Dean Riesner

Dean Riesner

Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918, New Rochelle, New York – August 18, 2002, Encino, California) was an American film and television writer. Riesner's father, Charles Reisner, was a German American silent film director, and Dean began acting in films at the age of five as "Dinky Dean". His most notable role was in Charlie Chaplin's 1923 film The Pilgrim. His career at this young age ended because his mother wanted her son to have a real childhood. As an adult, his first job in films was as a co-writer of the 1939 Ronald Reagan movie Code of the Secret Service. Riesner won an Oscar for directing Bill and Coo (1948), a feature film with a cast of real birds, costumed as humans, acting on the world's smallest film set. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for Rawhide and the "Tourist Attraction" episode of The Outer Limits, although he occasionally contributed to feature films like The Helen Morgan Story. In 1968 he landed a job working on the Clint Eastwood action film Coogan's Bluff, and this in turn would lead to him writing several other Eastwood features throughout the 1970s. Riesner helped pen the screenplays for two Eastwood films in 1971, Play Misty for Me and the original Dirty Harry. In 1973 he provided an uncredited rewrite for High Plains Drifter, and in 1976 he was one of the writers to draft The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry thriller. That same year he provided the teleplay for NBC's highly rated miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, starring Nick Nolte. In 1979 he wrote an early draft screenplay for The Godfather Part III, but his script was discarded when Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo finally agreed to collaborate on a third entry in the series. Riesner continued to write into the 1980s, though most of his work from that period went uncredited. Those films include Das Boot, The Sting II, and Starman. Riesner died in 2002 of natural causes. He had been married to actress Maila Nurmi, better known as the horror hostess Vampira.

  • Title: Dean Riesner
  • Popularity: 6.289
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Writing
  • Birthday: 1918-11-03
  • Toerana nahaterahana: New Rochelle, New York, USA
  • pejy fandraisana:
  • Fantatra koa amin'ny maha: Dinky Dean, Dink Dean, Dean Franklin, Charles Reisner Jr., Dean Reisner, Dinky Reisner, Dean E. Riesner
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Dean Riesner Movies

  • 1923
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    Hollywood

    Hollywood

    7 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Pilgrim

    The Pilgrim

    6.8 1923 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Traveling Saleswoman

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    4.5 1950 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Chaplin Revue

    The Chaplin Revue

    7.4 1959 HD

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  • 1921
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    Peck's Bad Boy

    Peck's Bad Boy

    3.5 1921 HD

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  • 1935
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    It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1950
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    Gunfire

    Gunfire

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Cobra Strikes

    The Cobra Strikes

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1936
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    Everybody Dance

    Everybody Dance

    6 1936 HD

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  • 2001
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    Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'

    Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'

    6.667 2001 HD

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  • 1948
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    Assigned to Danger

    Assigned to Danger

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1921
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    Grief

    Grief

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dirty Harry

    Dirty Harry

    7.453 1971 HD

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  • 1981
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    Das Boot

    Das Boot

    8.088 1981 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

    6.727 1976 HD

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  • 1968
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    Coogan's Bluff

    Coogan's Bluff

    6.337 1968 HD

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  • 1973
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    Charley Varrick

    Charley Varrick

    7.3 1973 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Sting II

    The Sting II

    4.6 1983 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bill and Coo

    Bill and Coo

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bill and Coo

    Bill and Coo

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Man from Galveston

    The Man from Galveston

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1967
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    Stranger on the Run

    Stranger on the Run

    5.4 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    Lost Flight

    Lost Flight

    3.7 1970 HD

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  • 1987
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    Fatal Beauty

    Fatal Beauty

    5.5 1987 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

    5.2 1957 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Fighting 69th

    The Fighting 69th

    5.4 1940 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Intruders

    The Intruders

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Keegans

    The Keegans

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1950
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    Operation Haylift

    Operation Haylift

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1983
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    Sudden Impact

    Sudden Impact

    6.5 1983 HD

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  • 1958
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    Paris Holiday

    Paris Holiday

    5.2 1958 HD

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  • 1942
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    Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

    Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

    5.4 1942 HD

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  • 1951
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    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    I Shot Billy the Kid

    I Shot Billy the Kid

    4 1950 HD

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  • 1971
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    Play Misty for Me

    Play Misty for Me

    6.581 1971 HD

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  • 1940
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    A Fugitive from Justice

    A Fugitive from Justice

    3.5 1940 HD

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  • 1954
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    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1987
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.6 1987 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5.9 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    4.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    6.4 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.6 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    4.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    3.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5.4 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    4.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.845 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    6.9 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.845 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    8.63 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    4.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    5 1970 HD

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