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Lawrence B. Marcus

Lawrence B. Marcus

Lawrence B. Marcus

1917-07-19

Beaver, Utah, USA

WRITING

Biography

Lawrence B. Marcus (July 19, 1917 – August 28, 2001) was an American screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for the film The Stunt Man. Marcus died in August 2001 of Parkinson's disease at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 84.

Best known for:

Witness for the Prosecution

The Stunt Man

The Bigamist

Dark City

Petulia

Cause for Alarm!

Backfire

Brainstorm

Witness for the Prosecution

Going Home

One Step Beyond

The Unguarded Moment

A Covenant with Death

Justine

M Squad

Alex & the Gypsy

Voice in the Mirror

Cavalcade of America

The Awakening

The Five of Me

The Letter

Paula

Three's Company

Diamond Safari

Threesome

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Filmography:

Backfire (1950)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Dark City (1950)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
4.5
WORK AS:
Story
Cavalcade of America (1952)
WORK AS:
Teleplay
Paula (1952)
WORK AS:
Story
The Bigamist (1953)
5.1
WORK AS:
Story
The Awakening (1954)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay

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M Squad (1957)
WORK AS:
Teleplay
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
7.2
WORK AS:
Adaptation
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
WORK AS:
Writer
Diamond Safari (1958)
WORK AS:
Writer
One Step Beyond (1959)
WORK AS:
Writer
Brainstorm (1965)
WORK AS:
Story
A Covenant with Death (1967)
WORK AS:
Writer
Petulia (1968)
4.5
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Justine (1969)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Going Home (1971)
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Writer
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Stunt Man (1980)
5.3
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Five of Me (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Letter (1982)
WORK AS:
Writer
Threesome (1984)
WORK AS:
Writer

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