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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
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
2017
Original Film Writer
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony...

Trumbo
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
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
2015
as Self (archive footage)
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
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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
2008
Writer
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
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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
The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self (archive footage)
This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Arago...

Always
1989
Original Film Writer
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
1989
Director
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
1987
Original Film Writer
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
1978
Writer
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
1973
as Commandant (uncredited)
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
1973
Screenplay
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
1973
Screenplay
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
1973
Additional Writing
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in t...

FTA
1972
Writer
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
1971
Screenplay
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
1971
as Orator
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
1971
Director, Novel, Screenplay
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

The Fixer
1968
Screenplay
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
1966
Screenplay
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
1965
Screenplay
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

Lonely are the Brave
1962
Screenplay
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
1961
Screenplay
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
1961
Story
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
1960
Screenplay
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
1960
Screenplay
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
1959
Writer
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
1958
Screenplay
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
1958
Screenplay
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
1957
Writer
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
1957
Screenplay
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
1957
Screenplay
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
1956
Story, Screenplay
A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.

Roman Holiday
1953
Screenplay, Story
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
1951
Screenplay
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

The Prowler
1951
as John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
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
1951
Screenplay
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
1950
Story
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
1950
Screenplay
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
1950
as Self
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
1945
Screenplay
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
1945
Story
A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Screenplay
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
1944
Writer
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
1943
Screenplay
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
1942
Additional Writing
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
1942
Writer
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.

The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Screenplay
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
1941
Story
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

Accent on Love
1941
Story
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
1940
Screenplay
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

We Who Are Young
1940
Screenplay
A man violates company policy by getting married.

A Bill of Divorcement
1940
Writer
Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.

Curtain Call
1940
Screenplay
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
1940
Story
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
1940
Story
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Screenplay, Story
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

Career
1939
Writer
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
1939
Screenplay
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
1939
Story
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
1939
Screenplay
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

The Flying Irishman
1939
Screenplay
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
1938
Screenplay
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

Fugitives for a Night
1938
Screenplay
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

That Man's Here Again
1937
Writer
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
1937
Writer
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
1936
Story
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
1936
Screenplay
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.

Road Gang
1936
Screenplay
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...