Writing · b. 1899 · Springfield, Ohio, USA W.R. Burnett Other Credits Cool Breeze Novel 1972 Stiletto Writer 1969 Ice Station Zebra Screenplay 1968 The Jackals Story 1967 4 for Texas Writer 1963 Cairo Novel 1963 The Great Escape Screenplay 1963 Sergeants 3 Writer 1962 The Lawbreakers Writer 1961 September Storm Screenplay 1960 The Badlanders Novel 1958 Short Cut to Hell Screenplay 1957 Accused of Murder Novel 1956 I Died a Thousand Times Novel 1955 Illegal Screenplay 1955 Captain Lightfoot Novel 1955 Night People Screenplay 1954 Dangerous Mission Writer 1954 Arrowhead Novel 1953 Law and Order Novel 1953 Agent-readable