Frank S. Nugent
Writing
Biography
Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Frank S. Nugent
Fort Apache
1948
Angel Face
1953
Filmography
Production & Directing (23)
1971
Mean JusticeWriter
7.0
1966
Incident at Phantom HillScreenplay
6.1
1963
Donovan's ReefScreenplay
6.2
1961
Two Rode TogetherScreenplay
6.4
1959
North West FrontierScreenplay
6.8
1958
The Last HurrahScreenplay
7.2
1958
Gunman's WalkScreenplay
6.7
1957
The Rising of the MoonScreenplay
6.8
1956
The SearchersScreenplay
7.7
1955
Rookie of the YearWriter
1955
The Tall MenScreenplay
6.5
1955
Mister RobertsScreenplay
7.0
1954
They Rode WestScreenplay
6.5
1954
Trouble in the GlenScreenplay
6.2
1953
The Red BeretScreenplay
6.7
1953
Angel FaceScreenplay
7.1
1952
The Quiet ManScreenplay
7.3
1950
Two Flags WestStory
6.2
1950
Wagon MasterScreenplay
6.7
1949
She Wore a Yellow RibbonScreenplay
6.9
1949
TulsaScreenplay
6.3
1948
3 GodfathersScreenplay
6.8
1948
Fort ApacheScreenplay
7.0