Clair Huffaker
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Clair Huffaker was a U.S. author of westerns
and other fiction, many of which were turned into films.
Clair Huffaker also wrote scripts for television.
For example, Huffaker was one of the writers on the Warner Brothers Western series Lawman
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Western fiction
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...
and other fiction, many of which were turned into films.
Novels
- Cowboy (1958)
- Flaming Lance (1958)
- Posse From Hell (1958)
- Guns of Rio Conchos (1958)
- The War Wagon (1967) (novel "Badman") (screenplay)
- Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian (1967)
- Cowboy and the Cossack (1973)
- Good Lord, You're Upside Down!" (1963)
- Seven Ways from Sundown
- One Time I Saw Morning come Home (1974)
Screenplays
- Seven Ways from SundownSeven Ways from SundownSeven Ways from Sundown is a 1960 Western film about an inexperienced Texas Ranger, played by Audie Murphy, who is sent to bring in a dangerous, if charming, outlaw played by Barry Sullivan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Clair Huffaker, who also wrote the script...
(1960) - Flaming StarFlaming StarFlaming Star is a 1960 western film starring Elvis Presley, based on the book Flaming Lance by Clair Huffaker. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the mixed-blood "Pacer Burton", a dramatic role. The film was directed by Don Siegel, and had a working title of...
(1960) - Posse from HellPosse from HellPosse from Hell is a 1961 Audie Murphy Western written by Clair Huffaker based on his 1958 novel of the same name. Herbert Coleman made his directoral debut.-Plot:...
(1961) - The ComancherosThe ComancherosThe Comancheros is a 1961 western Deluxe CinemaScope color film directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne based on a 1952 novel by Paul Wellman starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. When health troubles prevented Curtiz from finishing the film, Wayne directed the remainder of the movie, though...
(1961) - The Second Time AroundThe Second Time Around (film)The Second Time Around is a 1961 Western comedy film starring Debbie Reynolds as a widow who relocates her family from 1911 New York to the Arizona Territory...
(1961) - Rio ConchosRio Conchos (1964 film)Rio Conchos is a 1964 Cinemascope Western starring Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone, Tony Franciosa, Edmund O'Brien, and in his motion picture debut, Jim Brown....
(1964) - Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
- The War WagonThe War WagonThe War Wagon is a 1967 western Technicolor film starring John Wayne, released by Universal Pictures, directed by Burt Kennedy, and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. The film, which featured Wayne in one of his few roles as technically a "bad guy" , received generally positive reviews....
(1967)
Clair Huffaker also wrote scripts for television.
For example, Huffaker was one of the writers on the Warner Brothers Western series Lawman
Lawman (tv series)
Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....
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