Clifford Odets

Writing

July 18, 1906 — August 18, 1963

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2 movies

Biography

Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, director, screenwriter, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clifford Odets, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

🎬 Clifford Odets's Filmography

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7.6

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

6.5

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

The General Died at Dawn

1936