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Harry Brown

Highest Rated: 100% Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Lowest Rated: 47% Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Birthday: Apr 30, 1917

Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA

A novelist and scriptwriter whose "A Walk in the Sun" was adapted for the screen by Lewis Milestone in 1945 to great acclaim, Brown earned an Academy Award nomination for another war-themed film, "The Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949). He shared an Oscar with co-screenwriter Michael Wilson for George Stevens' "A Place in the Sun" (1951). Brown worked on several other notable films, including "Eight Iron Men" (adapted from his play), the Bette Davis vehicle "The Virgin Queen" (1955) and "D-Day the Sixth of June" (1956). His last screenplay was for the crime comedy "Ocean's Eleven" (1960).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 80% Sands of Iwo Jima Watchlist 90% 84% A Place in the Sun Watchlist 83% 64% The Sniper Watchlist 47% 81% Ocean's Eleven Watchlist Sea of Souls Watchlist 40% Eight Iron Men Watchlist 22% All the Brothers Were Valiant Watchlist 72% Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Watchlist 35% D-Day, the Sixth of June Watchlist 47% Only the Valiant Watchlist

Filmography

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El Dorado 1966 Screenwriter Sea of Souls 1965 Screenwriter Ocean's Eleven 47% 81% 1960 Screenwriter The Deep Six 14% 1958 Screenwriter D-Day, the Sixth of June 35% 1956 Screenwriter The Virgin Queen 65% 1955 Screenwriter Many Rivers to Cross 45% 1955 Screenwriter All the Brothers Were Valiant 22% 1953 Screenwriter Eight Iron Men 40% 1952 Screenwriter The Sniper 83% 64% 1952 Writer Bugles in the Afternoon 25% 1952 Screenwriter Only the Valiant 47% 1951 Screenwriter A Place in the Sun 90% 84% 1951 Screenwriter Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 72% 1950 Screenwriter Sands of Iwo Jima 100% 80% 1949 Screenwriter The Man on the Eiffel Tower 36% 1949 Screenwriter Arch of Triumph 54% 1948 Screenwriter Wake of the Red Witch 53% 1948 Screenwriter The Other Love 1947 Screenwriter
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