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A.B. Guthrie Jr.

Historian / Novelist / Journalist / Screenwriter / Writer | * 01/13/1901 († 90, 04/26/1991) | Bedford (United States of America (USA))
Alfred Bertram "Bud" Guthrie Jr. (January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991) was an American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and literary historian known for writing western stories. His novel The Way West won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and his screenplay for Shane (1953) was nominated for an Academy Award. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas. ...

The Kentuckian

NR

1955 | 2.9/5 | 1h 44min
Drama, Western
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Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the ...

The Big Sky

NR

1952 | 3.3/5 | 2h 20min
Adventure, Western, Romance / Love
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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act. ...

Shane

NR

1953 | 3.7/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Western
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In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster w ...

The Way West

NR

1967 | 2.9/5 | 2h 2min
Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
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Awards & Nominations for A.B. Guthrie Jr.

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Movies with A.B. Guthrie Jr. as Crew(5)

Writing/Novel1967 The Way West
Writing/Novel1959 These Thousand Hills
Writing/Screenplay1955 The Kentuckian
Writing/Screenplay1953 Shane
Writing/Novel1952 The Big Sky

Born: Sunday, 01/13 1901 (January) in Bedford (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 04/26 1991 (April) in Choteau (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, University of Washington
Other names for A.B. Guthrie Jr. (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"A. B. Guthrie Jr."
"A. B. Guthrie Junior"
A.B. Guthrie Jr. frequently works together with these people:
George Stevens (3x, Crew)
Kirk Douglas (2x, Actor)
Burt Lancaster (2x, Actor)
Howard Hawks (2x, Crew)
Harold Hecht (2x, Crew)
Douglas Spencer (2x, Actor)
Norma Koch (2x, Crew)
Ted Haworth (2x, Crew)
Henry Wills (2x, Actor)
Paul Wexler (2x, Actor)
Thol Simonson (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:43844, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024