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Robert Buckner is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 28 may 1906 at Crewe (USA)

Robert Buckner

Robert Buckner
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 may 1906 at Crewe (USA)
Death 1 august 1989 (at 83 years) at Guadalajara (Mexique)

Robert Buckner (May 28, 1906 – August, 1989) was a film screenwriter, producer and short story writer.

He wrote the screenplays for films including Knute Rockne All American (1940). As a producer, the Crewe, Virginia-born Buckner worked on the 1946 John Garfield film Nobody Lives Forever, Confidential Agent (1945) with Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall, and Mission to Moscow (1943).

Buckner studied at the University of Virginia and the University of Edinburgh. He began his professional writing career at age 20, as London correspondent for the New York World.

He specialized in Westerns at the end of his career.

In his later life, Buckner lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He was a fine artist and recognized leader in the art community there. He died and was buried in San Miguel in 1989.

He is survived by his son Robert Buckner Jr., last known to be living in the Portland, Oregon area.

Biography

Robert Buckner exerce un certain nombre de métiers avant de se tourner vers le cinéma : correspondant en Angleterre pour le New York World, commercial et publicitaire à New York, journaliste indépendant en Russie et en Scandinavie. Au milieu des années 1930, il est sous contrat avec les studios Columbia, puis avec Warner Bros. À la fin des années 1940, il devient aussi producteur.

Best films

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
(Scriptwriter)
San Antonio (1945)
(Producer)
Jezebel (1938)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(14 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(14 films)
Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
(7 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Buckner (41 films)

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Director

Devotion
Devotion (1946)
, 1h47
Directed by Edward Chodorov, Robert Buckner, Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Films about families
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Nancy Coleman, John Arthur Kennedy
Rating65% 3.2946453.2946453.2946453.2946453.294645
The story takes place in the early 1800s, when the Brontë sisters Charlotte and Anne have made the decision to leave their family - their sister Emily, their brother Branwell, their aunt and their vicar father - to take positions as governesses in other families. The two sisters long to break free from their tedious life and get experiences from the outside world, to prepare for their careers as writers.
Virginia City, 1h58
Directed by Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, Miriam Hopkins, Michael Curtiz, Robert Buckner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale
Rating67% 3.395233.395233.395233.395233.39523
Union officer Kerry Bradford (Errol Flynn) stages a daring escape from a Confederate prison run by prison commander Vance Irby (Randolph Scott) after learning that the rebels plan to smuggle five million dollars in gold from Virginia City, Nevada (in Union territory), to Texas, from where it can be shipped to Richmond, Virginia to aid the Confederate war effort. Bradford reports to Union headquarters and is immediately sent to Virginia City to determine where the gold is being kept. On the stagecoach, he meets and falls in love with the elegant Julia Hayne (Miriam Hopkins), who unbeknownst to him is in fact a dance-hall girl—and a rebel spy! Also on the stagecoach is the legendary John Murrell (Humphrey Bogart), leader of a gang of "banditos" traveling as a gun salesman. Before he and his gang can rob the stage, Bradford gets the drop on them and they escape empty-handed.

