Borden Chase
Writing

Borden Chase

Born 11 January 1900 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Died 9 March 1970

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Known for

Red River
Winchester '73
Vera Cruz
Bend of the River
The Far Country
Man Without a Star
Night Passage
The Fighting Seabees
Backlash
The World in His Arms
The Virginian
Daniel Boone
The Bull of the West
Backtrack!
A Man Called Gannon
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
Ride a Crooked Trail
Night Passage
Backlash
Man Without a Star
His Majesty O'Keefe
Rails Into Laramie
Vera Cruz
The Far Country
Sea Devils
Bend of the River
The World in His Arms
Lone Star
Iron Man
Winchester '73
Montana
The Great Jewel Robber
Red River
Tycoon
I've Always Loved You
Flame of Barbary Coast
This Man's Navy
The Fighting Seabees
Harrigan's Kid
Destroyer
Blue, White and Perfect
The Devil's Party
Midnight Taxi
Under Pressure
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