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Vernon Harris

Vernon Harris was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert who said:[Harris] worked with me in some way on almost every film I did over nearly forty years. In those early days, we very often did the complete screenplay together. Vernon’s real strength was as a script editor. We would lay out the scenario together and we would then usually depend upon a dialogue writer to supply the dialogue.

Credits
ScreenwriterPlay Up the Band (1935) • Joy Ride (1935) – also story • The Improper Duchess (1936) • Tropical Trouble (1936) • Band Waggon (1940) – also devised by • The Adventures of PC 49 (1949) – based on radio series • A Case for PC 49 (1951) – also based on radio series • Emergency Call (1952) aka The Hundred Hour HuntThere Was a Young Lady (1953) – original story • Cosh Boy (1953) aka The SlasherAlbert R.N. (1953) aka Break to FreedomThe Good Die Young (1954) • The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) • Reach for the Sky (1956) – additional scenes • Three Men in a Boat (1956, joint nomination with Hubert Gregg for BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay) • The Admirable Crichton (1957) aka Paradise LagoonCarve Her Name with Pride (1958) • A Cry from the Streets (1958) (nomination for BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay) • Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) • Light Up the Sky! (1960) • Almost Angels (1962) • Emergency (1962) • Oliver! (1968 – 1969 nominee for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay) • Friends (1971) • Paul and Michelle (1974) As script editorThe Adventurers (1970) • Seven Nights in Japan (1976) • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) • Moonraker (1979) • Educating Rita (1983) Storyboard artistShirley Valentine (1989) ActorJoy Ride (1935) • Show Flat (1936) • Tropical Trouble (1936) • Farewell Again (1937) • The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938) • The Last Barricade (1938) • The Gables Mystery (1938) Radio WriterBand Waggon (1938–40) • The Adventures of PC 49 ==References==
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