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A. I. Bezzerides
Highest Rated: 100% Thieves' Highway (1949)
Lowest Rated: 90% On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Birthday: Aug 9, 1908
Birthplace: Samsun, Turkey
Hard-hitting, noir-oriented scenarist. Bezzerides provided the novel basis for a couple of films and his most notable screenplay is for the deft, relentless adaptation of Mickey Spillane's crackling private dick tale, "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest Mother of 'Em All | Screenwriter | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Jayhawkers | Screenwriter | - | 1959 |
| 98% | 84% | Kiss Me Deadly | Screenwriter | $882 | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Track of the Cat | Screenwriter | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holiday for Sinners | Screenwriter | - | 1952 |
| 90% | 79% | On Dangerous Ground |
Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Sirocco | Screenwriter | - | 1951 |
| 100% | 79% | Thieves' Highway |
Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1949 |
| 92% | 70% | They Drive by Night | Writer | - | 1940 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Writer | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Writer | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Writer | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Writer | 1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Writer | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Writer | 1955 |