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William Rose

Highest Rated: 100% The Ladykillers (1955)

Lowest Rated: 69% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Birthday: Dec 12, 1914

Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

American-born writer who, from the late 1940s, wrote several quintessentially English comedies including "Genevieve" (1953), "The Maggie" 1954 and "The Ladykillers" (1955). Rose returned to America in the late 1950s and wrote several entertaining Hollywood romps, making a successful foray into drama with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% The Ladykillers Watchlist 86% 75% Genevieve Watchlist 83% 75% The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Watchlist 80% 67% The Maggie Watchlist 75% 67% The Flim Flam Man Watchlist 71% 86% Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Watchlist 69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Watchlist My Daughter Joy Watchlist Lucky Nick Cain Watchlist Decision Against Time Watchlist

Filmography

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The Girl in Room 2A 25% 1974 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 71% 86% 1967 Writer The Flim Flam Man 75% 67% 1967 Screenwriter The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 83% 75% 1966 Writer Olga's House of Shame 20% 1964 Cinematographer It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 69% 83% 1963 Writer The Smallest Show on Earth 69% 1957 Writer Decision Against Time 1956 Screenwriter The Ladykillers 100% 87% 1955 Screenwriter The Maggie 80% 67% 1954 Screenwriter Genevieve 86% 75% 1953 Writer Lucky Nick Cain 1951 Screenwriter My Daughter Joy 1950 Screenwriter
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