Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo

American screenwriter (1905–1976)

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1936–1973) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 29 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1936 ROAD GANG. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1937 The devil's playground. Erle C. Kenton 2520 16mm B&W sound
1940 Curtain Call. Frank Woodruff 63 min. B&W
1940 We Who Are Young. Harold S. Bucquet 8 reels B&W sound
1941 Accent On Love. Ray McCarey 5560 ft. Color
1956 The Brave One. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Deerslayer. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1959 Career Joseph Anthony 105 min 16mm B&W
1960 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick 197 min Color
1960 Spartacus. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Byrna Productions Inc. 197 min 35mm Color sound
1961 The Last Sunset. Byrna Productions S.A. & Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 112 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Lonely are the Brave Joel Productions 1:47:00 16mm B&W sound
1962 Lonely Are The Brave. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Joel Productions Inc. 107 min 35mm B&W sound
1971 Johnny got his gun. Dalton Trumbo 111 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1973 Papillon. Franklin J. Schaffner 144 min 16mm Color sound
1973 The Way We Were Columbia Pictures Corporation 1:58:00 16mm Color sound