Borden Chase
Writing
Biography
Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
Filmography
Production & Directing (39)
1972
The Bull of the WestScreenplay
5.7
1969
Backtrack!Writer
6.0
1968
A Man Called GannonWriter
4.9
1967
Winchester '73Original Film Writer
6.7
1964
5.2
1964
Gunfighters of Casa GrandeScreenplay
5.2
1958
Ride a Crooked TrailScreenplay
6.5
1957
Night PassageScreenplay
6.5
1956
BacklashScreenplay
6.5
1955
Man Without a StarScreenplay
6.4
1954
Vera CruzStory
6.7
1954
Rails Into LaramieWriter
6.5
1954
The Far CountryStory
6.9
1954
The Far CountryScreenplay
6.9
1954
His Majesty O'KeefeScreenplay
6.4
1953
Sea DevilsScreenplay
5.8
1952
Lone StarScreenplay
5.7
1952
The World in His ArmsScreenplay
6.6
1952
Bend of the RiverScreenplay
7.1
1951
Iron ManScreenplay
6.2
1950
The Great Jewel RobberWriter
7.6
1950
Winchester '73Screenplay
7.3
1950
MontanaScreenplay
5.6
1948
Red RiverScreenplay
7.3
1948
Red RiverStory
7.3
1948
The Man from ColoradoOriginal Story
6.9
1947
TycoonScreenplay
5.6
1946
I've Always Loved YouScreenplay
6.5
1945
Flame of Barbary CoastScreenplay
5.5
1945
This Man's NavyStory
6.7
1944
The Fighting SeabeesScreenplay
6.2
1944
The Fighting SeabeesStory
6.2
1943
DestroyerScreenplay
6.8
1943
Harrigan's KidWriter
7.0
1942
Dr. BroadwayShort Story
6.0
1942
6.5
1938
The Devil's PartyNovel
5.4
1937
Midnight TaxiStory
6.2
1935
Under PressureScreenplay
5.2