Scriptwriter

Return of the Gunfighter, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martin, John Davis Chandler, Ana Martín, Michael Pate
Roles Story
Rating63% 3.183373.183373.183373.183373.18337
An old gunslinger Ben Wyatt (Taylor) is released from prison after five years. He meets Lee Sutton (Chad Everett), who is on the run for killing a man in a gunfight. Wyatt finds that his close friends the Domingos have been killed. He takes Sutton, who is weak from being wounded in the gunfight, to find Anisa Domingo (Ana Martin), the daughter of Wyatt's slain friends. Wyatt agrees to let Anisa help him find her parent's killers.
Moon Pilot
Moon Pilot (1962)
, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Space opera, Children's films
Actors Tom Tryon, Edmond O'Brien, Brian Keith, Dany Saval, Tommy Kirk, Bob Sweeney
Rating54% 2.7103252.7103252.7103252.7103252.710325
Astronaut Capt. Richmond Talbot inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He is ordered to keep the upcoming moon flight a secret, even from his family. Due to the classified nature of the mission, he is placed under the watchful eye of several national security agencies.
From Hell to Texas, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Diane Varsi, John Larch, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Ecrivain
Rating68% 3.4335753.4335753.4335753.4335753.433575
Tod Lohman is on the run from a posse. The ruthless land baron Hunter Boyd has sent men, including sons Otis and Tom, in pursuit of Tod for having killed another son.
Safari
Safari (1956)
, 1h30
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver, Earl Cameron, Liam Redmond
Roles Story
Rating56% 2.8052352.8052352.8052352.8052352.805235
When American white hunter Ken Duffield (Victor Mature) is off leading a safari, Mau Mau terrorists attack his farm; slaughtering the labourers and livestock. Duffield's son Charlie and Aunt May (Estelle Brody) defend their home against the mass attack but they do not know that their houseboy Jeroge (a poor transliteration of Njoroge) (Earl Cameron) is actually a Mau Mau general. From inside the farmhouse, Jeroge murders Aunt May with a machete and Charlie by repeatedly firing May's rifle into the child.
Love Me Tender, 1h29
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Ken Clark, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock
Rating61% 3.0990253.0990253.0990253.0990253.099025
Presley plays Clint Reno, the youngest of the four Reno brothers who stays home to take care of his mother and the family farm as older brothers Vance, Brett and Ray fight in the American Civil War for the Confederate Army. The family is mistakenly informed that eldest brother Vance has been killed on the battlefield. After four years of war, the brothers return home and find that Vance's girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. Although Vance accepts this wholeheartedly ("We always wanted Cathy in the family"), the family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. The subplot of unresolved passion carries the film; it is clear from the outset upon the Reno brothers return home that Cathy still loves Vance, although she is true to the younger Clint. Honor prevails for Vance, but jealousy turns Clint into an irrationally thinking rival for the love of the heroine.
House of Secrets, 1h37
Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, Gérard Oury, Brenda De Banzie, Geoffrey Keen, David Kossoff
Rating60% 3.047933.047933.047933.047933.04793
The film, based on the novel Storm Over Paris by Sterling Noel, follows a man who is sent undercover to infiltrate an international crime organisation.
A Prize of Gold, 1h40
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Heist films
Actors Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick, George Cole, Donald Wolfit, Joseph Tomelty
Rating59% 2.998512.998512.998512.998512.99851
Master Sergeant Joe Lawrence (Richard Widmark) is stationed in Berlin shortly after the end of World War II where he falls in love with Maria (Mai Zetterling), a refugee.
To Paris with Love, 1h18
Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Jacques François, Austin Trevor, Élina Labourdette, Claude Romain
Rating55% 2.75742.75742.75742.75742.7574
Un noble britannique décidé d'emmener son fils à Paris, dans le but de lui trouver une femme. Ce dernier va en profiter pour faire la même chose pour son père. Mais tout ne va pas se passer comme prévu.
The Man Behind The Gun, 1h22
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey, Roy Roberts
Roles Story
Rating59% 2.951162.951162.951162.951162.95116
Working as an undercover agent, Ransome Callicut travels west by stagecoach. Notorious bandit Vic Sutro tries to rob it, but Callicut captures him and turns over Sutro to an Army captain, Roy Giles, upon arrival in California.
When in Rome, 1h18
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Argentina Brunetti, Mimi Aguglia, Harry Hayden
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.2920853.2920853.2920853.2920853.292085
Father John X. Halligan (Johnson) is a Catholic Priest visiting Rome, Italy for the 1950 Holy Year. Along the way, a con man named Joe Brewster (Douglas), who is wanted by American authorities, steals Halligan's clothing and his identity in the hopes of evading arrest.
Bright Victory, 1h36
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Political films, La cécité
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Will Geer, Rock Hudson
Rating72% 3.637923.637923.637923.637923.63792
During World War II, Larry Nevins, an American sergeant, is blinded by a German sniper while fighting in North Africa. He is taken to a hospital for other blinded soldiers, where he struggles to come to terms with his disability.
Deported
Deported (1950)
, 1h29
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Märta Torén, Marina Berti, Richard Steven Rauber, Claude Dauphin, Mimi Aguglia
Rating61% 3.0974053.0974053.0974053.0974053.097405
Un gangster américain est extradé vers son pays d'origine, l'Italie.
Sword in the Desert, 1h41
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler, Philip Friend, Joe Turkel
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.290543.290543.290543.290543.29054
Freighter owner and captain Mike Dillon (Dana Andrews) reluctantly smuggles Jewish immigrants into Palestine, making it very clear to the Jewish leader, David Vogel (Stephen McNally), he is only doing it for the money. Dillon is annoyed to learn that he will have to go ashore to get paid the $8000 he is owed. When a British patrol boat arrives sooner than expected, Dillon is forced to join the Jews in their flight for freedom. There are casualties on both sides before the illegal refugees get away, including one of Dillon's men.