Irwin Shaw
Writing
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Known for
Writing36
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Characters
tvPlayhouse
1974
Short Story
tvCentre Play
1973
Writer
movieThree
1969
Story
movieBury the Dead
1969
Writer
movieIn the French Style
1963
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Big Gamble
1961
Writer
movieDesire Under the Elms
1958
Screenplay
movieThis Angry Age
1957
Writer
movieFire Down Below
1957
Screenplay
movieUlysses
1954
Screenplay
movieAct of Love
1953
Writer
movieI Want You
1951
Screenplay
movieEasy Living
1949
Story
movieTake One False Step
1949
Screenplay, Novel
movieCommandos Strike at Dawn
1942
Screenplay
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942
Screenplay
movieOut of the Fog
1941
Theatre Play
movieThe Big Game
1936
Screenplay
Dobrodinec
Short Story
Creator2
Acting1
Production1
movieIn the French Style
1963
Producer