Horace McCoy
Biography
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy…
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Filmography
Crew (47)
Movies (46)
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974Novel
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969Novel
Rage at Dawn
1955Screenplay
Texas Lady
1955Screenplay
Texas Lady
1955Story
The Road to Denver
1955Screenplay
Dangerous Mission
1954Screenplay
Dangerous Mission
1954Story
Daughters of Destiny
1954Writer
Bad for Each Other
1953Screenplay
Bad for Each Other
1953Story
El Alaméin
1953Writer
The Turning Point
1952Story
The Lusty Men
1952Writer
Montana Belle
1952Screenplay
Bronco Buster
1952Screenplay
The World in His Arms
1952Additional Dialogue
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950Novel
The Fireball
1950Writer
The Fabulous Texan
1947Screenplay
Flight for Freedom
1943Story
Appointment in Berlin
1943Writer
There's Something About a Soldier
1943Writer
Gentleman Jim
1942Screenplay
Valley of the Sun
1942Screenplay
Texas
1941Screenplay
Western Union
1941Dialogue
Wild Geese Calling
1941Writer
Women Without Names
1940Screenplay
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940Writer
Queen of the Mob
1940Screenplay
Parole Fixer
1940Screenplay
Island of Lost Men
1939Screenplay
Undercover Doctor
1939Writer
Television Spy
1939Writer
Persons in Hiding
1939Screenplay
Dangerous to Know
1938Screenplay
Hunted Men
1938Writer
Parole!
1936Screenplay
Fatal Lady
1936Writer
Postal Inspector
1936Screenplay
Speed Wings
1934Screenplay
Speed Wings
1934Story
Soldiers of the Storm
1933Screenplay
Fury of the Jungle
1933Writer
Dangerous Crossroads
1933Story
Television (1)
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