Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.

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War and Peace 1956Movie Screenplay

The Young Lions 1958Movie Novel

Ulysses 1954Movie Screenplay

Desire Under the Elms 1958Movie Screenplay

The Talk of the Town 1942Movie Screenplay

Fire Down Below 1957Movie Screenplay

In the French Style 1963Movie Screenplay, Story

Take One False Step 1949Movie Screenplay, Novel

Commandos Strike at Dawn 1942Movie Screenplay

Two Weeks in Another Town 1962Movie Novel

Easy Living 1949Movie Story

Tip on a Dead Jockey 1957Movie Novel

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985Movie as Self

I Want You 1951Movie Screenplay