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John Twist

Screenwriter | * 07/14/1898 († 77, 02/11/1976) | Albany, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
John Twist (July 14, 1898 – February 11, 1976) was an American screenwriter whose career spanned four decades. Born in Albany, Missouri, Twist began his career in the silent film era, providing the story for such films as Breed of Courage, Blockade, and The Big Diamond Robbery. He earned his first screenwriting credit for The Yellowback in 1929. Twist died in Beverly Hills, California. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Western

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An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders. ...

Twelve Crowded Hours

Certification unknown

1939 | 2.6/5 | 1h 4min
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her ...

Men Against the Sky

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1940 | 2.5/5 | 1h 15min
Drama, War
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An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboar ...

Pacific Liner

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1939 | 2.6/5 | 1h 16min
Adventure, Action
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Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash, Guardsman enters the picture. Dad hates the new g ...

Sea Devils

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1937 | 2.8/5 | 1h 28min
Action
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Movies with John Twist as Crew(60)

Writing/Screenplay1965 None But the Brave
Writing/Screenplay1964 A Distant Trumpet
Writing/Writer1961 Marines, Let's Go
Production/Associate Producer1960 Esther and the King
Writing/Screenplay1959 The FBI Story
Writing/Screenplay1957 Band of Angels
Writing/Writer1956 Santiago
Writing/Screenplay1956 Serenade
Writing/Screenplay1956 Helen of Troy
Writing/Screenplay1955 The Sea Chase
Writing/Writer1954 King Richard and the Crusaders
Writing/Screenplay1953 The Man Behind The Gun
Writing/Writer1953 So Big
Writing/Story1952 Operation Secret
Writing/Screenplay1952 The Big Trees
Writing/Writer1951 Fort Worth
Writing/Screenplay1951 Best of the Badmen
Writing/Writer1950 Dallas
Writing/Screenplay1949 Colorado Territory
Writing/Screenplay1947 Sinbad the Sailor
Writing/Story1947 Sinbad the Sailor
Writing/Screenplay1947 Tycoon
Writing/Writer1943 Bombardier
Production/Producer1942 Four Jacks and a Jill
Writing/Screenplay1942 Four Jacks and a Jill
Writing/Story1942 Army Surgeon
Writing/Adaptation1942 The Navy Comes Through
Writing/Screenplay1941 Parachute Battalion
Writing/Screenplay1940 Too Many Girls
Writing/Story1940 Men Against the Sky
Writing/Screenplay1939 Three Sons
Writing/Screenplay1939 Twelve Crowded Hours
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Saint Strikes Back
Writing/Screenplay1939 Reno
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Great Man Votes
Writing/Screenplay1939 Pacific Liner
Writing/Screenplay1938 Next Time I Marry
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Law West of Tombstone
Writing/Screenplay1937 Hitting a New High
Writing/Screenplay1937 Sea Devils
Writing/Screenplay1937 Flight from Glory
Writing/Screenplay1937 Annapolis Salute
Writing/Screenplay1937 We Who Are About to Die
Writing/Screenplay1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Writing/Screenplay1937 The Toast of New York
Writing/Screenplay1936 The Last Outlaw
Writing/Screenplay1936 Yellow Dust
Writing/Screenplay1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
Writing/Story1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
Writing/Screenplay1935 Annie Oakley
Writing/Screenplay1935 His Family Tree
Writing/Screenplay1935 Grand Old Girl
Writing/Screenplay1935 Another Face
Writing/Writer1934 West of the Pecos
Writing/Screenplay1934 La Cucaracha
Writing/Writer1934 Red Morning
Writing/Screenplay1932 So Big!
Writing/Scenario Writer1929 The Big Diamond Robbery
Writing/Story1928 Blockade
Writing/Story1927 Breed of Courage

Born: Thursday, 07/14 1898 (July) in Albany, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 02/11 1976 (February) in Beverly Hills (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
John Twist frequently works together with these people:
Van Nest Polglase (21x, Crew)
Raoul Walsh (10x, Crew)
Roy Webb (10x, Crew)
Renié (9x, Crew)
Robert Sisk (8x, Crew)
Vernon L. Walker (8x, Crew)
Cliff Reid (7x, Crew)
Albert S. D'Agostino (7x, Crew)
Max Steiner (7x, Crew)
J. Roy Hunt (6x, Crew)
Christy Cabanne (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:108759, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024