Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Irwin Shaw
Active - 1936 - 2005 |
Birth - Feb 27, 1913 |
Death - May 16, 1984 |
Genres - Drama, Romance, War, Action-Adventure, Comedy
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Subgenres - American Football Film, Film Noir, Biographical Film, Buddy Film, Historical Film
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Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff-
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