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Stanley Kramer

Stanley Earl Kramer was a film director and producer whose best movies dealt with social issues, Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in The Defiant Ones and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), nuclear war (in On the Beach), greed (in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), creationism vs. evolution (in Inherit the Wind), and the causes and effects of fascism (in Judgment at Nuremberg). His other films included High Noon (1952) The Caine Mutiny (1954) and Ship of Fools (1965).

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Director

Movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
Movie Not as a Stranger 1955
Movie Inherit the Wind 1960
Movie Ship of Fools 1965
Movie Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
Movie The Domino Principle 1977
Movie Oklahoma Crude 1973
Movie Bless the Beasts & Children 1971
Movie R.P.M. 1970
Movie On the Beach 1959
Movie The Pride and the Passion 1957
Movie Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley 1975
Movie The Runner Stumbles 1979
Movie The Secret of Santa Vittoria 1969
Movie The Defiant Ones 1958
Movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
Movie Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 1974

Producer

Movie The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953
Movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
Movie Eight Iron Men 1952
Movie My Six Convicts 1952
Movie Not as a Stranger 1955
Movie Inherit the Wind 1960
Movie Home of the Brave 1949
Movie Ship of Fools 1965
Movie The Member of the Wedding 1952
Movie The Four Poster 1952
Movie Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
Movie The Caine Mutiny 1954
Movie The Domino Principle 1977
Movie The Wild One 1953
Movie The Moon and Sixpence 1942
Movie Oklahoma Crude 1973
Movie High Noon 1952
Movie The Happy Time 1952
Movie On the Beach 1959
Movie A Child Is Waiting 1963
Movie The Sniper 1952
Movie The Pride and the Passion 1957
Movie The Men 1950
Movie The Runner Stumbles 1979
Movie Pressure Point 1962
Movie The Secret of Santa Vittoria 1969
Movie The Defiant Ones 1958
Movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
Movie Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 1974
Movie Champion 1949