Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman · Arts & Literature
Blacklisted screenwriter of High Noon and The Bridge on the River Kwai
1914, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 1984, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States · United Kingdom
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Carl Foreman was a screenwriter and producer who wrote 'High Noon' (1952) and co-wrote 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era for refusing to name names, he worked in Britain and was only decades later credited for the Kwai screenplay, which had won an Academy Award. He was born to Jewish immigrant parents in Chicago.
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Blacklisted screenwriter of High Noon and The Bridge on the River Kwai
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