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Screenwriter, Actor, Book Author, Short Story Author Born: September 27, 1906 in Anadarko, OK Death: April 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:An influential crime novelist of the "hardboiled" school, "Jim Thompson" collaborated on the screenplays for "Stanley Kubrick"'s "The Killing" and "Paths of Glory". In the 1960s, he scripted episodes for the TV shows Tales of Wells Fargo and Dr. Kildare and in 1975 he appeared as Judge Grayle in the remake of "Farewell, My Lovely". A number of "Thompson" novels were adapted for the screen, including "The Getaway" (1972) and "The Killer Inside Me" (1976). The writer's career in later years was impaired by drinking problems, and by the time of his death in 1977, he had been all but forgotten in his home country. However, his reputation soared with the years, and in the 1990s, there was another wave of "Thompson" film adaptations, of which "The Grifters" and "After Dark, My Sweet" (both 1990) are the most notable. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
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