Auteur

James R. Webb

1909–1974 · American writer

James Ruffin Webb was an American screenwriter. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the film How the West Was Won (1962), which garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award.

James R. Webb, in order

  1. 1941 Bad Man of Deadwood: wrote · directed by Joseph Kane
  2. 1941 Jesse James at Bay: wrote · directed by Joseph Kane
  3. 1941 Nevada City: wrote · directed by Joseph Kane
  4. 1941 Rags to Riches: wrote · directed by Joseph Kane
  5. 1942 South of Santa Fe: wrote · directed by Joseph Kane
  6. 1950 Montana: wrote · directed by Raoul Walsh and Ray Enright
  7. 1950 South of St. Louis: wrote · directed by Ray Enright
  8. 1951 Close to My Heart: wrote · directed by William Keighley
  9. 1952 Operation Secret: wrote · directed by Lewis Seiler
  10. 1952 The Big Trees: wrote · directed by Felix E. Feist
  11. 1952 The Iron Mistress: wrote · directed by Gordon Douglas · audiences 22%
  12. 1953 The Charge at Feather River: wrote · directed by Gordon Douglas · audiences 50%
  13. 1954 Apache: wrote · directed by Harold Hecht and Robert Aldrich
  14. 1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue: wrote · directed by Roy Del Ruth
  15. 1954 Vera Cruz: wrote · directed by Robert Aldrich · critics 93%, audiences 68% · streaming on Prime Video, MGM+, YouTube (free)
  16. 1956 Trapeze: wrote · directed by Carol Reed
  17. 1958 The Big Country: wrote · directed by William Wyler
  18. 1959 Pork Chop Hill: wrote · directed by Lewis Milestone
  19. 1962 Cape Fear: wrote · directed by J. Lee Thompson
  20. 1962 How the West Was Won: wrote · directed by George Marshall and Henry Hathaway · critics 88%, audiences 74%
  21. 1963 Kings of the Sun: wrote · directed by J. Lee Thompson
  22. 1964 Cheyenne Autumn: wrote · directed by John Ford · critics 57%, audiences 44%
  23. 1968 La Bataille de San Sebastian: wrote · directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and Henri Verneuil
  24. 1969 Alfred the Great: wrote · directed by Clive Donner
  25. 1969 Sinful Davey: wrote · directed by John Huston
  26. 1970 The Hawaiians: wrote · directed by Tom Gries
  27. 1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!: wrote · directed by Gordon Douglas · critics 50%, audiences 35% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
  28. 1971 The Organization: wrote · directed by Don Medford
  29. 1991 Cape Fear: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 77%, audiences 77% · streaming on YouTube (free)