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John W. Cunningham

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 4067

IMDb ID: nm0192356

Known for: Writing

Born: July 28, 1915

Died: June 4, 2002

Age: 86

Place of birth: Deer Lodge, Montana, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 1958

Years active: 7

Average TMDB rating: 6.58

Wikidata: Q6262212

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John W. Cunningham (July 28, 1915 – June 4, 2002) was an American author who composed a number of Western novels and stories. During the Second World War, he served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. While living in Santa Barbara, California, he became a published novelist. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1985 where he lived until his death. His most famous work was "The Tin Star", a short story which appeared in Colliers Magazine in 1947. It was adapted into the film High Noon in 1952, which starred Gary Cooper alongside Grace Kelly. The adapted screenplay by Carl Foreman was nominated for an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article John W. Cunningham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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