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Jo Eisinger

Writer, Producer

July 24, 1909 — January 1, 1991 (81 years)
Jo Eisinger (July 24, 1909 – January 1991) was a film and television writer whose career spanned more than 40 years from the early 1940s well into the 1980s. He is widely recognized as the writer of two of the most psychologically complex film noirs, Gilda (1946) and Night and the City (1950).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Cold Sweat
    Cold Sweat1970
  • Danger Man
    Danger Man3 seasons
  • Firepower
    Firepower1979
  • They Came to Rob Las Vegas
    They Came to Rob Las Vegas1968

Known For

  • Gilda
    Gilda1946
  • Night and the City
    Night and the City1950
  • Crime of Passion
    Crime of Passion1956
  • The Jigsaw Man
    The Jigsaw Man1983
  • Cold Sweat
    Cold Sweat1970
  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower
    The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966
  • The Sleeping City
    The Sleeping City1950
  • Danger Man
    Danger Man4 seasons
  • The Big Boodle
    The Big Boodle1957
  • The House of the Seven Hawks
    The House of the Seven Hawks1959
  • They Came to Rob Las Vegas
    They Came to Rob Las Vegas1968
  • Firepower
    Firepower1979
  • Bedevilled
    Bedevilled1955
  • The Rover
    The Rover1967
  • Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
    Philip Marlowe, Private Eye2 seasons
  • Oscar Wilde
    Oscar Wilde1960
  • Mistress of the World - Part I
    Mistress of the World - Part I1960
  • The Lawless Years
    The Lawless Years3 seasons
  • Just Off Broadway
    Just Off Broadway1942
  • The System
    The System1953

Filmography

1983
The Jigsaw Man · as Screenplay
1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1970
Cold SweatOn Plex
1967
The Rover
1967
The Scorpio Letters
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower · as Screenplay
1965
The Secret Agents
1960
Mistress of the World
1960
Danger ManOn Plex
1960
Oscar Wilde · as Screenplay
1959
The House of the Seven Hawks · as Screenplay
1959
The Lawless Years
1957
The Big Boodle · as Screenplay
1956
Crime of Passion · as Screenplay
1955
ITV Play of the Week
1955
Bedevilled
1953
The System
1950
The Sleeping City · as Screenplay
1950
Night and the City · as Screenplay
1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down · as Novel
1945
The Spider

1960
Oscar Wilde

1979
Firepower · as Additional WritingOn Plex
1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas · as DialogueOn Plex
1946
Gilda · as Adaptation
1942
Just Off Broadway · as Idea