Jennings Lang (May 28, 1915, New York City – May 29, 1996, Palm Desert, California) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Lang was born...
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producer Walter Wanger, shot and injured her agent Jennings Lang. Wanger suspected that she and Lang were having an affair, a charge which she adamantly...
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career as a pianist on more than 2500 film scores. Lang was one of two sons born to publicists Jennings Lang and Flora Pam Friedheim. He was also raised in...
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Athlete Harry Shearer as (voice) announcer Jeffrey Marx It took producer Jennings Lang a number of years to get permission from Air France to use the Concorde...
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producer Jennings Lang, and they remained together until his death in 1996. They had three children, including screenwriter/producer-director Rocky Lang and...
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patriarch who allows cameras in his Arizona home. Real-life producer Jennings Lang also has an acting role in Real Life. Documentary film producer Albert...
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directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by William Frye, executive produced by Jennings Lang with a screenplay by Michael Scheff and David Spector. The plot concerns...
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Universal executive producer Jennings Lang took over development, bringing Mark Robson aboard as producer and director. Lang scored a coup when he was able...
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the script's violent nature led him to turn it down. When producer Jennings Lang initially could not find an actor to take the role of Callahan, he sold...
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directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye, executive produced by Jennings Lang, and written by Don Ingalls. The film stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black...
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Airport by Arthur Hailey Produced by Ross Hunter (1) William Frye (2–3) Jennings Lang (4) Starring Burt Lancaster George Kennedy Charlton Heston Alain Delon...
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Janie Clint Eastwood was given a copy of the 1966 novel by producer Jennings Lang, and was engrossed throughout the night in reading it. This was the...
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Howard (1915–1963), singer Betty Hutton (1921–2007), singer and actress Jennings Lang (1915–1996), film producer Andrea Leeds (1913–1984), actress Benjamin...
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water and it could have been inexpensively made", said co-producer Jennings Lang. "But we decided that it would be cheating the public to do a pirate...
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Polonsky Written by Abraham Polonsky Harry Lawton (book) Produced by Jennings Lang Philip A. Waxman Starring Robert Redford Katharine Ross Robert Blake...
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headlines for shooting at Jennings Lang, agent of Wanger's wife Joan Bennett. Formerly the vice president of the Jaffe Agency, Lang had become the head of...
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Hamilton Charlton Heston Craig Hill Glynis Johns Harmon Jones Elia Kazan Jennings Lang Tom Laughlin Sergio Leone Gina Lollobrigida Jack Lord George Maharis...
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agent Jennings Lang was shot by producer Walter Wanger for having an affair with Wanger's wife, actress Joan Bennett; during the affair, Lang had used...
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"Naco" Clint Ritchie as Deputy Calvin Eastwood was given the script by Jennings Lang, written by novelist Elmore Leonard. Originally called The Sinola Courthouse...
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Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan Written by David S. Ward Produced by Jennings Lang Starring Jackie Gleason Mac Davis Teri Garr Karl Malden Oliver Reed...
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agent Jennings Lang. On the afternoon of December 13, 1951, Wanger shot Lang twice after having spotted him with Bennett in a parking lot near MCA. Lang survived...
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Sanford Sheldon Richard Levinson William Link Tommy Cook Produced by Jennings Lang Starring George Segal Richard Widmark Timothy Bottoms Harry Guardino...
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more than doubling his salary for the previous film. Jennings Lang was responsible for the deal. Lang was a former agent of Don Siegel, a Universal contract...
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receiving an offer of $1 million – more than double his previous salary. Jennings Lang arranged for Eastwood to meet Don Siegel, a Universal contract director...
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the Lash 23 Patrick Cargill 77 UK Actor Father, Dear Father Help! 29 Jennings Lang 81 US Producer High Plains Drifter Earthquake 29 Jeremy Sinden 45 UK...
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dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists. Jennings started his career early...
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Liberties Union, Streisand performed a benefit at the mansion of film mogul Jennings Lang to pay for the legal defense of Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame...
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shouldn't we give George that kind of deal?" said studio executive Jennings Lang. "He's the complete filmmaker. He can put a blank piece of paper in...
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1974, at the Eiger mountain in Switzerland. Universal vice president Jennings Lang would supervise the production. As soon as he signed on to the project...
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Associated Film Distribution Jerry Leider The Nude Bomb Universal Studios Jennings Lang Raise the Titanic Associated Film Distribution William Frye Saturn 3...
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