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  1. Ernest Ralph Tidyman (January 1, 1928 – July 14, 1984) was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , as well as a Golden Globe Award , a Writers Guild of America Award ...

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  2. Jul 16, 1984 · Ernest R. Tidyman, author and screenwriter whose screenplay for the movie ''The French Connection'' won him an Academy Award, died Saturday in Westminster Hospital in London of a perforated ulcer ...

  3. Ernest Tidyman. Writer: The French Connection. Ernest Tidyman was born on 1 January 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The French Connection (1971), High Plains Drifter (1973) and Shaft (2019).

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    • January 1, 1928
    • Ernest Tidyman
    • July 14, 1984
  4. Ernest Tidyman was born on January 1, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The French Connection (1971), High Plains Drifter (1973) and Shaft (2019). He was previously married to Chris Clark and Susan Gould.

    • January 1, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  6. Author Ernest Tidyman was at the time trying to transition from the field of journalism to fiction, after his first novel, Flower Power, had little success. Editor Alan Rinzler, who had worked with Claude Brown on the bestselling Manchild in the Promised Land , wanted a book to take the gritty realism of Manchild in the Promised Land and bring ...

  7. Book 2. Shaft Among the Jews. by Ernest Tidyman. 3.38 · 53 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1972 · 15 editions. A Novel by Ernest Tidyman John Shaft is back, Smoo…. Want to Read. Rate it:

  8. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971. His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for Best ...

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