Irving Shulman

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Irving Shulman (May 21, 1913-March 23, 1995) was an author and screenwriter whose works were adapted into movies.

His books included The Amboy Dukes, Cry Tough and The Square Trap, all of which were adapted into movies. He wrote the screen adaptation of the James Dean movie Rebel Without a Cause.

The Amboy Dukes, published in 1947, was about gangs in Brooklyn. It sold five million copies and led to his being hired as a screenwriter by Warner Bros..

In the 1960s, Shulman wrote biographies of Jean Harlow and Rudolph Valentino.

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• Internet Movie Database [1]
• Answers.com [2]
• New York Times obituary [3]