Biography
Leo Katcher (October 14, 1911 – February 27, 1991) was an American reporter, screenwriter, and author. As West Coast Correspondent of the New York Post in 1952, he helped to break the story about Nixon's election expenses, which provoked Nixon into making his televised defence, still remembered as the Checkers Speech. In 1956, Katcher was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for The Eddy Duchin Story.
Filmography
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Island of Love (1963)
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
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Party Girl (1958)
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The Hard Man (1957)
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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
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The Naked Street (1955)
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5.89
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They Rode West (1954)
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M (1951)
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Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
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6
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Average 6.08
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1963
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1911-10-14
Deathday1991-02-27 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceBayonne, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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