David Goodis - Turner Classic Movies

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Rue Barbare (1983)

From Story ("Street Of The Lost")

The Burglar (1957)

The Unfaithful (1947)

Original Screenplay

Street of No Return (1989)

Source Material (From Novel)

Descente aux enfers (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Moon in the Gutter (1983)

Source Material (From Novel)

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Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Five Dollars

Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Few Honest Words

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Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Rue Barbare (1983)

From Story ("Street Of The Lost")

The Burglar (1957)

The Unfaithful (1947)

Original Screenplay

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Street of No Return (1989)

Source Material (From Novel)

Descente aux enfers (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Moon in the Gutter (1983)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Burglars (1971)

Source Material (From Novel)

Writer (Special)

The Edge (1989)

From Short Story ("Black Pudding" "Professional Man")

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The Edge (1989)

From Short Story ("Black Pudding" "Professional Man")

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Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Five Dollars In an apparent chance-meeting an an L-A bar, Jim Vanning (Aldo Ray) helps out the stranded Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft), just a couple minutes into Nightfall, 1957, adapted from the novel by David Goodis.

Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Few Honest Words L-A artist Jim (Aldo Ray), who met model Marie (Anne Bancroft) earlier at a bar, visits her apartment, thinking she might have set him up for the beating he took, then starts to explain he's not the bad guy, then realizes they should probably run, the pieces starting to come together, Jacques Tourneur directing, from a David Goodis novel, in Nightfall, 1957.

Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Runway Marie (Anne Bancroft) is modeling at a department store (the old J.W. Robinson, Beverly Hills, torn down in 2014) when she spots her stalkers (including Brian Keith) then friend Jim (Aldo Ray) with whom she makes a hasty getaway, Jacques Tourneur directing from Stirling Silliphant's script and the David Goodis novel, in Nightfall, 1957.

Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Big Trouble L-A model Marie (Anne Bancroft) makes friends with artist Jim (Aldo Ray), from whom she just borrowed five bucks at the bar, his own troubles not yet revealed, in director Jacques Tourneur's Nightfall, 1957, adapted from the novel by David Goodis.

Shoot The Piano Player (1960) -- (Movie Clip) I Ran Into This Streetlight Obscurity and misdirection from the start of Francois Truffaut's second feature, as we discover Chico (Albert Remy), running from thugs then chatting up a stranger (Alex Joffe) is not the hero, but only the brother of "Charlie" (Charles Aznavour), in Shoot The Piano Player, 1960.

Shoot The Piano Player (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Is Art Tatum Talented? Still on the first evening, having just been told by the bar owner that she fancies him, waitress Lena (Marie DuBois) asks pianist "Charlie" (Charles Aznavour) for a loan, American jazz artists in his internal monologue, in Francois Truffaut's Shoot The Piano Player, 1960.

Shoot The Piano Player (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Show Him The Package Waking up in his flat with Clarisse (Michele Mercier), musician "Charlie" (Charles Aznavour) sends little brother Fido (Richard Kanayan) to school, then realizes the thugs chasing his older brother are waiting outside, in Francois Truffaut's Shoot The Piano Player, 1960.

Shoot The Piano Player (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Like Digging A Well We're still just learning the relationship between hero "Charlie" (Charles Aznavour) at the keyboard and Chico (Albert Remy) who fled into the bar after losing his pursuers, Michele Mercier the attentive Clarisse, in Francois Truffaut's Shoot The Piano Player, 1960, from a David Goodis novel.

Burglars, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not A Ghost Ship At the port in Athens, their heist completed, the crew (Jean-Paul Belmondo as Arad, Robert Hossein as Ralph, Nicole Calfan as Helene and Renato Salvatori as Renzi) find their getaway boat missing, leading to inquiries and some cool shooting by cinematographer Claude Renoir (director Jean’s nephew) and director Henri Verneuil, in The Burglars 1971.

Burglars, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Only For Sale At The News Stand A full 45 minutes into the feature, the first appearance of third-billed Dyan Cannon, with no part thus far in the plot, at an Athens hotel where master thief Arad (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is hiding out before his getaway boat sails, counseling his colleague (Nicole Carfan) on the phone from Corfu, in director Henri Verneuil’s The Burglars 1971.

Dark Passage (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Ever Seen Any Botched Plastic Jobs? Still in subjective camera, escaped convict Parry (Humphrey Bogart) with plastic surgeon Coley (Houseley Stevenson), going under and hallucinating (seeing Agnes Moorehead, Lauren Bacall and others), in Delmer Daves' Dark Passage, 1947.

Dark Passage (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Hold Your Breath And Cross Your Fingers Escaped convict Parry (Humphrey Bogart), still heard but not seen, slipping through the dragnet still not knowing why Irene (Lauren Bacall) has rescued him, early in Delmer Daves' Dark Passage, 1947.

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