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DIED
January 01, 1978

RECENT CREDITS
The Empire Strikes Back (FILM)  May. 21, 1980
The Long Goodbye (FILM)  Mar. 7, 1973
Rio Lobo (FILM)  Dec. 16, 1970
El Dorado (FILM)  Jun. 7, 1967
13 West Street (FILM)  May. 1, 1962

BIOGRAPHY
American novelist and screenwriter Leigh Brackett is best known for the screenplays she wrote in collaboration with director Howard Hawks. One of her best known Hawks' films is The Big Sleep (1946). Brackett also penned....
American novelist and screenwriter Leigh Brackett is best known for the screenplays she wrote in collaboration with director Howard Hawks. One of her best known Hawks' films is The Big Sleep (1946). Brackett also penned several westerns and other male-oriented action films. Her last screenplay was for The Empire Strikes Back (released in 1980, two years after her death). In addition to screenwriting, Brackett also wrote science fiction and mystery novels.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide



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The Empire Strikes Back
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The Long Goodbye
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Rio Lobo
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El Dorado
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13 West Street
Released: May. 1, 1962


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