Niven Busch

Niven Busch

1903-04-26 New York City, New York, USA 26 Credits

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

6.9
Acting

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to...

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

1955

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter

1953

Story, Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't...

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo

1953

Story

6.5
Writing

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish ...

Distant Drums

Distant Drums

1951

Story, Screenplay

6.2
Writing

After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to re...

The Furies

The Furies

1950

Novel

7.1

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.

The Capture

The Capture

1950

Producer, Novel, Screenplay

6.1
Producing Writing

A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.

Moss Rose

Moss Rose

1947

Adaptation

6.4

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...

Pursued

Pursued

1947

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely...

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946

Novel

6.3

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad...

Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time

1946

Novel

6.7

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with ...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

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

Belle Starr

Belle Starr

1941

Story

5.6
Writing

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breakin...

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes

1941

Storyboard

7.5
Writing

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

The Westerner

The Westerner

1940

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by...

Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up wit...

Off the Record

Off the Record

1939

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

1938

Story

6.5
Writing

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Babbitt

Babbitt

1934

Adaptation

6.0

Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George ...

The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces

1934

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartme...

He Was Her Man

He Was Her Man

1934

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".

The Big Shakedown

The Big Shakedown

1934

Screenplay, Story

5.6
Writing

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical prod...

College Coach

College Coach

1933

Screenplay, Story

4.2
Writing

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a g...

Scarlet Dawn

Scarlet Dawn

1932

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challengi...

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

1932

Writer

5.7
Writing

Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to fer...

The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars

1932

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to beco...