baccalauréat à l'Université d'Illinois et un diplôme en droit à Chicago. Scénariste très prolifique, sa carrière reste assez trouble. Certains des grands films auxquels il collaborât semblent avoir été écrits par d'autres. D'après Monthly Film Bulletin (mars 1982), les scénarios de Johnny Guitare, Quand la marabunta gronde ou Cote 465 seraient de Ben Maddow. Déjà, Jean-Pierre Coursodon et Bertrand Tavernier soupçonnaient que Philip Yordan n'était qu'un prête-nom pour des auteurs victimes du Maccarthysme. Il signa cependant de bonnes adaptations pour Anthony Mann ou Joseph H.Best films
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Battle for Terra (2007)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films
Actors Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, James Garner, Chris Evans, Danny Glover, Vanessa Johansson
Rating64%
Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) and her friend Senn (Justin Long) are young alien creatures who live on Terra, a planet from a star system in the Milky Way. Terra is a peaceful planet of alien creatures who have a rich semi-advanced culture.
Caged Fury (1990)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Erik Estrada, James Hong, Michael Parks, Janine Lindemulder, Ron Jeremy, Paul L. Smith
Rating39%
Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie-clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favours for early parole.
The Unholy (1988)
, 1h42Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, William Russ, Hal Holbrook, Trevor Howard, Peter Frechette
Roles Writer
Rating50%
Father Michael (Ben Cross) is appointed pastor of St Agnes church after surviving a fall. Closed for three years following the mysterious deaths of his predecessors, he attempts to find out why he has become the 'Chosen One' while resisting a powerful demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman.
Bloody Wednesday (1987)
, 1h36Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Rating39%
Harry, an auto mechanic is going through a nasty divorce. When he gets fired from his job, Harry begins to lose his mind; he walks into a church completely nude and is subsequently committed to a mental hospital. After his release, he decides to stay in an abandoned hotel where he begins having hallucinations. As his life degenerates, Harry begins to plan a shooting massacre at a local fast food restaurant.
Night Train to Terror (1985)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Horror
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Ghost films
Actors John Phillip Law, Cameron Mitchell, Tony Giorgio, Richard Moll, Ferdy Mayne, Marc Lawrence
Roles Writer
Rating42%
God and Satan are on board a train and discuss the fate of three individuals. In the first story, "The Case of Harry Billings", a man is kidnapped and taken to an insane asylum where he is put under hypnosis and lures victims to be tortured and murdered as part of an organ-harvesting operation. The second story, "The Case of Gretta Connors", entails two young lovers who become involved in a sinister cult of people fascinated with death. The final story "The Case of Claire Hansen" involves an apprentice to the Devil who is out to destroy mankind and a group of immortals who are out to stop him.
Bad Man's River (1971)
, 1h30Directed by Eugenio Martín
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Simón Andreu, Gianni Garko, Aldo Sambrell
Roles Story
Rating46%
Roy King's gang robs a bank and flees to Mexico on a train. Roy meets a beautiful woman, Alicia, and marries her, only to have her run off with all of the money.
Captain Apache (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Alexander Singer
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Tony Vogel, Dan van Husen
Rating47%
Lee Van Cleef stars as Captain Apache, a Native American US army officer on the case of solving the last words of a dead Commissioner, “April morning”. Each time he nears discovering the meaning of the phrase, a character dies and throws him off the trail. The journey eventually takes the captain to a train, one which pulls a private rail road car named “April Morning”, transporting President Ulysses S. Grant. Putting the information together leads the Captain to the realizing an assassination is about to take place and he is the only one who can prevent it.
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
, 2h1Directed by Irving Lerner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting, Michael Craig, James Donald
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60%
With a small rag-tag band of soldiers, Francisco Pizarro enters the Inca Empire and captures its leader, Atahualpa. Pizarro promises to free him in return for a golden ransom, but later finds himself conflicted between his desire to conquer and his friendship for his captive...
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
, 2h48Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Military Intelligence officer and former policeman Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley (Fonda) and his pilot, Joe, are flying a reconnaissance mission over the Ardennes forest, spotting a German staff car. Under the ground in a subterranean lair, German Col. Martin Hessler (Shaw), a fictional character loosely based on SS-Standartenführer Jochen Peiper, is briefed by his superior, Gen. Kohler (Werner Peters). Kohler points out a clock with a 50-hour countdown, which is the time allotted for the operation, beyond which Germany has no resources for full-scale attack. At the same time German soldiers disguised as American troops, led by Lt. Schumacher (Ty Hardin), are tasked with seizing vital bridges and sowing confusion behind the Allied lines.
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
, 3h8Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer
Rating66%
In the winter of 180 A.D., the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (Guinness) fights to keep Germanic barbarians from invading his northern territories on the Danube frontier. His deputies are the Greek ex-slave Timonides (Mason), a closet Christian, and the stern and honest general Gaius Livius (Boyd). Livius has close connections with the imperial family, being the lover of Aurelius' philosopher daughter Lucilla (Loren) and a friend of her brother Commodus (Plummer). Nevertheless, he is amazed to hear that Aurelius wants to make him his heir. Despite his military obligations the emperor has egalitarian ideals, dreaming of a day when Rome grants equal rights to men of all nations. He knows that he will not live to achieve this end, and trusts Livius to do so more than his charismatic but brutal son. The discovery that his father has effectively disinherited him hurts Commodus immensely, and damages the almost brotherly relationship he had enjoyed with Livius.
Circus World (1964)
, 2h16Directed by Henry Hathaway, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Circus films
Actors John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth, Lloyd Nolan, John Smith, Richard Conte
Roles Story
Rating61%
In 1901, Matt Masters (John Wayne), a Wild West circus star in the mold of Buffalo Bill Cody, bought a bankrupt circus in 1885 and successfully rebuilt it into a combination three ring and Wild West extravaganza, mixing Wild West Show acts with conventional circus acts in a winning combination. He has successfully toured the United States for more than a decade. Now that the century is about to turn, he wants to take his show to Europe.
55 Days at Peking (1963)
, 2h34Directed by Nicholas Ray, Andrew Marton, Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, Burt Kwouk, John Ireland
Rating67%
55 Days in Peking is a dramatization of the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion which took place from 1898-1900 in China. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson.
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
, 1h33Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn Johns, Carole Ann Ford
Rating60%
Triffids are tall plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behaviour. They are able to move about by "walking" on their roots, appear to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on their rotting carcasses. Their appearance is vaguely similar to gigantic asparagus shoots topped with a flower-like 'head' that somewhat resemble a Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid and houses their deadly stinger.
El Cid (1961)
, 3h4Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, John Fraser, Hurd Hatfield
Rating71%
General Ibn (pronounced Ben) Yusuf (Herbert Lom) of the Almoravid dynasty has summoned all the Emirs of Al-Andalus to North Africa and chastises them for their complacency in dealing with the infidels and reveals his plan for Islamic world domination.
King of Kings (1961)
, 2h48Directed by Nicholas Ray, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell, Viveca Lindfors
Rating69%
In 63 BC, Pompey conquers Jerusalem and the city is sacked. He enters the Temple to seize the treasure of Solomon and massacres the priests there. He discovers that the treasure is only a collection of scrolls of the Torah. These he holds over a fire until an old priest reaches for them imploringly. Pompey relents and hands them to the old man.