W. R. Burnett

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novelist person screenwriter

W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.

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Label Occurrences
W. R. Burnett canonical 6
W.R. Burnett 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-11-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-04-25 ⓘ
familyName Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName William Riley Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
inspiredFilm High Sierra (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Caesar (1931 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Asphalt Jungle (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Badlanders (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Getaway (1972 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Getaway (1994 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement hardboiled fiction ⓘ
name W. R. Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor hardboiled crime novels adapted into Hollywood films ⓘ
notableWork Dark Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goodbye to the Past NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goodbye, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Sierra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Asphalt Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Catalan Straits NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Cool Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dark Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Giant Swing NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Goldseekers NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Quick Brown Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Roar of the Crowd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanity Row NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Springfield, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedIn Hollywood film industry ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Dark Command (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Sierra (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Antonio (1945 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Asphalt Jungle (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Badlanders (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Getaway (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Racket (1951 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
This Gun for Hire (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Asphalt Jungle → author → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
subject surface form: The Asphalt Jungle (novel)
The Asphalt Jungle (role as Dix Handley) → novelAuthor → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
The Great Escape → screenwriter → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
This Gun for Hire → screenwriter → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
Action in the North Atlantic → screenwriter → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
this entity surface form: W.R. Burnett
Little Caesar → basedOnAuthor → W. R. Burnett ⓘ
The Westerner → screenwriter → W. R. Burnett ⓘ