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Novelist and playwright who entered films in 1941 (working uncredited on "The Devil and Daniel Webster") and went on to script such riveting features as "House of Strangers" (1949) and "Detective Story" (1951). Yordan was also responsible for a brace of sophisticated westerns, notably "Johnny Guitar" and "Broken Lance" (both 1954) and allegedly lent his name to a number of scripts penned by blacklisted writers during the Hollywood witch-hunt.

Yordan produced his first film in 1949 (an adaptation of his stage hit "Anna Lucasta", which he adapted again for an all-black remake in 1958), and his second, the stinging boxing drama, "The Harder They Fall" in 1956....

Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

John Dillinger - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
Out of the Black - ( Executive Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Houdini - ( Screenplay / 1998 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Unholy - ( Screenplay / 1988 / Released / )
Bloody Wednesday - ( Screenplay / 1987 / Released / Visto International )
Bloody Wednesday - ( Producer / 1987 / Released / Visto International )
Cry Wilderness - ( Producer / 1987 / Released / Visto International )
Cry Wilderness - ( Screenplay / 1987 / Released / Visto International )
Night Train to Terror - ( Screenplay / 1985 / Released / Visto International )
Savage Journey - ( Producer / 1983 / Released / Visto International )
Savage Journey - ( Screenplay / 1983 / Released / Visto International )
Captain Apache - ( Producer / 1971 / Released / Scotia International )
Captain Apache - ( Screenplay / 1971 / Released / Scotia International )
The Royal Hunt of the Sun - ( Producer / 1969 / Released / Cinema Center )
The Royal Hunt of the Sun - ( Screenplay / 1969 / Released / Cinema Center )
Battle of the Bulge - ( Screenplay / 1965 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Battle of the Bulge - ( Producer / 1965 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Crack in the World - ( Executive Producer / 1965 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Circus World - ( From Story / 1964 / Released / )
The Fall of the Roman Empire - ( Screenplay / 1964 / Released / )
55 Days at Peking - ( Screenplay / 1963 / Released / )
The Day of the Triffids - ( Screenplay / 1963 / Released / )
The Day of the Triffids - ( Executive Producer / 1963 / Released / )
El Cid - ( Screenplay / 1961 / Released / )
King of Kings - ( Screenplay / 1961 / Released / )
Studs Lonigan - ( Producer / 1960 / Released / )
Studs Lonigan - ( Screenplay / 1960 / Released / )
The Bramble Bush - ( Screenplay / 1960 / Released / )
Anna Lucasta - ( Screenplay / 1959 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Anna Lucasta - ( Play as Source Material / 1959 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Day of the Outlaw - ( Screenplay / 1958 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
God's Little Acre - ( Screenplay / 1958 / Released / Security Pictures Inc )
The Bravados - ( Screenplay / 1958 / Released / )
The Fiend Who Walked the West - ( Screenplay / 1958 / Released / )
Four Boys and a Gun - ( Screenplay / 1957 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Gun Glory - ( Novel as Source Material / 1957 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
No Down Payment - ( Screenplay / 1957 / Released / )
The Harder They Fall - ( Producer / 1956 / Released / )
The Harder They Fall - ( Screenplay / 1956 / Released / )
The Last Frontier - ( Screenplay / 1956 / Released / )
The Big Combo - ( Screenplay / 1955 / Released / )
The Man From Laramie - ( Screenplay / 1955 / Released / )
Broken Lance - ( Novel as Source Material / 1954 / Released / )
Johnny Guitar - ( Screenplay / 1954 / Released / )
The Naked Jungle - ( Screenplay / 1954 / Released / )
Blowing Wild - ( Screenplay / 1953 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Blowing Wild - ( From Story / 1953 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Detective Story - ( Screenplay / 1951 / Released / )
Edge of Doom - ( Screenplay / 1950 / Released / )
Dillinger - ( Screenplay / 1945 / Released / )
Dillinger - ( From Story / 1945 / Released / )
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Full Biography (Back to top)

Novelist and playwright who entered films in 1941 (working uncredited on "The Devil and Daniel Webster") and went on to script such riveting features as "House of Strangers" (1949) and "Detective Story" (1951). Yordan was also responsible for a brace of sophisticated westerns, notably "Johnny Guitar" and "Broken Lance" (both 1954) and allegedly lent his name to a number of scripts penned by blacklisted writers during the Hollywood witch-hunt.

Yordan produced his first film in 1949 (an adaptation of his stage hit "Anna Lucasta", which he adapted again for an all-black remake in 1958), and his second, the stinging boxing drama, "The Harder They Fall" in 1956. He went on to write or produce a number of increasingly top-heavy extravaganzas, including "El Cid" (1961) and "The Battle of the Bulge" (1965).


Profession(s):
producer, screenwriter, playwright, novelist
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
University of Illinois BA
Kent College law
Awards (Back to top)
Oscar Writing (Original Story) "Broken Lance" 1954

Milestones (Back to top)
1949 First film as producer (also co-writer; from play), "Anna Lucasta"
1942 First film credit as co-writer, "Syncopation"; then under contract to Monogram Pictures for several years
1941 Worked uncredited on screenplay "All that Money Can Buy/The Devil and Daniel Webster"
Formed Security Pictures production company with Sidney Harmon in mid-1950s

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