Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo

1905-12-09 Montrose, Colorado, USA 72 Credits

Biography

Dalton Trumbo was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, the group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the American motion picture industry. While blacklisted and not permitted to work, he won two Academy Awards in the category "Best Writing" for "Roman Holiday", originally given to front writer Ian McLellan...

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The Real Charlie Chaplin

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021

7.5
Acting

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

Papillon

Papillon

2017

Original Film Writer

7.3
Writing

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony...

Trumbo

Trumbo

2015

as Himself (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklist...

Imminent Threat

Imminent Threat

2015

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents ...

A War in Hollywood

A War in Hollywood

2009

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Holl...

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

2008

Writer

5.0
Writing

The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. The film takes place in the mind of a quadrupl...

Trumbo

Trumbo

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hol...

Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood

2006

as Himself

Acting

The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

Buñuel in Hollywood

Buñuel in Hollywood

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Arago...

Always

Always

1989

Original Film Writer

6.3
Writing

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

Metallica - 2 of One

Metallica - 2 of One

1989

Director

7.0
Directing

2 of One is a video album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on June 6, 1989, through Elektra Entertainment and features two vers...

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

1987

Original Film Writer

4.2
Writing

Remake of the 1953 original. Princess Elysa is touring Rome, and decides to get "out and about" away from her normal life. She meets with an American ...

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

1978

Writer

4.0
Writing

A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and ...

Papillon

Papillon

1973

as Commandant (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

Papillon

Papillon

1973

Screenplay

7.8
Writing

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

Executive Action

Executive Action

1973

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this specu...

The Way We Were

The Way We Were

1973

Additional Writing

6.9

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in t...

FTA

FTA

1972

Writer

6.1
Writing

A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the ...

The Horsemen

The Horsemen

1971

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his v...

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

as Orator

7.5
Acting

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

Director, Novel, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

The Fixer

The Fixer

1968

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a ...

Hawaii

Hawaii

1966

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, ...

The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper

1965

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

Lonely are the Brave

Lonely are the Brave

1962

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the peni...

The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset

1961

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling coul...

A Day of My Life

A Day of My Life

1961

Story

8.5
Writing

An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper...

Exodus

Exodus

1960

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyp...

Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...

Career

Career

1959

Writer

6.5
Writing

Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, back...

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

1958

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be t...

Cowboy

Cowboy

1958

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Ree...

The Green-Eyed Blonde

The Green-Eyed Blonde

1957

Writer

5.8
Writing

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s refo...

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1957

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, save trader Harry Marsh from the hostil...

The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico

1957

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour whe...

The Brave One

The Brave One

1956

Story, Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

1953

Screenplay, Story

7.9
Writing

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor k...

He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way

1951

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

The Prowler

The Prowler

1951

as John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who st...

The Prowler

The Prowler

1951

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who st...

Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding

1950

Story

5.5
Writing

Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. ...

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

1950

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carniva...

The Hollywood Ten

The Hollywood Ten

1950

as Self

6.6
Acting

A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged with contempt of court after challenging the House Un-American Activ...

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

1945

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and A...

Jealousy

Jealousy

1945

Story

5.4
Writing

A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Jap...

Tender Comrade

Tender Comrade

1944

Writer

6.3
Writing

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situati...

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1943

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to ...

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

Additional Writing

6.8

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.

Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

Writer

5.9
Writing

Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he i...

You Belong to Me

You Belong to Me

1941

Story

5.8
Writing

A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

Accent on Love

Accent on Love

1941

Story

6.0
Writing

A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his spoiled wife, and joins the working classes, leading...

Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle

1940

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young

1940

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A man violates company policy by getting married.

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

1940

Writer

7.0
Writing

Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.

Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

1940

Story

5.2
Writing

Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some f...

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940

Story

6.3
Writing

Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939

Screenplay, Story

6.3
Writing

New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

Career

Career

1939

Writer

Writing

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart wh...

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off cour...

The Kid from Kokomo

The Kid from Kokomo

1939

Story

6.0
Writing

Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career sea...

Sorority House

Sorority House

1939

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman

1939

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...

A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember

1938

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

Fugitives for a Night

Fugitives for a Night

1938

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

That Man's Here Again

That Man's Here Again

1937

Writer

5.0
Writing

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In or...

Devil's Playground

Devil's Playground

1937

Writer

5.8
Writing

A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarin...

Tugboat Princess

Tugboat Princess

1936

Story

Writing

When her parents are drowned at sea, "Princess" Judy is adopted by a soft-hearted old sea captain, Captain Zack, and brought to live on his tugboat.

Love Begins at Twenty

Love Begins at Twenty

1936

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.

Road Gang

Road Gang

1936

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a priso...