William Bowers

출생 : 1916-01-17, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

사망 : 1987-03-27

약력

William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. His first credited screenplay was My Favorite Spy in 1942. His career noticeably picked up after his Oscar nomination for the gritty Gregory Peck Western The Gunfighter in 1950, leading to such assignments as the remake of My Man Godfrey in 1957 and The Sheepman in 1958 (a second Oscar nomination). Bowers produced the last film that he wrote, the superior Western parody Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). He also had a bit part as an actor in The Godfather Part II (1974).

참여 작품

More Wild Wild West
Teleplay
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Writer
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Writer
A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
Mobile Two
Producer
A TV reporter whose career was ruined by his drinking gets another chance when he is hired by a TV news program.
The Gun and the Pulpit
Teleplay
In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
Sidekicks
Writer
Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the capture of an outlaw.
보안관
Producer
서부 개척 시대, 한 젊은이가 단지 돈을 벌기 위해 보안관이 된다. 그는 소심한 사람으로 사건이 어려워지면 몰래 도망갈 궁리를 하고 있다. 막상 사건이 벌어지자 그는 아주 창의적인 생각으로 사건을 해결하는데... (CNTV)
보안관
Screenplay
서부 개척 시대, 한 젊은이가 단지 돈을 벌기 위해 보안관이 된다. 그는 소심한 사람으로 사건이 어려워지면 몰래 도망갈 궁리를 하고 있다. 막상 사건이 벌어지자 그는 아주 창의적인 생각으로 사건을 해결하는데... (CNTV)
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Screenplay
Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.
Way... Way Out
Writer
A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Screenplay
Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.
-30-
Writer
A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.
Alias Jesse James
Writer
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
Imitation General
Screenplay
An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.
고스트타운의 결투
Screenplay
골드 슬림의 보안관인 제이크 웨이드(Jake Wade: 로버트 테일러 분)는 교수형 집행을 앞둔 옛동료 클린트(Clint Hollister: 리차드 위드마크 분)를 유치장에서 꺼내준다. 클린트는 과거 전쟁 때 제이크와 함께 군에서 게릴라 부대에 있었는데, 전쟁 후에도 이때 배운 것을 이용하여 은행을 털고 역마차를 습격하였다. 그러나, 은행을 털다가 아이를 죽이게 된 제이크는 가책을 느끼고 클린트를 배신하여 손을 떼고, 이제는 어엿한 보안관에, 결혼을 앞둔 아름다운 페기(Peggy: 패트리시아 오웬스 분)라는 여자도 있다. 그런데 클린트는 냉혈인으로, 자신의 범죄에 대해 일단의 양심도 느끼지 못하는 인물이다. 자유롭게 된 그는 곧 부하들을 데리고 유감이 많은 제이크 앞에 나타난다. 그리고 페기와 그를 납치하여 제이크가 손을 뗄 때 땅 속에 묻어둔 2만달러를 찾으려한다. 그리하여 클린트와 그의 부하들, 그리고 제이크와 페기는 숨겨둔 돈이 묻힌 곳으로 향한다. 그런데 그곳은 인디언 코만치족의 습격으로 폐허가 되어있는 위험한 곳이었다. 일행은 곧 코만치족의 습격을 받게 되고, 클린트의 부하가 한 명만 남고 모두 죽는다. 다음날 돈이 묻힌 곳을 파던 제이크는 그곳에서 함께 묻혀있던 총을 발견하여 클린트를 향해 겨눈다. 상황은 반전되고, 제이크는 옛날 친분이 있던 클린트의 부하에게 페기를 안전하게 데려가게 한다. 그리고 클린트와의 운명적인 결투가 시작된다. 제이크와 클린트는 낡은 가옥 주위를 둘러싸고 쫓고 쫓기는 긴박한 상황 속에서, 마침내 제이크가 클린트를 쏘는데...
The Sheepman
Screenplay
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
My Man Godfrey
Screenplay
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Screenplay
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.
5 Against the House
Screenplay
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
최후의 증인
Screenplay
갱단 두목, 코스테인의 위법 행위에 대해 증언을 하기로 했던 피트가 살해되자 로이드 할렛 검사(Lloyd Hallett: 에드워드 G. 로빈슨 분)는 코스테인(Benjamin Costain: 론 그린 분)의 위법 행위 때 현장에 같이 있었고, 그 당시 감옥에 수감돼 있던 피트의 정부 셰리 콘리(Sherry Conley: 긴저 로저스 분)를 증언대에 세우기로 하고 호텔로 데려와 보호한다. 하지만 셰리는 증언하기를 꺼리고 코스테인은 한시 바삐 셰리를 처치하려고 혈안이 돼 있다. 셰리를 보호, 감시하는 경찰관 빈스(Vince Striker: 브라이언 키스 분)와 셰리는 서로에게 사랑을 느끼게 되고 달콤한 시간을 보내던 중 코스테인의 부하가 침입해 총을 난사하고, 여경찰 윌로비 부인이 총에 맞고도 끝까지 셰리를 피신시켜 주고 죽는 사고가 발생한다. 자신을 구하고 죽은 윌로비 부인에 대한 죄스러움과 고마움, 그리고 슬픔 때문에 셰리는 더욱 빈스에게 의지하게 되는데, 피가 묻은 옷을 갈아입으러 외출했던 빈스는 코스테인 일당에게 납치돼 셰리를 처치하는 일에 동조하지 않으면 목숨을 빼았겠다는 협박을 받는다. 갈등을 겪던 빈스는 결국 콘스테인의 말대로 킬러가 들어올 수 있도록 욕실 창문을 열어놓지만 마지막 순간 셰리의 방에 뛰쳐 들어가 셰리를 지키고 죽는다. 그리고 슬픔과 분노에 가득찬 셰리는 콘스테인을 벌하기 위한 증언대에 선다.
She Couldn't Say No
Screenplay
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Split Second
Screenplay
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.
Assignment: Paris
Screenplay
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.
The San Francisco Story
Writer
After five years of being away, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea) returns to San Francisco to find it filled with corruption - and crooked politicians. It isn't until he meets a beautiful San Franciscan (Yvonne De Carlo), that Nelson decides to get involved with bringing law-and-order to the city by the bay!
더 몹
Screenplay
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.
크라이 댄저
Screenplay
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Screenplay
Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.
Convicted
Screenplay
