Carl Foreman

Carl Foreman

Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.

  • Title: Carl Foreman
  • Popularity: 0.3831
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1914-07-23
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Carl Nathan Foreman
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Carl Foreman Movies

  • 1952
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    High Noon

    High Noon

    7.657 1952 HD

    Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

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  • 1957
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    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    7.816 1957 HD

    The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

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  • 1950
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    The Men

    The Men

    7 1950 HD

    Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

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  • 1963
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    The Victors

    The Victors

    6.2 1963 HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.

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  • 1963
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    The Victors

    The Victors

    6.2 1963 HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.

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  • 1963
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    The Victors

    The Victors

    6.2 1963 HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.

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  • 1961
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    The Guns of Navarone

    The Guns of Navarone

    7.307 1961 HD

    A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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  • 1961
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    The Guns of Navarone

    The Guns of Navarone

    7.307 1961 HD

    A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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  • 1949
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    Champion

    Champion

    6.6 1949 HD

    An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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  • 1950
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    Young Man with a Horn

    Young Man with a Horn

    6.4 1950 HD

    Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

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  • 1949
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    The Clay Pigeon

    The Clay Pigeon

    5.5 1949 HD

    Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.

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  • 1949
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    The Clay Pigeon

    The Clay Pigeon

    5.5 1949 HD

    Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.

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  • 1957
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    A Hatful of Rain

    A Hatful of Rain

    6.722 1957 HD

    A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

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  • 1950
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    6.8 1950 HD

    France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

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  • 1941
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    Bowery Blitzkrieg

    Bowery Blitzkrieg

    5.773 1941 HD

    The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.

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  • 1972
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    Young Winston

    Young Winston

    6.196 1972 HD

    This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

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  • 1980
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    When Time Ran Out...

    When Time Ran Out...

    5.4 1980 HD

    An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

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  • 1969
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    Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

    6.6 1969 HD

    A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

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  • 1949
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    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

    6.6 1949 HD

    A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.

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  • 1954
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    The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping Tiger

    5.5 1954 HD

    A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.

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  • 1945
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    Dakota

    Dakota

    5.1 1945 HD

    In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to be extended into Dakota, plans to use their $20,000 nest egg to buy land options to sell to the railroad at a profit. On the stage trip to Ft. Abercrombie, their fellow passengers are Jim Bender and Bigtree Collins, who practically own the town of Fargo and Devlin is aware that they are prepared to protect the little empire... trying to drive out the farmers by burning their property, destroying their wheat, and blaming the devastation on the Indians. Continuing their journey north on the river aboard the "River Bird', Sandy and John meet Captain Bounce, an irascible old seafarer. Two of Bendender's henchmen, Slagin and Carp, board the boat and relieve John of his $20,000 at gunpoint. Captain Bounce, chasing the robber's dinghy..

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  • 1958
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    The Key

    The Key

    5.983 1958 HD

    In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

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  • 1948
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    So This Is New York

    So This Is New York

    6 1948 HD

    A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.

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  • 1966
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    Born Free

    Born Free

    6.8 1966 HD

    At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

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  • 1950
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    The Men

    The Men

    7 1950 HD

    Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

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  • 1942
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    Rhythm Parade

    Rhythm Parade

    1 1942 HD

    A nightclub performer, jealous about the talents of an aspiring singer, tries to sabotage her chances at a professional career.

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  • 1941
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    Spooks Run Wild

    Spooks Run Wild

    4.904 1941 HD

    A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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  • 1941
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    Spooks Run Wild

    Spooks Run Wild

    4.904 1941 HD

    A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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  • 1972
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    Young Winston

    Young Winston

    6.196 1972 HD

    This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

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  • 1979
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    The Golden Gate Murders

    The Golden Gate Murders

    8 1979 HD

    An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except his nurse, Sister Benecia, believes that it was suicide. Sister Benecia finally manages to convince the police department to assign a detective, the cynical, irascible Paul Silver, to investigate. The "Mad Nun" and the "Mad Cop" become a formidable investigative team -- and much, much more.

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  • 1972
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    Living Free

    Living Free

    6.6 1972 HD

    When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

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  • 1945
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    Know Your Enemy: Japan

    Know Your Enemy: Japan

    5.853 1945 HD

    Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.

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  • 1969
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    Otley

    Otley

    6.2 1969 HD

    A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

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  • 1958
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    The Key

    The Key

    5.983 1958 HD

    In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

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  • 1952
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    High Noon

    High Noon

    7.657 1952 HD

    Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

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  • 2000
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    High Noon

    High Noon

    5.2 2000 HD

    High Noon tells the story of a lawman named Will Kane (Skerritt) who has just married a young bride, Amy (Thompson), promising to leave his dangerous career and settle down for a quiet life. Just as they are about to leave, word comes that a vicious killer Kane had sent to prison years earlier, is coming to town on the noon train seeking vengeance. Kane attempts to rally the town to fight the gunman, but not even his former deputy Harvey (Diamond) is willing to help. Harvey's cowardice infuriates his girlfriend, Helen (Alonso), whose romantic past with both Kane and with the arriving gunman convinces her to pack up and leave town. As the dreaded noon hour approaches, Kane realizes he must stand alone against the coming storm.

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  • 1969
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    Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

    6.6 1969 HD

    A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

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  • 1978
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    Force 10 from Navarone

    Force 10 from Navarone

    6.207 1978 HD

    World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in the surrounding area from all sorts of danger, both natural and human.

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