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Ben L. Perry


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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Original Screenplay
The Boss (1956)
Original story and Screenplay

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Boss, The (1956) - Middle Class City
Boss, The (1956) - My Private Life

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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Original Screenplay
The Boss (1956)
Original story and Screenplay

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Boss, The (1956) - Middle Class City Ghost-screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's opening, 1919, introducing doughboy Matt (John Payne), two comrades (William Bishop, Bob Morgan) griping on parade, big brother Tim (Roy Roberts) and girlfriend Elsie (Doe Avedon), in The Boss, 1956.
Boss, The (1956) - My Private Life Midwest political strongman Matt (John Payne) has dressed up downtrodden wife Lorry (Gloria McGhee) in diamonds, which are really for his ex-gal Elsie (Doe Avedon), who is a dinner guest with her new husband, his back-in-town old pal, Bob (William Bishop), trouble brewing, in The Boss, 1956.

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