Marvin John Schwartz (January 10, 1928 – September 3, 1997) was an American film producer and publicist. He began producing by optioning the novel ''

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'', which became a 1966 film. Schwartz was born in

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, New York, to Sol Schwartz and Minnie Siegel,

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, respectively. His father worked in the garment industry cutting furs. He died in

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'' (2019),

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plays a character with a similar name, Marvin Schwarz, who is

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The War Wagon ''The War Wagon'' is a 1967 American Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Released by Universal Pictures, it was produced by Marvin Schwartz and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. Th ...

'' (1967) *''

100 Rifles ''100 Rifles'' is a 1969 American Western film directed by Tom Gries and starring Jim Brown, Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds. It is based on Robert MacLeod's 1966 novel ''The Californio''. The film was shot in Spain. The original music score w ...

'' (1969) *''

Hard Contract ''Hard Contract'' is a 1969 American drama mystery film written and directed by S. Lee Pogostin and starring James Coburn and Lee Remick. It premiered on April 30, 1969 in Panavision. Plot CIA assassin John Cunningham, a cold-blooded killer wit ...

'' (1969) *''

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'' (1970) *''

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys ''Welcome Home, Soldier Boys'' is a 1971 American drama film directed by Richard Compton and starring Joe Don Baker, Paul Koslo, Alan Vint, Elliott Street, Jennifer Billingsley and Billy "Green" Bush. Written by Guerdon Trueblood, the film was ...

'' (1971) *''

Kid Blue ''Kid Blue'' is a 1973 American Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson. Plot Bickford Waner, who has failed as a train robber, decides to go straight and ...

'' (1973)

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* American film producers 1928 births 1997 deaths Mass media people from the Bronx 20th-century American Jews American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Austrian-Jewish descent {{US-film-producer-stub