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Hal Dresner (June 4, 1937 – March 17, 2023) was an American screenwriter. He worked on such films as The Eiger Sanction , Zorro, The Gay Blade , and Sssssss . He is credited with writing the line, "What we have here is a failure to communicate" for the film Cool Hand Luke .
- Screenwriter
- March 17, 2023 (aged 85), Ashland, Oregon, U.S.
- June 4, 1937, New York City, U.S.
Mar 17, 2023 · Hal Dresner, a veteran writer for film and television who is credited for the memorable line, “What we have here is a failure to communicate” in the film Cool Hand Luke, died Friday of cancer ...
Hal Dresner. Writer: The Harvey Korman Show. Hal Dresner was born on 4 June 1937 in the USA. Hal was a writer and producer, known for The Harvey Korman Show (1977), The Eiger Sanction (1975) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987).
- Writer, Producer
- June 4, 1937
- Hal Dresner
- March 17, 2023
Mar 21, 2023 · Hal Dresner lost his courageous four-year battle against cancer on March 17. Born June 4, 1937, in New York City, Hal knew from age 9 that he wanted to be a writer, and he made that dream come true. After graduating from the University of Florida, he returned to New York and began a writing career that soon took him to Hollywood, where he ...
Hal Dresner has 19 books on Goodreads with 1957 ratings. Hal Dresner’s most popular book is Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous.
Mar 17, 2023 · Hal Dresner was an American screenwriter who worked on such films as The Eiger Sanction, Zorro, The Gay Blade, and Sssssss.. He is credited with writing the line, "What we have here is a failure to communicate" for the film Cool Hand Luke.
Hal Dresner is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Creator, Producer, Short Story, Screenstory, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes M*A*S*H, The Eiger Sanction, Night Gallery, Sssssss, Zorro, The Gay Blade, The April Fools, The Extraordinary Seaman, and Catch-22.
