"1953Z"^^ . "American journalist" . "Morton Thompson (c. 1907 \u2013 July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays. Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player, and the novels Not as a Stranger (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer) and The Cry and the Covenant. He was also the inventor of the Thompson Turkey. He was a friend of the writer Robert Benchley."@en . "0860522" . "1908Z"^^ . "Thompson, Morton"@en .