by Sandra Brennan
biography
American novelist and screenwriter Leigh Brackett is best known for the screenplays she wrote in collaboration with director Howard Hawks. One of her best known Hawks' films is The Big Sleep (1946). Brackett also penned several westerns and other male-oriented action films. Her last screenplay was for The Empire Strikes Back (released in 1980, two years after her death). In addition to screenwriting, Brackett also wrote science fiction and mystery novels.
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The Empire Strikes Back
Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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The Rockford Files: The Four Pound Brick
Screenwriter |
1975 | |||
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The Long Goodbye
Screenwriter |
1973 | |||
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Rio Lobo
Screenwriter |
1970 | |||
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El Dorado
Screenwriter |
1967 | |||
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Death of a Cop
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Terror in Northfield
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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13 West Street
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Hatari!
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Gold of the Seven Saints
Screenwriter |
1961 | |||
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Rio Bravo
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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The Big Sleep
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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The Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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The Big Sleep (1945 pre-release version)
Screenwriter |
1945 | |||
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The Vampire's Ghost
Screenwriter, Short Story Author |
1945 |