James Gunn (screenwriter) – Wikipedia

James Edward Gunn , born the August 22, 1920 in San Francisco in California and died on September 22, 1966 In Los Angeles, California, is an American screenwriter and writer, author of detective novel.

During these studies at Stanford University, James Gunn participated in an exercise in literary and written creativity Deadlier Than the Male , story of a woman who came to Reno to divorce and who discovers carnage in the family pension where she lives. James Gunn describes the behavior of characters animated by their animal impulses in a closed universe. Deadlier Than the Male will be adapted twice in the cinema, first by Robert Wise, without him participating in the writing of the script of Born to kill , then by Benoît Jacquot under the title Body and property .

Faced with the success of the book, he is engaged by the film industry and works for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures. For these three companies, he writes many scenarios of films and television series.

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• Deadlier Than the Male , 1942
  • Female , Black sequence n ^O 50, 1950, La Poche Noire re -editions n ^O 72, 1969; Black square n ^O 407, 1981; Black series with the same number, but subtitled Body and property , 1986

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• 1943: Strangler , adaptation of the novel The G-String Murders Lee pink gypsy, directed by William A. Wellman
• 1947: Born to kill , adaptation of Deadlier Than the Male , produced by Robert Wise
• 1947: The unfaithful , script written with David Goodis, directed by Vincent Sherman
• 1950: The treacherous , adaptation of the part Craig’s Wife by George Kelly, produced by Vincent Sherman
• 1950: Fantastic machine , directed by Henry Levin
• 1951: Two of a Kind , directed by Henry Levin
• 1951: Florida pirates , directed by Earl MCEVOY
• 1952: The Imposter , episode of the series Fireside Theatre  (in) , directed by Frank Wisbar
• 1952: The Trinidad affair, adaptation of a story by Virginia Van Upp and Berne Giler, directed by Vincent Sherman
• 1952 – 1953: Three episodes of the television series Gruen Guild Playhouse
• 1953: All I Desire , adaptation of the novel Stopover by Carol Ryrie Brink, produced by Douglas Sirk
• 1953: Key in the Lock , episode of the television series The Revlon Mirror Theater , directed by Peter Godfrey
• 1954: The Grey and Gold Dress , episode of the television series The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse , produced by Herschel Daugherty
• 1954 – 1955: Six episodes of the television series Studio 57
• 1956: The Unfaithful , screenplay written with David Goodis, episode of the television series Lux Video Theatre  (in) , directed by Earl Eby
• 1956: Over-Exposed , adaptation of a story by Richard Sale directed by Lewis Seiler
• 1956 – 1957: two episodes of the television series Soldiers of Fortune
• 1957: No Fancy Cowboys , episode of the television series State Trooper , directed by Don McDougall
• 1956 – 1957: two episodes of the television series Conflict
• 1958: So That’s Who It Was , episode of the television series Mike Hammer
• 1957 – 1958: two episodes of the television series Colt. 45
• 1956 – 1957 – 1958: Three episodes of the television series Cheyenne
• 1959: The Last man , episode of the television series The large caravan , directed by James Neilson
• 1957 – 1959: Three episodes of the television series Sugarfoot
• 1959: This world apart , adaptation of Richard Powell’s novel The Philadelphian , produced by Vincent Sherman
• 1960: The Marquessa , episode of the television series Maverick , directed by Arthur Lubin
• 1960: Because They’re Young , directed by Paul Wendkos
• 1959 – 1960: two episodes of the television series 77 Sunset Strip
• 1960 – 1961: Six episodes of the television series Checkmate
• 1961: Murder on Order , episode of the television series The Investigators , directed by Joseph H. Lewis
• 1962: New Man in the Precinct , according to Ed McBain’s work, episode of the television series 87th Precinct , directed by Don Taylor
• 1962: The Hands of Danofrio , episode of the television series Alcoa Premiere  (in) , produced by George Schaefer
• 1964: The Robrioz Ring , episode of the television series High tension , directed by David Lowell Rich
• 1965: The Return of the Quicks , episode of the television series The Long, Hot Summer , produced by Don Richardson (in)
• 1986: Body and property , adaptation of his novel Deadlier Than the Male , produced by Benoît Jacquot

• Claude Mestsmen ( you. ), Dictionary of police literature , vol. first : A – I , Nantes, Joseph K; coll. “Black time”, 2007 , 1054 p. (ISBN  978-2-910-68644-4 , OCLC  315873251 ) , p. 910 .
• Claude Mests, The “black series” years: critical bibliography of a detective collection , vol. first : 1945-1959 , Amiens, Editions Encrage, coll. ” Works ” ( n ^O 13), 1992 (ISBN  978-2-906-38934-2 ) , p. 50-51 .