A.I. Bezzerides

Albert Isaac Bezzerides was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing films noir and action motion pictures, especially several of Warners' "social conscience" films of the 1940s.

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Robert Ryan  •  Ward Bond  •  Charles Kemper

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Robert Ryan  •  Ward Bond  •  Charles Kemper

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides (2005)

Filled with humor and defining experiences in both his own life and in the lives of some of his closest friends, William Faulkner and Robert Aldrich, as well as on his late wife, screenwriter Silvia Richards, Mr. Bezzerides offers colorful reflections as to why he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fay Lellios
CAST:  Jason Baldwin  •  Jules Dassin  •  Barry Gifford  •  George Pelecanos

Filled with humor and defining experiences in both his own life and in the lives of some of his closest friends, William Faulkner and Robert Aldrich, as well as on his late wife, screenwriter Silvia Richards, Mr. Bezzerides offers colorful reflections as to why he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fay Lellios
CAST:  Jason Baldwin  •  Jules Dassin  •  Barry Gifford  •  George Pelecanos

Buzz (2005)

A journey to places, where the overlooked Hollywood screenwriter Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides lived and worked, revealing the operation of Hollywood's production system in the 1940s, '50s, '60s and more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spiro Taraviras
CAST:  A.I. Bezzerides  •  Jules Dassin  •  Gregory Patrick Karr  •  Cloris Leachman

A journey to places, where the overlooked Hollywood screenwriter Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides lived and worked, revealing the operation of Hollywood's production system in the 1940s, '50s, '60s and more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spiro Taraviras
CAST:  A.I. Bezzerides  •  Jules Dassin  •  Gregory Patrick Karr  •  Cloris Leachman