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N. Richard Nash is a Scriptwriter American born on 8 june 1913
N. Richard Nash, né Nathan Richard Nusbaum à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) le 8 juin 1913 et mort à Manhattan (New York) le 11 décembre 2000, est un écrivain et dramaturge américain connu pour l'écriture de spectacles à Broadway, dont notamment la pièce The Rainmaker .
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N. Richard Nash
Birth name Nathan Richard Nusbaum
Nationality USA
Birth 8 june 1913
Death 11 december 2000 (at 87 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 june 1913
Death 11 december 2000 (at 87 years)
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Dragonfly (1976)
, 1h38Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth, Linda Miller, Mildred Dunnock
Roles Writer
Rating51%
After being released from a mental hospital, Jesse (Bridges) sets out to find and rejoin his off-beat family. While doing so, he meets a pretty young woman named Chloe (Sarandon) who works in a movie theatre, and they fall in love, which resolves his psychological problems.
Porgy and Bess (1959)
, 2h18Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Rating69%
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
The Rainmaker (1956)
, 2h1Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Western
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman, Wallace Ford
Roles Novel
Rating68%
During the Depression era in the Midwest, con man Bill Starbuck acts as a rainmaker, but is chased out of town after town. One day, he arrives in a drought-ridden rural town in Kansas and showed up at the door of spinsterish Lizzie Curry and the rest of the Curry clan. Lizzie keeps house for her father, H.C., and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. Prior to Starbuck's arrival, Lizzie was expecting Sheriff File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, though he declined the family's invitation to dinner. Starbuck promises to bring rain in exchange for $100 ($833 in 2013 dollars). Against Lizzie's protests, H.C. goes for the deal out of desperation for rain even though he thinks Starbuck is a con.
Helen of Troy (1956)
, 1h54Directed by Robert Wise, Raoul Walsh, Sergio Leone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Political films, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Jacques Sernas, Rossana Podestà, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Douglas
Roles Adaptation
Rating61%
The film retells the story of the Trojan War, albeit with some major changes from the Iliad's storyline: Paris of Troy (Jacques Sernas) sails to Sparta to secure a peace treaty between the two powerful city-states. His ship is forced to return to Troy in a storm after he has been swept overboard on the shore of Sparta. Paris is found by Helen, Queen of Sparta (Rossana Podestà), with whom he falls in love. He goes to the palace where he finds Helen's husband, King Menelaus (Niall MacGinnis), Agamemnon (Robert Douglas), Odysseus (Torin Thatcher), Achilles (Stanley Baker) and many other Greek kings debating whether to go to war with Troy. Menelaus, who is denied by Helen, sees that his wife and Paris are in love and, pretending friendship, plots Paris' death.
Top of the World (1955)
, 1h31Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates, Robert Arthur, Paul Fix
Roles Writer
Rating59%
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Mara Maru (1952)
, 1h38Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Paul Picerni, Richard Webb, Dan Seymour
Rating59%
Gregory Mason and Andy Callahan are partners in a salvage business in Manila. Callahan is murdered after some drunken talk about sunken treasure; Mason is suspected by Lt Zuenon of the local police because he is in love with Callahan's wife, Stella.
The Flying Missile (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Kenneth Tobey, John Qualen, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Original Story
Rating58%
Decorated submarine commander Commander William Talbot's (Glenn Ford) boat the USS Bluefin (actually the USS Cusk) is on manoeuvers with the goal of simulating sinking the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41). The Midway is carrying some politicians to view the test firing of a JB-2 missile from its flight deck. Sighting the carrier, the Bluefin attempts a simulated torpedo attack but is detected and "sunk" by a depth charge attack from a destroyer.
The Vicious Years (1950)
, 1h21Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tommy Cook, Eduard Franz, Anthony Ross, Russ Tamblyn, Eve Miller, John Doucette
Rating55%
Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him. Afraid the Mario will reveal his secret, Luca attempts to kill him. Aware now, just as he has suspected, Emilio Rossi realizes that his son is no good and turns him over to the police. Mario is persuaded to stay with the family as an adopted son.
Dear Wife (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Haydn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Harry von Zell, Billy De Wolfe, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold
Rating63%
Miriam Wilkins is a teenage girl going door-to-door, trying to get Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, elected to the state senate. However, Bill has no idea that Miriam is doing this, and he has no wish to become a senator. He is a middle-aged war veteran who works at a bank. He feels like a loser and is frustrated by having to live with his wife Ruth's family. Bill wants to be more independent and stand on his own two feet.
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
, 1h29Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, George Reeves, William Demarest, Beulah Bondi
Roles Ecrivain
Rating64%
After escaping New York City with the loot from a successful scam they pulled, sisters Letty and Jane Stanton decide to hide out in a small town in Maine close to the Canadian border. Robbie McCleary takes them in only to discover the large surplus of money mysteriously appearing. The girls reluctantly get involved in a charity program and unwittingly become the local celebrities of the town, something that causes a problem when their fame attracts attention outside the small town and the people affected by their previous scams begin to catch up with them.
Nora Prentiss (1947)
, 1h51Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary DeCamp, Wanda Hendrix
Roles Ecrivain
Rating70%
Dr. Richard Talbot, unhappy with the dull routine of his married life, begins an affair with nightclub singer Nora Prentiss. Feeling unable to ask his wife for a divorce, he fakes his own death by substituting a dead man's body for his own. He and Nora then move from San Francisco to New York, where Nora continues her singing career. Meanwhile, Talbot drinks heavily and becomes increasingly paranoid and reclusive as he learns that his death is under investigation. After a fight with Nora's nightclub boss, Talbot crashes his car and his face is badly scarred. The police, not realizing that the man is Talbot, arrest him for his own murder. Guilty about the suffering he caused his family and feeling he has no future, Talbot convinces Prentiss to keep his secret, allowing him to be convicted and executed.