Writing

Meade Roberts

Born June 13, 1930 · New York City, New York, USA

Died February 10, 1992 · aged 61

Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the screenplays for the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Summer and Smoke (1961), both based on plays by Williams. In other work for films, Roberts wrote the screenplay for The Stripper (1963), starring Joanne Woodward, by adapting William Ing…

Known For

Opening NightOpening Night · 1977
Opening Night
7.61977
MovieDrama
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
The Killing of a Chinese BookieThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie · 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
7.01976
MovieThrillerCrime
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
The Fugitive KindThe Fugitive Kind · 1960
The Fugitive Kind
6.91960
MovieRomanceDrama
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
Danger RouteDanger Route · 1967
Danger Route
5.61967
MovieActionThriller
Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.
Summer and SmokeSummer and Smoke · 1961
Summer and Smoke
6.61961
MovieDramaRomance
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
BlueBlue · 1968
Blue
5.91968
MovieRomanceWestern
A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a Mexican gang.
Forty DeuceForty Deuce · 1982
Forty Deuce
5.11982
MovieDrama
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
The StripperThe Stripper · 1963
The Stripper
4.61963
MovieRomanceDrama
An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.

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