Horace McCoy
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.
Films (42)
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974 · Novel
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Novel
Texas Lady
1955 · Screenplay, Story
The Road to Denver
1955 · Screenplay
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Screenplay
Dangerous Mission
1954 · Story, Screenplay
Daughters of Destiny
1954 · Writer
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Screenplay, Story
El Alaméin
1953 · Writer
Montana Belle
1952 · Screenplay
The Lusty Men
1952 · Writer
The World in His Arms
1952 · Additional Dialogue
The Turning Point
1952 · Story
Bronco Buster
1952 · Screenplay
The Fireball
1950 · Writer
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950 · Novel
The Fabulous Texan
1947 · Screenplay
There's Something About a Soldier
1943 · Writer
Appointment in Berlin
1943 · Writer
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Story
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Screenplay
Valley of the Sun
1942 · Screenplay
Texas
1941 · Screenplay
Wild Geese Calling
1941 · Writer
Western Union
1941 · Dialogue
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940 · Writer
Queen of the Mob
1940 · Screenplay
Women Without Names
1940 · Screenplay
Parole Fixer
1940 · Screenplay
Television Spy
1939 · Writer
Island of Lost Men
1939 · Screenplay
Undercover Doctor
1939 · Writer
Persons in Hiding
1939 · Screenplay
Hunted Men
1938 · Writer
Dangerous to Know
1938 · Screenplay
Postal Inspector
1936 · Screenplay
Parole!
1936 · Screenplay
Fatal Lady
1936 · Writer
Speed Wings
1934 · Screenplay, Story
Fury of the Jungle
1933 · Writer
Dangerous Crossroads
1933 · Story
Soldiers of the Storm
1933 · Screenplay
