Charles Schnee

Writer, Producer

August 6, 1916 — November 29, 1962 (46 years)
Charles Schnee gave up law to become a screenwriter in the mid-1940s, crafting scripts for the classic Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live by Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • I Walk Alone
    I Walk Alone1947

Known For

  • The Bad and the Beautiful
    The Bad and the Beautiful1952
  • Red River
    Red River1948
  • They Live by Night
    They Live by Night1948
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me
    Somebody Up There Likes Me1956
  • BUtterfield 8
    BUtterfield 81960
  • Two Weeks in Another Town
    Two Weeks in Another Town1962
  • The Wings of Eagles
    The Wings of Eagles1957
  • Westward the Women
    Westward the Women1951
  • The Furies
    The Furies1950
  • Until They Sail
    Until They Sail1957
  • Born to Be Bad
    Born to Be Bad1950
  • Jeopardy
    Jeopardy1953
  • Trial
    Trial1955
  • Easy Living
    Easy Living1949
  • The Crowded Sky
    The Crowded Sky1960
  • I Walk Alone
    I Walk Alone1947
  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime1949
  • The Prodigal
    The Prodigal1955
  • By Love Possessed
    By Love Possessed1961
  • Torch Song
    Torch Song1953

Filmography

1988
Red River · as Screenplay
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town · as Screenplay
1961
By Love Possessed · as Screenplay
1960
BUtterfield 8 · as Screenplay
1960
The Crowded Sky · as Screenplay
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful · as Screenplay
1952
1951
Westward the Women · as Screenplay
1951
Bannerline · as Screenplay
1950
1950
1950
The Furies · as Screenplay
1950
Paid in Full · as Screenplay
1949
Scene of the Crime · as Screenplay
1949
Easy Living · as Screenplay
1948
They Live by Night · as Screenplay
1948
Red River · as Screenplay
1947
I Walk Alone · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1946

1957
1957
1957
1956
1955
1955
1953
1953
Jeopardy · as Executive Producer
1953
Rogue's March · as Executive Producer

1953
The 25th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner For Screenplay

1950
Born to Be Bad · as Adaptation
1949
The Accused · as Contract Writer
1946
Cross My Heart · as Dialogue