Writing

Stanford Whitmore

Born July 23, 1925 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Died May 8, 2014 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

War HuntWar Hunt · 1962
War Hunt
★ 6.41962
MovieDramaWar
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
The DarkThe Dark · 1979
The Dark
★ 4.51979
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher StoryDreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story · 1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
★ 7.41986
MovieDramaTV Movie
The true story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life--and his fortune--hunting for sunken Spanish treasure galleons off the coast of Florida.
My Old Man's PlaceMy Old Man's Place · 1971
My Old Man's Place
★ 6.81971
MovieWarDrama
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
Baby Blue MarineBaby Blue Marine · 1976
Baby Blue Marine
★ 5.21976
MovieDrama
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.
The D.A.: Conspiracy to KillThe D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill · 1971
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
★ 8.01971
MovieDramaCrime
D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings the man up on manslaughter charges, for which he's convicted. However, when Ryan discovers the pharmacist's double life--he's been running a burglary ring out of the pharmacy, and the dead man may have been a member of said ring, he vacates the manslaughter conviction and sets out to nail him for murder instead.
Hammersmith Is OutHammersmith Is Out · 1972
Hammersmith Is Out
★ 5.91972
MovieComedyDrama
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape.
The Best Place to BeThe Best Place to Be · 1979
The Best Place to Be
★ 7.51979
MovieDramaTV Movie
A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.

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