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W. R. Burnett (1899–1982)

Author of The Great Escape [1963 film]

65+ Works 1,738 Members 33 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: W. R. Burnett, W. R. Burnett's, William R. Burnett, W. Richard Burnett, W. Richard Burnett, William Riley Burnett, William Riley Burnett, William Riley Burnett, W. R. Burnett (introduction by David Laurence Wils

Also includes: William Burnett (2)

Series

Works by W. R. Burnett

The Great Escape [1963 film] (1963) — Screenwriter — 580 copies, 8 reviews
The Asphalt Jungle (1949) 266 copies, 4 reviews
Little Caesar (1929) 183 copies, 5 reviews
High Sierra (1940) 82 copies, 6 reviews
High Sierra [1941 film] (2000) — Writer — 61 copies, 1 review
Captain Lightfoot (1954) 58 copies
This Gun For Hire [1942 film] (1942) — Screenwriter — 57 copies
Ice Station Zebra [1968 film] (1968) — Screenwriter — 53 copies, 1 review
Black Box Thrillers: Little Caesar, Asphalt Jungle, High Sierra, and Vanity Row (1984) 32 copies
Nobody Lives Forever (1943) 31 copies
Little Men, Big World (1951) 25 copies
Vanity Row (1952) 22 copies
Adobe Walls (1953) 20 copies, 4 reviews
Yellow Sky [1948 film] (1948) — Original book — 20 copies, 2 reviews
The Cool Man (1968) 20 copies
The Racket [1951 film] (1951) — Screenplay — 15 copies
Goodbye, Chicago (1981) 13 copies
Saint Johnson (2015) 13 copies
Round the clock at Volari's (1990) 13 copies
Dark Hazard (2014) 13 copies
Mi amigo : a novel of the Southwest (2015) 11 copies
Underdog (1985) 10 copies
Iron Man (1930) 10 copies
The roar of the crowd; conversations with an ex-big-leaguer (1964) 9 copies, 1 review
Romelle (1987) 8 copies, 1 review
Sergeants 3 (1962) 7 copies
Bitter Ground (1987) 7 copies
It's Always Four O'Clock / Iron Man (2009) 6 copies
Pale Moon (2018) 5 copies
Little Men, Big World / Vanity Row (2015) 5 copies
Tomorrow's Another Day (1959) 5 copies
The Winning of Mickey Free (1965) 5 copies
Stretch Dawson (1950) 4 copies
Big Stan (1986) 4 copies
Goodbye to the past; scenes from the life of William Meadows (1934) 4 copies
King Cole (1988) 4 copies
Nobody Lives Forever [1946 film] (2012) — Writer — 4 copies
I Died a Thousand Times [1955 film] — Writer — 4 copies
Stretch Dawson 4 copies
Fin de parcours (1989) 4 copies
The Widow Barony 3 copies
The Dark Command: A Kansas Iliad (2022) 3 copies
High Sierra [screenplay of 1941 film] (1941) — Original novel — 3 copies
Conant (1961) 3 copies
Du sport à la une (1962) 3 copies
Rimpiangimi: suspense 2 copies
Le Samson de l'Ouest (1983) 2 copies
The Whole Town's Talking [1935 film] (1935) — Writer — 2 copies
Ingen lever evigt (1990) 2 copies
The Gold Seekers (2017) 2 copies
The Giant Swing (1932) 2 copies
Τό τέλος τῆς διαδρομῆς (1993) 1 copy
Η ζούγκλα της… 1 copy
Round Trip 1 copy
Caffe espresso (1962) 1 copy
Tutta la citta ne parla: romanzo 1 copy
I gangster: romanzi; aiuto-cafè espresso-l'uomo freddo 1 copy
Collected Stories 1 copy
Underworld: Romans noirs (2019) 1 copy
A Febre do Ouro 1 copy
High Sierra / The Asphalt Jungle (2022) 1 copy
High Sierra.....The Asphalt Jungle 1 copy
Protection 1 copy
King Cole 1 copy
Big stan 1 copy
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Associated Works

Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995) — Contributor — 188 copies, 6 reviews
The Asphalt Jungle [1950 film] (1950) — Original novel — 83 copies, 2 reviews
Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century (1989) — Contributor — 78 copies
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 74 copies, 1 review
Pulp Fictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996) — Contributor — 67 copies, 3 reviews
The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (1945) — Contributor — 46 copies
Little Caesar [1931 film] (1931) — Adapted from a work by — 43 copies, 1 review
Dark Command [1940 film] (1940) — Original novel — 21 copies
The Mammoth Book of Movie Detectives and Screen Crimes (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies, 1 review
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
The Best American Short Stories 1946 (1946) — Contributor — 9 copies
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1930 (1930) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Wole Town's Talking Booklet (Indicator Series 172) (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Muros de adobe by W. R. Burnett
Un western bien construido, ameno y con sus buenos momentos de tensión. Quizás el protagonista sea un poco soso, pero gana por su relación con los demás personajes que están bastante bien construidos. Grandes descripciones y una buena ambientación de las Guerras Apaches (Aunque, como corresponde a la época en la que se escribió, se ha quedado bastante políticamente incorrecto)
 
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Muros de adobe by W. R. Burnett
Un western bien construido, ameno y con sus buenos momentos de tensión. Quizás el protagonista sea un poco soso, pero gana por su relación con los demás personajes que están bastante bien construidos. Grandes descripciones y una buena ambientación de las Guerras Apaches (Aunque, como corresponde a la época en la que se escribió, se ha quedado bastante políticamente incorrecto)
 
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Alberto_MdH | 3 other reviews | Sep 18, 2024 |
Muros de adobe by W. R. Burnett
Un western bien construido, ameno y con sus buenos momentos de tensión. Quizás el protagonista sea un poco soso, pero gana por su relación con los demás personajes que están bastante bien construidos. Grandes descripciones y una buena ambientación de las Guerras Apaches (Aunque, como corresponde a la época en la que se escribió, se ha quedado bastante políticamente incorrecto)
 
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The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Haycraft Queen Cornerstones
H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books
The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America
Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories
National Board of Review Award
501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
Trophée 813
Gyldendals lommebøker

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Statistics

Works
65
Also by
13
Members
1,738
Popularity
#14,800
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
33
ISBNs
178
Languages
10
Favorited
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