AKA: Albert Isaac Besserides
Birthdate: 08/09/1908
Birthplace: Samsun, Turkey
Death Date: 01/01/2007
Hard-hitting, noir-oriented scenarist. Bezzerides provided the novel basis for a couple of films and his most notable screenplay is for the deft, relentless adaptation of Mickey Spillane's crackling private dick tale, "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955).
Source Material (from novel)
1940
1940
Wrote the novel "The Long Haul", made into the film "They Drive By Night"
1942
First screenplay credit, "Juke Girl"
1955
Network TV debut as writer for the series, "Screen Director's Playhouse"
1959
Final screenplay, "The Jayhawkers"
