His "Missing" was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Film in 1983
The first film he was involved in was "The Lovable Cheat," a comedy about a pair of desperate business partners, which he adapted the screenplay for and produced in 1949
Quote: "There were many people you helped break the black list․ I was one of them․"
Best known for producing films such as the historical dramas "Spartacus" and "Missing․"
Dalton Trumbo gave Lewis a signed copy of his novel, "Johnny Got His Gun․"
Was instrumental in ending the Hollywood black list by offering blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo an opportunity to write "Spartacus․"
After reading the novel "Spartacus," his wife told him he should make the book into a film