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Nunnally Johnson

Highest Rated: 100% Three Came Home (1950)

Lowest Rated: 40% Along Came Jones (1945)

Birthday: Dec 5, 1897

Birthplace: Columbus, Georgia, USA

Though not consistently successful, Johnson's overall output clearly marks him as one of the best scenarists to work within the Hollywood system. Prolific and versatile, he wrote or co-wrote impressive American portraits ("Jesse James" 1939, "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940), urban thrillers ("The Woman in the Window" 1944) and tough action capers ("Flaming Star" 1960, "The Dirty Dozen" 1967), as well as a host of memorable comedies. His occasional attempts during the 1950s to direct his own screenplays were generally less successful, though he did well enough by "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956) and "The Three Faces of Eve" (1957). Johnson married actress Dorris Bowdon in 1940 and co-wrote the screenplay for "The World of Henry Orient" (1964) with his daughter Nora, author of the original novel.

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Highest rated movies

100% 69% Three Came Home
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100% 55% The House of Rothschild
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100% 76% The Pied Piper
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100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath Watchlist
94% 77% The Three Faces of Eve
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94% 89% The Gunfighter
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91% 58% The World of Henry Orient
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89% 71% The Prisoner of Shark Island
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86% 50% Night People
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83% 62% The Desert Fox
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
82% 90% The Dirty Dozen Writer - 1967
91% 58% The World of Henry Orient Screenwriter - 1964
No Score Yet 67% Take Her, She's Mine Screenwriter - 1963
80% 69% Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Screenwriter - 1962
No Score Yet 36% The Angel Wore Red Director - 1960
No Score Yet 25% The Man Who Understood Women Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Director,
Producer
- 1957
94% 77% The Three Faces of Eve Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter
- 1957
71% 73% The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Director,
Screenwriter
- 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Be Very, Very Popular Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1955
86% 50% Night People Director - 1954
No Score Yet 56% Black Widow Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1954
81% 78% How to Marry a Millionaire Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1953
No Score Yet 51% Phone Call From a Stranger Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1952
60% 74% My Cousin Rachel Producer,
Screenwriter
- 1952
83% 62% The Desert Fox Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1951
94% 89% The Gunfighter Producer - 1950
100% 69% Three Came Home Producer - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody Does It Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1949
No Score Yet 46% Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Producer,
Screenwriter
- 1948
78% 59% The Dark Mirror Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1946
40% 52% Along Came Jones Screenwriter - 1945
No Score Yet 36% Casanova Brown Producer - 1944
No Score Yet 83% The Keys of the Kingdom Screenwriter - 1944
83% 83% The Woman in the Window Writer,
Producer
- 1944
No Score Yet 80% The Moon Is Down Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1943
No Score Yet 73% Holy Matrimony Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Begins at 8:30 Producer - 1942
82% 58% Roxie Hart Writer,
Producer
- 1942
100% 76% The Pied Piper Writer,
Producer
- 1942
No Score Yet 37% Tobacco Road Writer - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Was an Adventuress Producer - 1940
No Score Yet 40% Chad Hanna Screenwriter - 1940
100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath Screenwriter - 1940
No Score Yet 67% Jesse James Screenwriter - 1939
No Score Yet 0% Banjo on My Knee Screenwriter - 1936
89% 71% The Prisoner of Shark Island Screenwriter - 1936
80% No Score Yet Cardinal Richelieu Producer - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baby Face Harrington Screenwriter - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moulin Rouge Writer - 1934
100% 55% The House of Rothschild Screenwriter - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bedtime Story Screenwriter - 1933