MoviesObituaryIvan MoffatWell-connected screenwriter of movie classicsThree films put George Stevens into the pantheon of great American film directors, and producer/screenwriter Ivan Moffat, who has died aged 84, made a considerable contribution to them. He was associate producer on the classic western Shane (1953) and the tragic romance A Place In The Sun (1951), as well as sharing an Oscar nomination for his screenplay of the Texas saga Giant (1956).
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