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The son of a railway superintendent, Nunnally Johnson was schooled in Columbus, Georgia, graduating in 1915. He worked for the local newspaper as a delivery boy, became a junior reporter for the Savannah Press and then moved on to New York in 1919. There, his journalistic career really took off, particularly as a principal news reporter for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Evening Post for which he wrote a humorous weekly column. An exceptionally literate individual, possessed of great wit, he was at his best writing social satire, lampooning conventions. This side of him was well showcased by some fifty short stories he submitted to the Saturday Evening Post and the New Yorker between 1925 and 1932.

Stymied in his efforts at writing film critique, Johnson made his way to Hollywood in 1932 and was initially signed by United Artists as a screenwriter. He only stayed a year before joining 20th Century Fox, where he became closely associated with Darryl F. Zanuck, not only in the capacity of writer, but also as associate producer and occasional director. His first contract ran from 1935 to 1942, his second from 1949 to 1963. During the interval, he co-founded International Pictures with independent producer William Goetz but the venture proved to be short-lived. The company was absorbed after less than three years by Universal, Goetz becoming head of production for the expanded Universal-International. Johnson returned to Fox.

During his time as a screenwriter, Johnson rarely ever worked in collaboration. Instead he showcased his own original work as well as displaying an innate flair for adapting classic novels into film scripts. Of particular note are his efforts for director John Ford, which included John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road (1941) and - also as producer/director - the psychological drama The Three Faces of Eve (1957). Add to that the gangster satire Roxie Hart (1942), and the brilliantly clever Fritz Lang-directed film noir The Woman in the Window (1944), both of which Johnson also produced. Not confined to any single genre, Johnson applied himself with equal vigour to westerns (The Gunfighter (1950)), war films (The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)) and comedies (How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)). His consistently intelligent treatment of such diverse A-grade material made him the highest paid writer in Hollywood.

Manuel Palacios was born on 24 May 1918 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La mansión de las 7 momias (1977), Pobres.. pero sinvergüenzas (1949) and Dos de la vida airada (1948). He died on 25 March 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Antonio Quintero was born on 4 January 1894 in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. He was a writer, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Maravilla (1957) and Oro y marfil (1947). He died on 25 March 1977 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Rodolfo Walsh was born in 1927 in Choele-Choel, Rio Negro, Argentina. He was a writer, known for Murder of a Distance (1998), Operación masacre (1973) and Dale nomás (1974). He died on 25 March 1977.

Boris Markov was born on 7 March 1924 in Khodyakovo village, Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Chuvashia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Vostochny koridor (1967), Pechki-lavochki (1972) and Pamyat zemli (1976). He died on 25 March 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

Eugen Szenkar was born on 9 April 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. Eugen is known for Jardim do Pecado (1946). Eugen died on 25 March 1977 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Leslie Hinton was born on 15 February 1890 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was married to Beryl Beresford. He died on 25 March 1977 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.

Betty Lloyd Davis was born on 16 May 1892 in Saundersfoot, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Charlesworth at Large (1958) and Under Milk Wood (1957). She was married to James Pollitt. She died on 25 March 1977 in Surrey, England, UK.