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Harold Jacob Smith (July 2, 1912 – December 28, 1970) was an American screenwriter. His screenplay for The Defiant Ones won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1958. [1] Filmography. Films. Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle (2000) Inherit the Wind (1999) The Defiant Ones (1986) The McMasters (1970) Inherit the Wind (1960)
- July 2, 1912, New York City, United States
- Writer, screenwriter
- December 28, 1970 (aged 58), Los Angeles, California, United States
- 1957–1970
Harold Jacob Smith was born on 2 July 1912 in New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960) and Enchanted Island (1958). He died on 28 December 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Actor
- July 2, 1912
- Harold Jacob Smith
- December 28, 1970
Oct 2, 2010 · He wanted to “take another shot at the blacklist and hire the same writers he hired for ‘The Defiant Ones,’ Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young.” (Young was a blacklisted screenwriter who ...
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Dec 30, 1970 · LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29— Harold Jacob Smith, an Oscar winning screen writer, died yes terday of a coronary attack in the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley....
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier . The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas.
- $2.75 million (US and Canadian rentals)
- Stanley Kramer
- $778,000
- Ernest Gold
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Harold Jacob Smith is known as an Screenplay, Story, and Writer. Some of his work includes Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones, It Came from Beneath the Sea, The River's Edge, Inherit the Wind, Night Editor, Enchanted Island, and The McMasters.
Boy Kills World. Marvel Movies In Order. Play Movie Trivia. Harold Jacob Smith. Highest Rated: 93% Inherit the Wind (1960) Lowest Rated: 91% The Defiant Ones (1958) Birthday: Jul 2, 1912....
