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Richard English is a Scriptwriter American born on 18 may 1910

Richard English

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Birth name Richard Murray
Nationality USA
Birth 18 may 1910
Death 2 october 1957 (at 47 years)

Richard English, né le 18 mai 1910 à West Newton, Pennsylvania en Pennsylvanie aux États-Unis et mort le 2 octobre 1957 à Los Angeles en Californie, est un scénariste et écrivain américain.

Biography

Acteur, puis agent de Rudy Vallee, il est ensuite scénariste à Hollywood.

Militant anticommuniste, il participe activement à l'ère du maccarthysme en particulier avec une tournée de conférences en Amérique du Sud et la publication d'articles dans les journaux nationaux américains dont Communism in Hawaï qui lui sert de base pour le scénario de Big Jim McLain, film américain réalisé par Edward Ludwig en 1952.

Gonglé à bloc ! (The Sugarplum Staircase) publié en 1947 est sa seule production en littérature policière.

Usually with

Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
(3 films)
William Tracy
William Tracy
(3 films)
Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan
(3 films)
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
(1 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(3 films)
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Filmography of Richard English (20 films)

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Scriptwriter

Beyond Mombasa
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
, 1h30
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn, Ron Randell, Christopher Lee, Clive Morton
Rating57% 2.8591152.8591152.8591152.8591152.859115
Matt Campbell (Cornel Wilde) arrives in Kenya, where his brother George is reported missing. A man named Ralph Hoyt (Leo Genn) tells him that George has been killed by members of the "Leopard Men" cult.
Big Jim McLain
Big Jim McLain (1952)
, 1h30
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Veda Ann Borg, Hans Conried
Roles Writer
Rating52% 2.602362.602362.602362.602362.60236
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to Hawaii to track Communist Party activities. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
711 Ocean Drive
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
, 1h42
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley, Dorothy Patrick, Don Porter
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3939553.3939553.3939553.3939553.393955
Knowing how much telephone repairman Mal Granger (Edmond O'Brien) likes to bet on the horses, small-time bookmaker Chippie Evans (Sammy White) proposes a scheme in which Granger's technical expertise would provide gangster Vince Walters (Barry Kelley) with race results in advance.
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile (1950)
, 1h31
Directed 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 Writer
Rating58% 2.9063052.9063052.9063052.9063052.906305
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.
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (1950)
, 1h24
Directed by John Farrow, Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Jonathan Latimer
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, James Burke, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Story
Rating60% 3.0434353.0434353.0434353.0434353.043435
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
Lust for Gold
Lust for Gold (1949)
, 1h30
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer
Rating67% 3.3908753.3908753.3908753.3908753.390875
In modern times, a newspaper reports that "noted explorer and writer" Floyd Buckley (Hayden Rorke) claims to have discovered the location of the lost gold mine. He is approached by Barry Storm (William Prince), who believes he has some claim to it, as the Dutchman was his grandfather. Buckley brushes him off, but when he heads into the Superstition Mountains, Storm secretly follows him.
The Fabulous Dorseys
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
, 1h28
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Janet Blair, Tommy Dorsey, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Andrew Tombes
Rating56% 2.80752.80752.80752.80752.8075
Biographie des frères Tommy et Jimmy Dorsey, instrumentistes et chefs d'orchestre américains de jazz, depuis leur enfance à Shenandoah (Pennsylvanie), en passant par leurs parcours individuels, avec leurs orchestres respectifs.
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
, 1h33
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens, Dusty Anderson, Dennis Hoey
Rating59% 2.9984652.9984652.9984652.9984652.998465
Vagabond singer Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah (Phil Silvers), out of trouble. Abdullah is thought mad as he claims to have been born 1200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television.
Brazil
Brazil (1944)
, 1h31
Directed by R. G. Springsteen, Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Robert Livingston, Edward Everett Horton, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank Puglia
Roles Original Story
Rating58% 2.949752.949752.949752.949752.94975
Le Brésil est peut-être le meilleur de la poignée de films américains réalisés par la sensation de chant brésilien Tito Guizar. À la manière typique d'une comédie délirante, l'intrigue est mise en mouvement par l'auteur Nicky Henderson, qui a atteint les palmarès des best-sellers avec son dernier tome, Why Marry a Latin? En recherchant son prochain livre à Rio De Janeiro, elle découvre "pourquoi" lorsqu'elle rencontre le bel auteur-compositeur Miguel Soares. En apprenant l'existence du livre de Nicky, Miguel décide de lui donner quelques leçons sur les affaires de cœur. Edward Everett Horton est également sur place, gazouillant à travers le rôle d'un buttinsky bien intentionné. Grâce à la politique de "bon voisinage" des années 1940, les comédies musicales sud-américaines étaient une surabondance sur le marché, mais le Brésil était assez bon par ses propres mérites pour payer sa place au box-office.
Follow the Band
Follow the Band (1943)

Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Eddie Quillan, Russell Hicks, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, Robert Mitchum
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.414743.414743.414743.414743.41474
Marvin Howe is hired to work on the floor of the Clover Leaf Dairy Farm in Rutledge, Vermont, but much to his employer's dismay, he spends most of his working hours practicing playing the trombone, and not doing what he is supposed to. His boss, "Pop" Turnbull - the owner of the dairy, doesn't know that he is involved with Pop's daughter, Juanita, and is negatively surprised when the couple announces their engagement one day. Another man who works at the farm, Tate Winters, is also romantically interested in Juanita, and when he finds out about the engagement he convinces Pop that Marvin should be sent away on business. So Pop make Marvin go to New York City in order to obtain a membership National Dairymen's Association for him. Tate is well aware of that Pop repeatedly has been refused such a membership in the past, mainly because Pop raises goats and not cows. This makes the task nearly impossible for Marvin to perform.
Cadet Girl
Cadet Girl (1941)
, 1h8
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Carole Landis, George Montgomery, Shepperd Strudwick, William Tracy, Janis Carter, Robert Lowery
Roles Story
Rating69% 3.4789553.4789553.4789553.4789553.478955
A West Point cadet falls in love with a girl who sings in his brother's band.