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George Axelrod
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George Axelrod

1922 – 2003 · New York, New York, USA · Active 1950–2021

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

1979 ★ 6.6
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Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 classic. On the eve of the Second World War, a train carrying an assortment of passengers, pulls out of a small town in Bavaria. When one of the passengers, a kindly old lady, mysteriously disappears the other passengers are led into confrontation with the Nazis and a desperate race for freedom.

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Filmography

31 credits
2020s 1 credit
2021
The Capote Tapes as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.9
1960s 1 credit
1962
TV ★ 6.6
1950s 2 credits
1953
Movie
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
TV ★ 7.0
Crew Credits
2020s 1 credit
2021
Movie ★ 7.0
2000s 1 credit
2004
The Manchurian Candidate Original Film Writer
Movie ★ 6.5
1980s 2 credits
1987
Movie ★ 6.3
1985
Movie ★ 5.5
1970s 1 credit
1979
Movie ★ 6.0
1960s 15 credits
1968
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Movie ★ 6.0
1966
Movie ★ 5.7
1966
Movie ★ 5.7
1966
Movie ★ 5.7
1966
TV ★ 5.5
1965
Movie ★ 6.3
1965
Movie ★ 6.3
1964
Movie ★ 6.3
1964
Movie ★ 6.3
1964
Goodbye Charlie Theatre Play
Movie ★ 5.9
1962
Movie ★ 7.5
1962
Movie ★ 7.5
1961
Movie ★ 7.6
1950s 7 credits
1958
Movie ★ 5.2
1957
Movie ★ 6.8
1956
Bus Stop Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.1
1955
Movie ★ 7.0
1954
Phffft Story
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
Phffft Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.1