Frank S. Nugent
WritingFrank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Filmography — Crew
The Searchers
Screenplay
Fort Apache
Screenplay
3 Godfathers
Screenplay
Mister Roberts
Screenplay
The Quiet Man
Screenplay
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Screenplay
Wagon Master
Screenplay
The Tall Men
Screenplay
Donovan's Reef
Screenplay
Angel Face
Screenplay
Two Rode Together
Screenplay
The Red Beret
Screenplay
Tulsa
Screenplay
The Last Hurrah
Screenplay
Gunman's Walk
Screenplay
Incident at Phantom Hill
Screenplay
They Rode West
Screenplay
North West Frontier
Screenplay
Mean Justice
Writer
Trouble in the Glen
Screenplay
The Rising of the Moon
Screenplay