Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Directed byPhilip Leacock
Screenplay byRobert Presnell, Jr.
Based onLet No Man Write My Epitaph
1958 novel
by Willard Motley
Produced byBoris D. Kaplan
StarringBurl Ives
Shelley Winters
James Darren
Jean Seberg
Ricardo Montalbán
Ella Fitzgerald
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byChester W. Schaeffer
Music byGeorge Duning
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Boris D. Kaplan Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 1960 (1960-10)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Let No Man Write My Epitaph is a 1960 American neo noir crime film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalbán and Ella Fitzgerald. The screenplay was by Robert Presnell Jr. based on the 1958 novel of the same title by Willard Motley. It is a sequel to the 1949 film Knock on Any Door, also based on a Motley novel.

The story concerns the son of an executed criminal who aspires to escape his impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhood with the help of his mother and a group of concerned neighbors.