1977
Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (born 1904)
Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (born 1904)
Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (born 1904)
Delmer Daves
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977)
- Died
- 1977
Delmer Lawrence Daves was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Hanging Tree (1959). He was required to work exclusively on studio-based films after heart trouble in 1959, one of which, A Summer Place (1959), was a huge commercial success.