Harry Kurnitz

Harry Kurnitz

1908-01-05 New York City, New York, USA 35 Credits

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.

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Mannequin

Mannequin

1987

Original Film Writer

6.9
Writing

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

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

How to Steal a Million

1966

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

Goodbye Charlie

Goodbye Charlie

1964

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

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

A Shot in the Dark

1964

Theatre Play

7.2

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic ser...

Hatari!

Hatari!

1962

Story

6.7
Writing

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

Surprise Package

Surprise Package

1960

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

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

Once More, with Feeling!

Once More, with Feeling!

1960

Screenplay, Theatre Play

5.9
Writing

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

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

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

The Happy Road

1957

Writer

5.6
Writing

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

Land of the Pharaohs

1955

Writer

6.3
Writing

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

The Love Lottery

1954

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

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

The Man Between

1953

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

Melba

1953

Story, Screenplay

3.0
Writing

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

Tonight We Sing

Tonight We Sing

1953

Writer

10.0
Writing

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

Of Men and Music

1951

Writer

Writing

A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1950

Screenplay, Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

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

The Inspector General

1949

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

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

My Dream Is Yours

1949

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

A Kiss in the Dark

1949

Writer, Producer

4.7
Writing Producing

Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.

Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan

1948

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

One Touch of Venus

1948

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind

1947

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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

The Web

The Web

1947

Story

7.0
Writing

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?

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

1945

Writer

2.0
Writing

An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Story

7.1
Writing

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

The Heavenly Body

The Heavenly Body

1944

Adaptation

5.7

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

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

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

They Got Me Covered

1943

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

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

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

Screenplay, Associate Producer, Costume Design

6.0
Writing Producing

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941

Screenplay, Story

7.0
Writing

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

I Love You Again

I Love You Again

1940

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

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

Fast and Furious

1939

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

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

Fast and Loose

1939

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Fast Company

Fast Company

1938

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

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