Harold Jacob Smith (July 2, 1912 – December 28, 1970) was an American screenwriter. His screenplay for ''
The Defiant Ones
''The Defiant Ones'' is a 1958 American adventure drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier ...
'' won the
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1958.
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TV
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1912 births
1970 deaths
Writers from New York City
American male screenwriters
Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
Edgar Award winners
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters