John W. Cunningham

Nascimento : 1915-07-28,

Morte : 2002-06-04

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John W. Cunningham (July 28, 1915 – June 4, 2002) was an American author who composed a number of Western novels and stories. During the Second World War, he served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. While living in Santa Barbara, California, he became a published novelist. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1985 where he lived until his death. His most famous work was "The Tin Star", a short story which appeared in Colliers Magazine in 1947. It was adapted into the film High Noon in 1952, which starred Gary Cooper alongside Grace Kelly. The adapted screenplay by Carl Foreman was nominated for an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article John W. Cunningham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmes

Na Fúria de uma Sentença
Na Fúria de uma Sentença
Story
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
O Pistoleiro
O Pistoleiro
Story
Tendo sido um espião dos invasores de Quantrill durante a Guerra Civil, Jeff Travis, que se considera um homem procurado, foge para Prescott Arizona, onde encontra Jules Mourret, que conhece seu passado. Ele aceita um emprego na linha do palco em que Mourret está tentando roubar ouro. Quando os homens de Mourret matam um amigo dele, ele decide pegar Mourret e seus homens. Quando seu plano de ter outra quadrilha pegando Mourret falha, ele deve ir atrás deles.
Matar ou Morrer
Matar ou Morrer
Author
Para o xerife Will Kane (Gary Cooper), o dia do seu casamento será marcado não pela emoção, mas pela adrenalina e a perseguição com o perigoso bandido Frank Miller. Miller fugiu atrás de vingança, já que Kane o colocou na prisão. Mas, agora, nem a população local irá ajudá-lo.