Writing
Horace McCoy
FR, EN cinema · 42 credits
Born
14 April 1897
Died
15 December 1955 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Pegram, Tennessee, USA
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1955.
Known for
Filmography
Rage at Dawn
Screenplay
The Road to Denver
Screenplay
Texas Lady
Screenplay, Story
Dangerous Mission
Screenplay, Story
Bad for Each Other
Screenplay, Story
El Alaméin
Writer
Bronco Buster
Screenplay
The World in His Arms
Additional Dialogue
Montana Belle
Screenplay
The Fireball
Writer
The Fabulous Texan
Screenplay
Gentleman Jim
Screenplay
Valley of the Sun
Screenplay
Texas
Screenplay
Western Union
Dialogue
Women Without Names
Screenplay
Parole Fixer
Screenplay
Queen of the Mob
Screenplay
Persons in Hiding
Screenplay
Island of Lost Men
Screenplay
Hunted Men
Writer
Dangerous to Know
Screenplay
Fatal Lady
Writer
Postal Inspector
Screenplay
Parole!
Screenplay
Speed Wings
Story, Screenplay
Soldiers of the Storm
Screenplay
