Nedrick Young
American screenwriter (1914-1968) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 54
Nedrick Young, also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an American actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s for refusing to confirm or deny membership of the Communist Party before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA).
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Joseph H. Lewis Directed Gun Crazy and A Lady Without Passport
Stanley Kramer Directed The Defiant Ones and Inherit the Wind
André de Toth Directed Springfield Rifle (1952)
John Frankenheimer Directed The Train (1964)
Frank Lovejoy Also in Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Ray Teal Nedrick wrote Decoy (1946)
Phyllis Kirk Also in The Iron Mistress and Crime Wave
Robert Osterloh Also in A Lady Without Passport and Gun Crazy
Max Steiner Wrote Springfield Rifle and The Iron Mistress
Larry Parks Also in The Gallant Blade and The Swordsman- Gordon Douglas Directed The Iron Mistress (1952)
Claude Akins Nedrick wrote The Defiant Ones (1958)
Arthur Hunnicutt Also in Border Incident (1949)
Gene Nelson Also in Crime Wave and She's Back on Broadway
Charles McGraw Nedrick wrote The Defiant Ones (1958)- Lew Landers Directed Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Walter Wanger Produced Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Jay Novello Also in The Iron Mistress and Crime Wave- Henry Blanke Produced The Iron Mistress (1952)
Billy House Also in Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)- Harold Jacob Smith Also in The Defiant Ones and Inherit the Wind
- Jack Bernhard Directed Decoy (1946)
- Guy Trosper Also in Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Louis F. Edelman Produced Springfield Rifle (1952)
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He is credited with writing the story for Jailhouse Rock in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley.
