Frank S. Nugent
Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
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Movies (23)
Mean Justice
1971 · Writer
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966 · Screenplay
Donovan's Reef
1963 · Screenplay
Two Rode Together
1961 · Screenplay
North West Frontier
1959 · Screenplay
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Screenplay
Gunman's Walk
1958 · Screenplay
The Rising of the Moon
1957 · Screenplay
The Searchers
1956 · Screenplay
Rookie of the Year
1955 · Writer
The Tall Men
1955 · Screenplay
Mister Roberts
1955 · Screenplay
They Rode West
1954 · Screenplay
Trouble in the Glen
1954 · Screenplay
The Red Beret
1953 · Screenplay
Angel Face
1953 · Screenplay
The Quiet Man
1952 · Screenplay
Two Flags West
1950 · Story
Wagon Master
1950 · Screenplay
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Screenplay
Tulsa
1949 · Screenplay
3 Godfathers
1948 · Screenplay
Fort Apache
1948 · Screenplay
