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

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.
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.
In the Cool of the DayIn the Cool of the Day · 1963
In the Cool of the Day
★ 5.81963
MovieDramaRomance
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
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.
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.
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.
The Fox and the ForestThe Fox and the Forest · 1965
The Fox and the Forest
1965
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Sarah and David Kirsten are tourists from the 21st century who take a forbidden holiday in 1938 Mexico. But enforcers from the future, trying to keep the time-stream free from pollution and paradox, are on their trail. Can they evade their pursuers without betraying their origins?
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.

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