Stirling Silliphant
American screenwriter (1918–1996)
Stirling Dale Silliphant was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.
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Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 5 films (1957–1987) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Damn Citizen. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 88 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread. | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 98 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1970 | The Liberation Of L. B. Jones | Liberation Co | 102 min | Color | sound | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation & Warner Brothers, Inc | 170 min | Color | sound | |
| 1987 | Over the top | Menahem Golan | 93 min | Color |