James Poe was an American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Academy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer and Smoke, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Known For
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(1958)
Screenplay
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Screenplay
Last Train from Gun Hill
(1959)
Screenplay
Attack
(1956)
Screenplay
Scandal Sheet
(1952)
Screenplay
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Without Honor
(1949)
Writer
Scandal Sheet
(1952)
Screenplay
Paula
(1952)
Writer
A Slight Case of Larceny
(1953)
Story
The Big Knife
(1955)
Writer
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Screenplay
Attack
(1956)
Screenplay
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(1958)
Screenplay
Hot Spell
(1958)
Screenplay
Last Train from Gun Hill
(1959)
Screenplay
Sanctuary
(1961)
Screenplay
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Screenplay
Lilies of the Field
(1963)
Screenplay
Toys in the Attic
(1963)
Writer
The Bedford Incident
(1965)
Screenplay
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
Screenplay
Riot
(1969)
Screenplay
The Gathering
(1977)
Writer
The Gathering, Part II
(1979)
Characters
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
(1980)
Writer
The Nightman
(1992)
Writer