Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry Kurnitz (January 5, 1908 – March 18, 1968) was an American playwright, novelist, and prolific screenwriter who wrote swashbucklers for Errol Flynn and comedies for Danny Kaye. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Kurnitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography

Mannequin
1987
Original Film Writer
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful man...

Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Screenplay
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the prac...

How to Steal a Million
1966
Screenplay
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

Goodbye Charlie
1964
Screenplay
When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a b...

A Shot in the Dark
1964
Theatre Play
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic ser...

Hatari!
1962
Story
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

Surprise Package
1960
Screenplay
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.

Once More, with Feeling!
1960
Screenplay, Theatre Play
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn whe...

Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Screenplay
An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of...

The Happy Road
1957
Writer
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.

Land of the Pharaohs
1955
Writer
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his ...

The Love Lottery
1954
Screenplay
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he rel...

The Man Between
1953
Screenplay
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

Melba
1953
Story, Screenplay
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.

Tonight We Sing
1953
Writer
Tonight We Sing is a 1953 musical biopic film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the life and career of the celebrated impresario Sol Hurok. It st...

Of Men and Music
1951
Writer
A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.

Pretty Baby
1950
Screenplay, Producer
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

The Inspector General
1949
Screenplay
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mist...

My Dream Is Yours
1949
Screenplay
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York...

A Kiss in the Dark
1949
Writer, Producer
Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.

Adventures of Don Juan
1948
Screenplay
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under thr...

One Touch of Venus
1948
Screenplay
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

Something in the Wind
1947
Screenplay
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.

The Web
1947
Story
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly real...

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945
Writer
An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Story
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

The Heavenly Body
1944
Adaptation
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.

See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
Screenplay
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic trai...

They Got Me Covered
1943
Screenplay
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is ...

Pacific Rendezvous
1942
Screenplay, Associate Producer, Costume Design
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Screenplay, Story
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

I Love You Again
1940
Screenplay
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Fast and Furious
1939
Screenplay
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, ...

Fast and Loose
1939
Screenplay
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Fast Company
1938
Screenplay
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.