Writing
Community Rating
6.7
TMDB estimate
Born
May 27, 1908
Died
December 30, 1965 (age 57)
Born in
New York City, New York, USA
Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Mean Justice
as Writer
1971
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Incident at Phantom Hill
as Screenplay
1966
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Donovan's Reef
as Screenplay
1963
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Empire
as Writer
1962
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Two Rode Together
as Screenplay
1961
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North West Frontier
as Screenplay
1959
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The Last Hurrah
as Screenplay
1958
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Gunman's Walk
as Screenplay
1958
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The Rising of the Moon
as Screenplay
1957
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The Searchers
as Screenplay
1956
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Screen Director's Playhouse
as Writer
1955
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The Tall Men
as Screenplay
1955
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Mister Roberts
as Screenplay
1955
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They Rode West
as Screenplay
1954
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Trouble in the Glen
as Screenplay
1954
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The Red Beret
as Screenplay
1953
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Angel Face
as Screenplay
1953
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The Quiet Man
as Screenplay
1952
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Two Flags West
as Story
1950
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Wagon Master
as Screenplay
1950
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