CINEFILER

Steve Fisher

Born
August 29, 1912
Died
March 27, 1980
Crime novelist and screenwriter Stephen Gould Fisher adapted his novel into the screenplay for I Wake Up Screaming (1941). He also wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Johnny Angel (1945), Dead Reckoning (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Hunted (1948), I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948), Roadblock (1951), The Big Frame (1952), City That Never Sleeps (1953), Terror Street (1953), Hell's Half Acre (1954), The Big Tip Off (1955), Betrayed Women (1955), The Toughest Man Alive (1955), I Mobster (1958), and also wrote for television.
Known For
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Screenplay
The Restless Breed
(1957)
Screenplay
Tokyo Joe
(1949)
Story
Destination Tokyo
(1943)
Story
Full Filmography
Writing
The Nurse from Brooklyn
(1938)
Story
Navy Secrets
(1939)
Story
I Wake Up Screaming
(1941)
Novel
To the Shores of Tripoli
(1942)
Story
Berlin Correspondent
(1942)
Screenplay
Destination Tokyo
(1943)
Story
Johnny Angel
(1945)
Writer
Lady in the Lake
(1946)
Screenplay
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Screenplay
Song of the Thin Man
(1947)
Screenplay
That's My Man
(1947)
Writer
The Hunted
(1948)
Screenplay
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
(1948)
Screenplay
Tokyo Joe
(1949)
Story
Roadblock
(1951)
Screenplay
Flat Top
(1952)
Writer
The Big Frame
(1952)
Screenplay
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
(1952)
Screenplay
Battle Zone
(1952)
Writer
City That Never Sleeps
(1953)
Writer
36 Hours
(1953)
Screenplay
Vicki
(1953)
Novel
Woman They Almost Lynched
(1953)
Screenplay
San Antone
(1953)
Screenplay
The Man from the Alamo
(1953)
Screenplay
Sea of Lost Ships
(1953)
Screenplay
Hell's Half Acre
(1954)
Writer
The Shanghai Story
(1954)
Screenplay
Susan Slept Here
(1954)
Theatre Play
The Big Tip Off
(1955)
Writer
Las Vegas Shakedown
(1955)
Screenplay
Top Gun
(1955)
Story and Screenplay
Night Freight
(1955)
Writer
Betrayed Women
(1955)
Writer
Man on the Ledge
(1955)
Teleplay
The Restless Breed
(1957)
Screenplay
Courage of Black Beauty
(1957)
Screenplay
I, Mobster
(1959)
Writer
Noose for a Gunman
(1960)
Story
September Storm
(1960)
Story
The Quick Gun
(1964)
Story
Law of the Lawless
(1964)
Writer
Young Fury
(1964)
Screenplay and Story
Black Spurs
(1965)
Writer
Johnny Reno
(1966)
Screenplay and Story
Waco
(1966)
Screenplay
Red Tomahawk
(1967)
Writer
Hostile Guns
(1967)
Screenplay
Fort Utah
(1967)
Story
Rogue's Gallery
(1968)
Screenplay and Story
Arizona Bushwhackers
(1968)
Screenplay and Story
The Clones
(1973)
Screenplay
The Last Day
(1975)
Screenplay and Story
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