Martin Goldsmith (November 6, 1913 – May 24, 1994) wrote several classic B-movies including Detour (1945), Blind Spot (1947) and The Narrow Margin in 1952 for which he was Oscar-nominated.
Goldsmith — at one time the brother-in-law of Anthony Quinn — also contributed some stories to The Twilight Zone TV series in the 50s and related to Anthony Goldsmith.
Famous quotes containing the words martin and/or goldsmith:
“Today everything is different. I can’t even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and catsup. I’m an average nobody, I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.”
—Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)
“But soon a wonder came to light,
That showed the rogues they lied:
The man recover’d of the bite,
The dog it was that died.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)