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Stirling Silliphant
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Stirling Silliphant

1918 – 1996 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Active 1953–2017

Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) 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 Naked City, Perry Mason, and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stirling Silliphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Catch the Heat

Catch the Heat

★ 3.3
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Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting starlets in order to smuggle drugs into the United States. With her hot looks, street smarts and martial arts prowess, Goldberg seems to have everything she needs to catch this violent criminal -- and will stop at nothing to get the job done.

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Filmography

80 credits
Crew Credits
2010s 1 credit
2017
Movie
1990s 5 credits
1996
The Grass Harp Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.8
1996
The Grass Harp Co-Producer
Movie ★ 5.8
1994
Movie
1993
Movie ★ 2.6
1993
Salween Writer
Movie ★ 6.2
1980s 12 credits
1989
TV ★ 6.7
1987
Over the Top Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.4
1987
Movie ★ 2.8
1987
Movie ★ 4.3
1987
Catch the Heat Executive Producer
Movie ★ 4.3
1985
Space Teleplay
TV ★ 6.5
1985
TV ★ 5.1
1983
Movie ★ 4.5
1981
Movie ★ 4.7
1981
Movie ★ 4.7
1981
Movie
1980
Movie ★ 5.3
1970s 31 credits
1979
Salem's Lot Executive Producer
TV ★ 6.8
1978
Movie ★ 5.5
1978
Movie ★ 5.5
1978
The Swarm Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.0
1978
Pearl Writer
TV ★ 5.5
1977
Telefon Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.6
1976
The Enforcer Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.7
1975
Movie ★ 5.8
1975
Movie ★ 6.6
1974
Movie ★ 7.0
1973
Movie ★ 6.1
1973
Movie
1973
Movie
1973
Movie
1973
Movie ★ 6.1
1972
Movie ★ 7.1
1972
Movie
1972
Movie
1972
Movie
1972
Movie ★ 6.6
1972
Movin' On Original Series Creator
Movie
1971
Shaft Executive Producer
Movie ★ 6.4
1971
Movie ★ 9.3
1971
Murphy's War Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.1
1971
TV ★ 6.8
1971
Longstreet Producer
TV ★ 6.8
1971
Longstreet Creator
TV ★ 6.8
1970
Movie ★ 5.5
1970
Movie ★ 5.9
1970
Movie ★ 5.5
1960s 10 credits
1969
Marlowe Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Charly Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.4
1967
Movie ★ 7.7
1967
Movie
1965
Movie ★ 7.1
1960
Movie ★ 7.2
1960
Route 66 Writer
TV ★ 6.3
1960
Route 66 Creator
TV ★ 6.3
1950s 21 credits
1959
Movie
1959
TV ★ 6.4
1959
TV ★ 5.0
1958
Movie ★ 7.1
1958
Movie
1958
Maracaibo Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.2
1958
TV ★ 5.5
1958
Naked City Creator
TV ★ 5.5
1957
TV ★ 6.5
1957
M Squad Writer
TV ★ 5.2
1957
TV ★ 5.9
1957
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
Huk! Novel
Movie ★ 4.9
1956
Huk! Screenplay
Movie ★ 4.9
1956
TV ★ 6.0
1955
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1953
Movie ★ 5.9