Stanley Mann (August 8, 1928 – January 11, 2016) was a Canadian

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. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he began his writing career in 1951 at

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, and was nominated for an

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for his work on the 1965 film ''

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'', based on the

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novel of the same title. He worked in many different genres, but his best known credits included the horror sequel '' Damien: Omen II'', the literary adaptations '' A High Wind in Jamaica'', '' Eye of the Needle'' and '' Firestarter'', and the sword-and-sorcery film '' Conan the Destroyer''. He was married to Florence Wood in the 1950s, while living and working in London, England.Reinhold Kramer, ''Mordecai Richler: Leaving St Urbain''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008. . Following their divorce in 1959, Wood married novelist

Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (novel), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and ''Barney's Version (novel), Barney's Versi ...

, who adopted Mann's son

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."The Apprenticeship of Daniel Richler"
. ''

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'', Spring 1987. He died on January 11, 2016.Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Stanley Mann Dies at 87
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Partial filmography

*''The Butler's Night Off'' (1951 - co-screenplay) *''Death of a Salesman'' (1957) (television) *'' Another Time, Another Place'' (1958) *''

The Mouse That Roared ''The Mouse That Roared'' is a 1955 satirical novel by Irish-American writer Leonard Wibberley, which launched a series of satirical books about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Wibberley used the premise to m ...

'' (1959 - co-screenplay) *'' His and Hers'' (1961 - co-screenplay) *'' The Mark'' (1961 - co-screenplay) *''

Woman of Straw ''Woman of Straw'' is a 1964 crime thriller directed by Basil Dearden and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was written by Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1954 novel ''La Femme de paille'' by Catherine Arley. ...

'' (1964 - co-screenplay) *''

Up from the Beach ''Up from the Beach'' is a 1965 French-American international co-production war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called ''Epitaph ...

'' (1965 - co-screenplay) *''

'' (1965 - co-screenplay) *'' A High Wind in Jamaica'' (1965 - co-screenplay) *''

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'' (1965) *''

The Naked Runner ''The Naked Runner'' is a 1967 British espionage film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan and Edward Fox. It was the last film Sinatra made with Warner Bros., and is largely viewed as being a disastrous end ...

'' (1967) *''

The Strange Affair ''The Strange Affair'' is a 1968 British crime drama film directed by David Greene and starring Michael York, Jeremy Kemp and Susan George. Plot Peter Strange (Michael York) is an idealistic young police recruit who gets mixed up with the mac ...

'' (1968 - co-screenplay) *''

Fräulein Doktor ''Fräulein'' ( , ) is the German language honorific for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English and Mademoiselle in French. Description ''Fräulein'' is the diminutive form of ''Frau'', which was previously reserved only for marrie ...

'' (1969 - writer) *''

Theatre of Blood ''Theatre of Blood'' (known in the U.S. as ''Theater of Blood'') is a 1973 British horror comedy film directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina. The cast als ...

'' (1973-idea) *'' Russian Roulette'' (1975 - co-screenplay) *''

Sky Riders ''Sky Riders'' (also known as ''Assault on the Forbidden Fortress'') is a 1976 American action film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring James Coburn, Susannah York and Robert Culp. The rescue sequences were filmed in Meteora in Greece wher ...

'' (1976 - co-screenplay) *'' Breaking Point'' (1976 - co-screenplay) *'' Damien: Omen II'' (1978 - co-screenplay) *''

Circle of Iron ''Circle of Iron'' is a 1978 martial arts fantasy film directed by Richard Moore and co-written by Bruce Lee, who intended to star in the film himself, but died before production. The film is also known as ''The Silent Flute'', which was the or ...

'' (1978 - co-screenplay) *''

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'' (1979 - co-screenplay) *'' Eye of the Needle'' (1981) * ''

Draw! ''Draw!'' is a 1984 American Western comedy film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Coburn and Alexandra Bastedo. Plot In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado, Harry Holland (Kirk Douglas), only wan ...

'' (1984) *'' Firestarter'' (1984) *'' Conan the Destroyer'' (1984) *''

Tai-Pan A tai-pan (,Andrew J. Moody, "Transmission Languages and Source Languages of Chinese Borrowings in English", ''American Speech'', Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter, 1996), pp. 414-415. literally "top class"汉英词典 — ''A Chinese-English Dictionary' ...

'' (1986 - co-screenplay) *''

Hanna's War ''Hanna's War'' is a 1988 film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on ''The Diaries of Hanna Senesh'' and the biographical novel ''A Great Wind Cometh'' by Yoel Palgi. It is a biopic detailing the true story of Hannah Sz ...

'' (1988 - co-screenplay)

Actor

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'' (1979) - Canadian Representative *'' Firestarter'' (1984) - Motel Owner (Last appearance)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Stanley 1928 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian screenwriters Jewish Canadian writers Writers from Toronto

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