Writer
Boris Ingster
Born October 29, 1903 in Riga, Russian EmpireDied August 3, 197812 films
Boris Ingster (October 29, 1903 - August 2, 1978) was a Latvian-American screenwriter, film and television director and producer notable for his role in launching the film noir genre. In the 1930s he was a screenwriter on several films. He made his directorial debut in 1940 with the film noir movie Stranger on the Third Floor. In the 1950s and 1960s he shifted much of his attention to producing television series in genres ranging from drama to Westerns and spy thrillers.
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First watchCloak and Dagger19466.5Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.View filmFilmography
12 films- 1952Something for the BirdsScreenplay
- 1950Southside 1-1000Screenplay
- 1947The Judge Steps OutScreenplay
- 1947CaliforniaStory
- 1946Cloak and DaggerStory
- 1945Paris UndergroundScreenplay
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. HollidayWriter
- 1939Miracle on Main StreetWriter
- 1938I'll Give a MillionWriter
- 1938Happy LandingWriter
- 1937Thin IceScreenplay
- 1936Dancing PirateAdaptation