A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
New York, New York, USA
Born:
July 13, 1918
Died:
April 15, 1976
Martin Rackin (31 July 1918 – 15 April 1976) was an American writer and producer who was briefly head of production at Paramount Pictures from 1960–64. In the late 1950s he wrote and produced a series of films with actor Alan Ladd. Richard Fleischer described Rakin as "a real character. He was a fast-talking, breezy, nervous, con man type who blinked his eyes a lot. You always had the feeling that he was some sort of a street corner shell game operator keeping an eye open for the cops." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Additional Dialogue:
1947 Desperate
Novel:
1947 Desperate
1956 Santiago
Original Film Writer:
1947 Desperate
1956 Santiago
1999 Three Secrets
Producer:
1947 Desperate
1956 Santiago
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
1957 Top Secret Affair
1958 Fort Dobbs
1959 The Horse Soldiers
1960 The Barbarians
1966 Stagecoach
1967 Rough Night in Jericho
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
1972 The Revengers
1974 Hangup
1974 Twice in a Lifetime
1975 Nevada Smith
1999 Three Secrets
Screenplay:
1943 Air Raid Wardens
1947 Desperate
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
1951 Distant Drums
1951 The Enforcer
1951 The Stooge
1952 Loan Shark
1952 Sailor Beware
1953 The Clown
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay
1956 Santiago
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
1957 Top Secret Affair
1958 Fort Dobbs
1959 The Horse Soldiers
1960 North to Alaska
1960 The Barbarians
1966 Stagecoach
1967 Rough Night in Jericho
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
1972 The Revengers
1974 Hangup
1974 Twice in a Lifetime
1975 Nevada Smith
1999 Three Secrets
Story:
1943 Air Raid Wardens
1944 Marine Raiders
1947 Desperate
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
1951 Distant Drums
1951 The Enforcer
1951 The Stooge
1952 Loan Shark
1952 Sailor Beware
1953 The Clown
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay
1956 Lisbon
1956 Santiago
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
1957 Top Secret Affair
1958 Fort Dobbs
1959 The Horse Soldiers
1960 North to Alaska
1960 The Barbarians
1966 Stagecoach
1967 Rough Night in Jericho
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
1972 The Revengers
1974 Hangup
1974 Twice in a Lifetime
1975 Nevada Smith
1999 Three Secrets
Writer:
1941 Buy Me That Town
1943 Air Raid Wardens
1944 Marine Raiders
1947 Desperate
1947 Riff-Raff
1948 Fighter Squadron
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
1948 Race Street
1949 A Dangerous Profession
1950 Three Secrets
1951 Distant Drums
1951 The Enforcer
1951 The Stooge
1952 Loan Shark
1952 Sailor Beware
1953 The Clown
1954 Long John Silver
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay
1956 Lisbon
1956 Santiago
1957 The Big Land
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
1957 Top Secret Affair
1958 Fort Dobbs
1959 The Horse Soldiers
1960 North to Alaska
1960 The Barbarians
1966 Stagecoach
1967 Rough Night in Jericho
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
1972 The Revengers
1974 Hangup
1974 Twice in a Lifetime
1975 Nevada Smith
1999 Three Secrets
Writer:
1957 The Adventures Of Long John Silver
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