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
권총왕
Story
서부의 유명한 총잡이인 지미 링고는 가는데마다 멋모르는 젊은이들 때문에 늘 싸움에 휘말린다. 그러던 중 에디라는 청년을 죽이게 되고, 그의 세 형에게 쫓긴다. 그는 사랑하는 여인인 페기와 아들이 있는 마을로 가지만 페기는 그를 만나주려 하지 않고 그녀를 기다리며 설득하는 동안 에디의 형들은 그를 쫓아 마을까지 온다. 가까스로 그 형들은 따돌렸지만 그 마을의 망나니인 헌트가 뒤에서 총을 쏘는 바람에 지미 링고는 죽게 된다. 그는 죽으며 헌트에게 벌을 내리는 대신 자신처럼 유명인으로서 쫓기며 살게 하라고 당부한다.
권총왕
Screenplay
서부의 유명한 총잡이인 지미 링고는 가는데마다 멋모르는 젊은이들 때문에 늘 싸움에 휘말린다. 그러던 중 에디라는 청년을 죽이게 되고, 그의 세 형에게 쫓긴다. 그는 사랑하는 여인인 페기와 아들이 있는 마을로 가지만 페기는 그를 만나주려 하지 않고 그녀를 기다리며 설득하는 동안 에디의 형들은 그를 쫓아 마을까지 온다. 가까스로 그 형들은 따돌렸지만 그 마을의 망나니인 헌트가 뒤에서 총을 쏘는 바람에 지미 링고는 죽게 된다. 그는 죽으며 헌트에게 벌을 내리는 대신 자신처럼 유명인으로서 쫓기며 살게 하라고 당부한다.
The Gal Who Took the West
Story
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
The Gal Who Took the West
Screenplay
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
크리스 크로스
Writer
이혼한 아내 애나를 잊지 못한 스티브는 애나를 되찾기 위해 LA로 돌아온다. 스티브는 애나를 다시 만나는데, 그녀는 이제 암흑가에 속해 있다. 가족들의 만류에도 불구하고, 스티브는 애나를 구하려 한다. 그러나 애나는 급히 갱인 슬림 던디와 결혼하고, 스티브는 애나를 위해 위험을 무릅쓴다. 돈 트레이시의 동명 소설을 각색한 누아르. 시오드맥의 (1946)로 데뷔하여 굵은 선의 투박한 매력으로 인기 배우가 되었던 버트 랭카스터와 시오드맥이 다시 만난 작품이다. © Park Circus(UK) (2018년 영화의 전당)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Writer
This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
Larceny
Screenplay
John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow (Joan Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Payne falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss (Dan Duryea), who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
Pitfall
Screenplay
An insurance man's affair with a blonde leads to guilt, murder and a confession to his wife.
River Lady
Screenplay
In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business.
Black Bart
Screenplay
Cheerful outlaw Charlie Boles leaves former partners Lance and Jersey and heads for California, where the Gold Rush is beginning. Soon, a lone gunman in black is robbing Wells Fargo gold shipments. One fateful day, the stage he robs carries old friends Lance and Jersey...and notorious dancer Lola Montez, coming to perform in Sacramento. Black Bart and Lance become rivals for both Lola's favors and Wells Fargo's gold.
Jungle Patrol
Story
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Story
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
Something in the Wind
Screenplay
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
The Web
Screenplay
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term but high-paid job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Ladies' Man
Story
A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.
The Fabulous Suzanne
Story
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.
Night and Day
Screenplay
Swellegant and elegant. Delux and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen, Hollywood chose debonair icon Cary Grant. Grant stars for the first time in color in this fanciful biopic. Alexis Smith plays Linda, whose serendipitous meetings with Porter lead to a meeting at the alter. More than 20 of his songs grace this tail of triumph and tragedy, with Grant lending is amiable voice to "You're the Top", "Night and Day" and more. Monty Woolley, a Yale contemporary of Porter, portrays himself. And Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Eve Arden and others provide vocals and verve. Lights down. Curtain up. Showtune standards embraced by generations are yours to enjoy in "Night and Day."
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Story
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
Sing Your Way Home
Screenplay
In this musical comedy, an arrogant war journalist is sailing back to the Big Apple after the end of WW II. En route, he has been assigned to watch over a band of teenagers who were trapped in Europe four years ago while entertaining the troops. Their entrapment has done nothing to dim their enthusiasm for performing and while waiting for passage the crews entertain everyone at every opportunity. Songs include: "I'll Buy That Dream" (sung by Anne Jeffreys), "Heaven Is a Place Called Home," "Seven O'Clock in the Morning (Waking up Boogie)," "Somebody Stole My Poor Little Heart" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel), and "The Lord's Prayer" (arranged by Albert Hay Malotte).
The Adventures of a Rookie
Story
Two bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house "for women only". When the cook comes down with scarlet fever, the authorities quarantine the house and the pair find themselves locked up in a house full of attractive women.
Seven Days' Leave
Screenplay
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.