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Name
  
Gerald Adams

Role
  
Executive

Siblings
  
Claire Adams


Gerald Drayson Adams Harum Scarum Gene Nelson director Gerald Drayson Adams

Died
  
August 23, 1988, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Spouse
  
Florence Renaud (m. ?–1971)

Books
  
With Loving Tenderness, Without Mercy

Movies
  
Kissin' Cousins, The Big Steal, Ard Car Robbery, Dead Reckoning, The Duel at Silver Creek

Similar People
  
Gene Nelson, Earl Felton, Daniel Mainwaring, Sam Katzman, Reginald Le Borg

Gerald Drayson Adams (June 25, 1900 – August 23, 1988) was a former business executive and literary agent when he began writing for films in the 1940s. The Oxford University-educated Adams specialized in action/adventure and western films. His films include Dead Reckoning (1947) starring Humphrey Bogart, The Big Steal (1949), Armored Car Robbery (1950), His Kind of Woman (1951, uncredited), The Black Sleep (1956), and Kissin' Cousins (1964), starring Elvis Presley, for which he received a WGA award nomination. Adams also wrote for television series, including the pivotal episodes "Hostage" and "Stampede" for Maverick (1957).

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