Writing

Alan Trustman

Born December 16, 1930 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died March 5, 2026 · aged 95

Alan Trustman (December 16, 1930 — February 5, 2026) was an American lawyer, screenwriter, pari-mutuel operator and currency trader. In his film career, he was best known for writing the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Trustman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 1999

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieDramaCrime

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.

Bullitt

Bullitt · 1968

MovieActionCrime

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 1968

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieCrimeRomance

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 2027

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieCrimeRomance

A debonair, adventuresome man believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! · 1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

MovieDramaAction

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

Hit!

MovieDramaAction

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.

The Next Man

The Next Man · 1976

MovieActionThriller

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?

The Tracker

The Tracker · 1988

MovieActionWestern

After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a whole brutal side of ruthlessness Noble thought he left behind.

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The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 1999

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieDramaCrime

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.

Story

Bullitt

Bullitt · 1968

MovieActionCrime

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Screenplay

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 1968

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieCrimeRomance

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

Writer

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair · 2027

The Thomas Crown Affair

MovieCrimeRomance

A debonair, adventuresome man believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

Executive Producer

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! · 1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

MovieDramaAction

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

Screenplay

Hit!

MovieDramaAction

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.

Writer

The Next Man

The Next Man · 1976

MovieActionThriller

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?

Screenplay

The Tracker

The Tracker · 1988

MovieActionWestern

After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a whole brutal side of ruthlessness Noble thought he left behind.

Executive Producer

Lady Ice

Lady Ice · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.

Story

Easy Money

Easy Money · 1987

MovieRomanceAction

Millionaire playgirl Ling Young spends her free time staging elaborate heists -- not for the money but for the thrill of getting away with it. As part of her latest plan, Ling recruits a team of professionals from around the world to steal billions from an armored car on a Hong Kong highway. Lucky for Ling, the insurance man hired to bring her to justice is too smitten to stay objective.

Original Film Writer

Red Wind

Red Wind · 1995

In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.

Teleplay

Crime and Passion

Crime and Passion · 1976

Crime and Passion

MovieCrimeDrama

Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.

Writer

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1993

SeriesCrimeDrama

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.

Teleplay