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James Edward Grant
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James Edward Grant

1905 – 1966 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1935–2009

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 - February 19, 1966) was an American short story writer and screenwriter who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971. Born in Chicago, Grant began his career in the mid-1930s developing stories or writing scripts for mostly B movies. He collaborated with John Wayne on twelve projects, starting with Angel and the Badman (which he also directed) in 1947 through Circus World in 1964. Support Your Local Gunfighter was released in 1971, five years after his death. Grant won the Bronze Wrangler, an annual aw...

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Special Delivery

1976 ★ 5.4
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A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.

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Filmography

60 credits
Crew Credits
2000s 1 credit
2009
Movie ★ 5.0
1970s 2 credits
1976
Movie ★ 5.2
1971
Movie ★ 6.6
1960s 7 credits
1967
Movie ★ 5.1
1964
Circus World Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
Donovan's Reef Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
McLintock! Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.6
1961
Movie ★ 6.7
1960
The Alamo Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.1
1960
The Alamo Associate Producer
Movie ★ 7.1
1950s 18 credits
1958
Movie ★ 6.1
1958
The Sheepman Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.9
1958
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
The Last Wagon Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
Movie ★ 5.9
1954
Movie ★ 5.4
1954
Ring of Fear Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.4
1953
Hondo Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
Movie ★ 4.9
1951
Movie ★ 5.9
1951
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
Movie ★ 6.7
1950
Movie ★ 6.4
1950
Movie ★ 7.4
1950
Movie ★ 4.0
1950
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Movie ★ 4.4
1950
Surrender Screenplay
Movie ★ 4.4
1940s 17 credits
1949
Movie ★ 6.4
1948
Movie ★ 5.6
1947
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
Movie ★ 6.4
1945
Movie ★ 5.0
1945
Movie ★ 5.0
1944
Movie ★ 5.4
1944
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
Movie ★ 6.1
1941
Johnny Eager Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.1
1941
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
Movie ★ 6.9
1940
Movie ★ 6.2
1940
Movie ★ 6.2
1930s 15 credits
1939
Movie ★ 6.4
1939
Movie ★ 5.8
1938
Josette Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Movie ★ 5.8
1938
Movie ★ 4.5
1937
Movie ★ 7.3
1937
Movie ★ 5.5
1937
Movie
1937
Movie ★ 5.0
1936
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
Movie ★ 6.2
1936
Movie ★ 5.5
1936
Grand Jury Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Movie ★ 6.2
1935
Whipsaw Story
Movie ★ 6.2