American producer Milton Sperling entered the film business directly after studying at CCNY. He started as a gofer and shipping clerk at Paramount's Long Island studios, then moved to Hollywood, where he secured a position as secretary to Warner Bros.' Darryl F. Zanuck and Hal B. Wallis. As an assistant to Edward Small, Sperling learned the exacting trade of being an independent producer in a studio-dominated town. Sperling wrote screenplays before producing his first film, 20th Century Fox's Sun Valley Serenade, in 1941. Following World War II service, Sperling set up his own production firm, United States Pictures (aka U.S. Films). Releasing through Warner Bros., Sperling produced such films as South of St. Louis (1949), The Enforcer (1951), Retreat Hell! (1952), Marjorie Morningstar (1957) and Merrill's Marauders (1962). He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) which he produced and co-wrote. Milton Sperling retired in 1971 after assembling his final feature, Captain Apache.
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Brave New World
Executive Producer |
1980 | |||
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The Dream Merchants
Executive Producer |
1980 | |||
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Black Market Baby
Producer |
1977 | |||
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Captain Apache
Producer, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Battle of the Bulge
Producer, Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Merrill's Marauders
Producer, Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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The Bramble Bush
Producer, Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Producer |
1960 | |||
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Marjorie Morningstar
Producer |
1958 | |||
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Top Secret Affair
Producer |
1957 | |||
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The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell
Producer, Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
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Blowing Wild
Producer |
1953 | |||
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Retreat, Hell!
Producer, Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Distant Drums
Producer |
1951 | |||
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The Enforcer
Producer |
1951 | |||
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Three Secrets
Producer |
1950 | |||
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My Girl Tisa
Producer |
1948 | |||
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South of St. Louis
Producer |
1948 | |||
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Pursued
Producer |
1947 | |||
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Cloak and Dagger
Producer |
1946 | |||
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Crash Dive
Producer |
1943 | |||
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
Producer |
1943 | |||
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Rings on Her Fingers
Producer |
1942 | |||
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To the Shores of Tripoli
Associate Producer |
1942 | |||
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I Wake Up Screaming
Producer |
1941 | |||
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Sun Valley Serenade
Producer |
1941 | |||
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Four Sons
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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The Great Profile
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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Here I Am a Stranger
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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The Return of the Cisco Kid
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Happy Landing
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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I'll Give a Million
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Thin Ice
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Sing, Baby, Sing
Screenwriter |
1936 |