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Niven Busch

Screenwriter / Novelist / Writer | * 04/26/1903 († 88, 08/25/1991) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel in the Sun (1944) and California Street (1959). He was married to actress Teresa Wright for ten years beginning in 1942. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Western

Known for these Movies & Shows

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. ...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

NR

1946 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire. ...

In Old Chicago

NR

1938 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Action, Drama
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When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she ...

Moss Rose

NR

1947 | 3.3/5 | 1h 22min
Mystery, Thriller
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Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with ...

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

R

1988 | 3.5/5 | 2h 51min
Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Niven Busch

Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Niven Busch as Crew(31)

Writing/Screenplay1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Writing/Story1953 The Moonlighter
Writing/Screenplay1953 The Moonlighter
Writing/Story1953 The Man from the Alamo
Writing/Story1951 Distant Drums
Writing/Screenplay1951 Distant Drums
Writing/Novel1950 The Furies
Production/Producer1950 The Capture
Writing/Writer1950 The Capture
Writing/Novel1950 The Capture
Writing/Screenplay1947 Pursued
Writing/Adaptation1947 Moss Rose
Writing/Screenplay1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Writing/Novel1946 Duel in the Sun
Writing/Novel1946 Till the End of Time
Writing/Story1941 Belle Starr
Writing/Storyboard1941 The Little Foxes
Writing/Screenplay1940 The Westerner
Writing/Screenplay1939 Off the Record
Writing/Screenplay1939 Angels Wash Their Faces
Writing/Story1938 In Old Chicago
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Big Shakedown
Writing/Story1934 The Big Shakedown
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Man with Two Faces
Writing/Screenplay1934 He Was Her Man
Writing/Adaptation1934 Babbitt
Writing/Screenplay1933 College Coach
Writing/Story1933 College Coach
Writing/Screenplay1932 The Crowd Roars
Writing/Writer1932 Miss Pinkerton
Writing/Screenplay1932 Scarlet Dawn

Born: Sunday, 04/26 1903 (April) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 08/25 1991 (August) in San Francisco (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Teresa Wright
Niven Busch frequently works together with these people:
Leo F. Forbstein (8x, Crew)
Orry-Kelly (6x, Crew)
Bernhard Kaun (6x, Crew)
Jack Okey (5x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (5x, Crew)
Joan Blondell (4x, Actress)
Berton Churchill (4x, Actor)
Arthur Aylesworth (3x, Actor)
Tom Reed (3x, Crew)
Howard Hickman (3x, Actor)
Sidney Hickox (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:274840, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024