James Poe

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

22

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-04

Deathday

1980-01-24 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

James Poe

Biography

James Poe was an American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Academy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer and Smoke, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

Known For

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7.7%

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Aug 29, 1958

Last Train from Gun Hill
7.1%

Last Train from Gun Hill

Jul 29, 1959

Lilies of the Field
7.2%

Lilies of the Field

Jun 4, 1963

Attack
6.7%

Attack

Sep 19, 1956

The Bedford Incident
6.9%

The Bedford Incident

Oct 11, 1965

The Big Knife
6.0%

The Big Knife

Oct 25, 1955

Scandal Sheet
7.0%

Scandal Sheet

Jan 16, 1952

Summer and Smoke
6.7%

Summer and Smoke

Nov 16, 1961

Toys in the Attic
6.0%

Toys in the Attic

Jul 31, 1963

Riot
5.3%

Riot

Jan 15, 1969

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Writing

1992
The Nightman as Writer
1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Writer
1979
The Gathering, Part II as Characters
1977
The Gathering as Writer
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Screenplay
1969
Riot as Screenplay
1965
The Bedford Incident as Screenplay
1963
Toys in the Attic as Writer
1963
Lilies of the Field as Screenplay
1961
Summer and Smoke as Screenplay
1961
The Dick Powell Show as Writer
1961
Sanctuary as Screenplay
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill as Screenplay
1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Screenplay
1958
Hot Spell as Screenplay
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days as Screenplay
1956
Attack as Screenplay
1955
The Big Knife as Writer
1953
A Slight Case of Larceny as Story
1952
Paula as Writer
1952
Scandal Sheet as Screenplay
1949
Without Honor as Writer
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