Screenwriter

Horace McCoy

1933–present1897–1955DramaCrimeWesternAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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The Screenplays

41 total writing credits

WRITER

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

Novel

WRITER

No Pockets in a Shroud

1974

Novel

Full Writing Credits

1974No Pockets in a ShroudNovel5.4 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Novel7.6 1955Rage at DawnScreenplay6.2 1955The Road to DenverScreenplay7.0 1955Texas LadyScreenplay5.7 1954Dangerous MissionScreenplay

About

Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1955.

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