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Lionel White
American writer (1905-1985) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 80
Lionel White was an American journalist and crime novelist. Several of his dark, noirish stories were made into films. Also known as L.W. Blanco, White had been a crime reporter and began writing suspense novels in the 1950s. His more than 35 books were all translated into several languages.
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Stanley Kubrick Directed The Killing (1956)
Jean-Luc Godard Directed Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Burt Kennedy Directed The Money Trap (1965)
James B. Harris Produced The Killing (1956)
Elliott Kastner Produced The Night of the Following Day (1969)
Georges de Beauregard Produced Pierrot le Fou (1965)- Hubert Cornfield Directed The Night of the Following Day (1969)
- Robert Stevens Directed The Big Caper (1957)
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His earlier novels were published as Gold Medal crime fiction, but when E. P. Dutton began a line of mystery and suspense books, he also wrote for them. He was best known as what a New York Times review called "the master of the big caper."
