David Chandler

Birth : 1912-11-11, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1990-10-19

History

David Chandler was an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright.

Movies

Tomahawk Trail
Writer
Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache territory. When he lets the Indians steal their horses and gets slightly wounded in a skirmish, Sergeant McCoy takes over command. McCoy sucessfully gets them to the fort only to find all the soldiers have meen murdered by the Apaches. He prepares the troops for an attack knowing if they survive the Lieutenant plans to have him court marshaled.
Jack McCall Desperado
Story
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.
You Never Can Tell
Screenplay
Ex-police/army dog King inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. But someone poisons him for his fortune. He gets to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice and protect the girl who used to look after him.
Apache Drums
Screenplay
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
Winter Wonderland
Screenplay
A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.