---
name: "Joseph Stinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-stinson"
fi1m_id: "joseph-stinson"
imdb_id: "nm0830472"
tmdb_id: 62039
wikidata_id: "Q3185658"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:14:33.598780+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Stinson

## Identity

Joseph Stinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-stinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-stinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0830472
- **TMDB ID:** 62039
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3185658
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185658, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830472/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62039

Writer. Born 1 January 1953 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185658, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830472/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62039

## Biography

Joseph Stinson, also credited as Joseph C. Stinson, is an American screenwriter. His credited screenplays include *Sudden Impact* (1983), *City Heat* (1984) and *Stick* (1985). He also contributed uncredited work to *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986).

Stinson wrote novelizations of *Sudden Impact* and *Heartbreak Ridge*. He is noted on IMDb as the creator of the catchphrase "Go ahead, make my day," which appears in *Sudden Impact*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986), Screenplay
- *Stick* (1985), Screenplay
- *City Heat* (1984), Screenplay
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)

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