Movie: Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Top 10 Billed Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Waldo Salt
Waldo Salt

Self (archive footage)

Mary Davenport
Mary Davenport

Self

Jennifer Salt
Jennifer Salt

Self

Jerome Hellman
Jerome Hellman

Self

James Leo Herlihy
James Leo Herlihy

Self

Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman

Self

Paul Jarrico
Paul Jarrico

Self

Ring Lardner, Jr.
Ring Lardner, Jr.

Self

George Litto
George Litto

Self

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    Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

  • Release Date

    1990-01-19

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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