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Also Known As Raymond Nicholas Kienzle
Born August 7, 1911 • Wisconsin
Died June 16, 1979 (aged 67) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “55 Days at Peking” • “Bigger than Life” • “Hot Blood” • “Johnny Guitar” • “Party Girl” • “Rebel Without a Cause” • “The Lusty Men” • “The Savage Innocents” • “The True Story of Jesse James” • “They Live by Night” • “Wind Across the Everglades”

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