Steve Fisher

Writing

August 29, 1912 — March 27, 1980Marine City, Michigan, USA

Crime novelist and screenwriter Stephen Gould Fisher adapted his novel into the screenplay for I Wake Up Screaming (1941). He also wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Johnny Angel (1945), Dead Reckoning (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Hunted (1948), I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948), Roadblock (1951), The Big Frame (1952), City That Never Sleeps (1953), Terror Street (1953), Hell's Half Acre (1954), The Big Tip Off (1955), Betrayed Women (1955), The Toughest Man Alive (1955), I Mobster (1958), and also wrote for television.

Known for

Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

1946

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1978

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

1941

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

1943

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo

1953

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

1949

City That Never Sleeps

City That Never Sleeps

1953

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954

Writing57

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1978

Writer, Teleplay

The Last Day

The Last Day

1975

Screenplay, Story

The Clones

The Clones

1973

Screenplay

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

1973

Writer

Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968

Screenplay, Story

Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery

1968

Screenplay, Story

Fort Utah

Fort Utah

1967

Story

Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns

1967

Screenplay

Red Tomahawk

Red Tomahawk

1967

Writer

Waco

Waco

1966

Screenplay

Johnny Reno

Johnny Reno

1966

Screenplay, Story

Black Spurs

Black Spurs

1965

Writer

Young Fury

Young Fury

1964

Story, Screenplay

Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless

1964

Writer

The Quick Gun

The Quick Gun

1964

Story

Ripcord

Ripcord

1961

Writer

September Storm

September Storm

1960

Story

Noose for a Gunman

Noose for a Gunman

1960

Story

I, Mobster

I, Mobster

1959

Writer

Courage of Black Beauty

Courage of Black Beauty

1957

Screenplay

The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed

1957

Screenplay

Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957

Writer

Silent Fear

Silent Fear

1956

Writer

Man on the Ledge

Man on the Ledge

1955

Teleplay

Top Gun

Top Gun

1955

Story, Screenplay

Night Freight

Night Freight

1955

Writer

Betrayed Women

Betrayed Women

1955

Writer

Las Vegas Shakedown

Las Vegas Shakedown

1955

Screenplay

The Big Tip Off

The Big Tip Off

1955

Writer

The Shanghai Story

The Shanghai Story

1954

Screenplay

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954

Theatre Play

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre

1954

Writer

36 Hours

36 Hours

1953

Screenplay, Story

Sea of Lost Ships

Sea of Lost Ships

1953

Screenplay

Vicki

Vicki

1953

Novel

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo

1953

Screenplay

City That Never Sleeps

City That Never Sleeps

1953

Screenplay

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

Screenplay

San Antone

San Antone

1953

Screenplay

Flat Top

Flat Top

1952

Writer

Battle Zone

Battle Zone

1952

Writer

The Big Frame

The Big Frame

1952

Screenplay

Roadblock

Roadblock

1951

Screenplay

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

1949

Story

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

1948

Screenplay

The Hunted

The Hunted

1948

Screenplay

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

Screenplay

That's My Man

That's My Man

1947

Writer

Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

1946

Screenplay

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946

Screenplay

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

1945

Screenplay

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

1943

Story

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

Story

Berlin Correspondent

Berlin Correspondent

1942

Screenplay

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

1941

Novel

Navy Secrets

Navy Secrets

1939

Story, Short Story

The Nurse from Brooklyn

The Nurse from Brooklyn

1938

Story