Martin Mooney

Martin Mooney was born on Apr 17, 1896 in USA. Martin Mooney's big-screen debut came with Special Agent directed by William Keighley in 1935. Martin Mooney is known for Detour directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, Tom Neal stars as Al Roberts and Ann Savage as Vera. The upcoming new movie Martin Mooney plays is Daughter of the West which will be released on Feb 15, 1949.

Martin Mooney came into the film business in 1935 as a screenwriter after years of working in New York City as a playwright, newspaper reporter, columnist and press agent. In 1943 he joined PRC Pictures, where, in addition to screenwriting, he was in charge of advertising and publicity. Mooney's background in the rough-and-tumble New York City newspaper world was the impetus for PRC's specializing in the gritty urban crime dramas it was known for. The film for which Mooney will probably be best remembered is Edgar G. Ulmer's "film noir" masterpiece, Détour (1945).