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Richard L. Breen is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 26 june 1918 at Chicago (USA)
Richard L. Breen (June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. He began as a freelance radio writer. After a stint in the US Navy during World War II, he began writing for films and worked alone and in collaboration with such distinguished writers as Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
He won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay to Titanic (1953), and was nominated for A Foreign Affair (1948) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963).
In 1957, he directed one film Stopover Tokyo, and then returned to screenwriting. He was president of the Screenwriters' Guild from 1952 to 1953.
He was also credited as "Richard Breen" and "Robert Breen".
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 june 1918 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 february 1967 (at 48 years) at Los Angeles County (USA)
Birth 26 june 1918 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 february 1967 (at 48 years) at Los Angeles County (USA)
He won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay to Titanic (1953), and was nominated for A Foreign Affair (1948) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963).
In 1957, he directed one film Stopover Tokyo, and then returned to screenwriting. He was president of the Screenwriters' Guild from 1952 to 1953.
He was also credited as "Richard Breen" and "Robert Breen".
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Stopover Tokyo (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Richard L. Breen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Larry Keating
Rating56%
US Intelligence Agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is sent to Tokyo on a routine courier mission but soon uncovers communist George Underwood’s (Edmond O'Brien) plot to assassinate the American High Commissioner (Larry Keating).
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Tony Rome (1967)
, 1h50Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Richard Conte, Sue Lyon, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami called the Straight Pass. This a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem.
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
, 1h37Directed by Ronald Neame, Cliff Owen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote, Roland Culver
Rating57%
A search is on for stolen diamonds and a government agent has been killed trying to recover them. When an unsuspecting William Beddoes arrives in Lisbon on behalf of an American bank, he is mistaken for the dead agent's replacement.
Do Not Disturb (1965)
, 1h42Directed by George Marshall, Ralph Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni, Reginald Gardiner, Leon Askin
Rating58%
American couple Mike and Janet Harper (Rod Taylor and Doris Day) move to England for Mike's work, his company which deals in wool textiles and wool fashions. Despite Mike's want for them to live in a flat in the heart of London, Janet, who is not a big city girl, ignores his want and instead finds them a house to rent thirty miles outside of London in Kent, which means that Mike has to commute into town by train. This commute is not ideal for Mike, who often for convenience stays in one of the company's flats in town rather than go home. This commuting situation makes Janet feel even more neglected than she already did previously.
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
, 2h6Directed by Robert D. Webb, David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Eddie Albert, Marc Cavell
Rating68%
In 1944, Captain Josiah Newman (Peck) is head of the neuro-psychiatric Ward 7 at the Colfax Army Air Field military hospital, located in the Arizona desert. As he explains to a visiting VIP who wanders in: "We're short of beds, doctors, orderlies, nurses, everything ... except patients." He will use unconventional tactics to treat his patients and to recruit much needed personnel, as when he hijacks a new and very reluctant orderly, Corporal Jackson Leibowitz (Curtis), a wheeler-dealer from New Jersey. Leibowitz promptly has the entire ward participating in a sing-along of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
Mary, Mary (1963)
, 2h6Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Diane McBain, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie, Hiram Sherman, Lester Dorr
Roles Ecrivain
Rating59%
When the Internal Revenue Service questions some of Bob McKellaway's deductions, Bob cannot remember what $5,000 worth of checks were for. Without his knowledge, his new tax lawyer, Oscar Nelson, asks Bob's ex-wife Mary to stop by to see if she can help. Bob does not want to see her, nor have his fiancee Tiffany Richards meet her.
PT 109 (1963)
, 2h20Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin, James Gregory, Robert Culp, Grant Williams, Errol John
Rating65%
U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade John F. Kennedy (Cliff Robertson) uses his family's influence to get himself assigned to the fighting in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II, much to the surprise of Commander C.R. Ritchie (James Gregory). Kennedy lobbies for command of a PT Boat, and is assigned to the "109", a badly damaged boat that is in dire need of repair and overhaul. Initially, Ritchie seems to regard the young, inexperienced Kennedy as something of a lightweight, but his enthusiasm to build a crew and refurbish the "109" to operational status eventually earns Ritchie's grudging respect. The crew includes Kennedy's executive officer, Ensign Leonard J. Thom (Ty Hardin), and sailors "Bucky" Harris (Robert Blake) and Edmund Drewitch (Norman Fell).
State Fair (1962)
, 1h58Directed by José Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye
Rating58%
Une famille de fermiers de l'Iowa se met en route pour la foire annuelle. Tandis que les parents espèrent gagner des concours, leurs deux grands enfants, Margy et Wayne, font chacun une rencontre amoureuse...
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
, 2h6Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dick Shawn, Ernie Kovacs, Darlene Tompkins, Jack Warden, Nobu McCarthy, Don Knotts
Rating62%
Gus Brubaker (Dick Shawn) is a self-described schnook. His wife talks him into applying for G.I. insurance for which he is eligible from his World War II service with the Air Force. Gus is reluctant because he was shot down and became a prisoner of war, but the military had listed him as killed. A red-tape foulup results in Gus being back in uniform, assigned to a ramshackle radar station on a backwater island near Japan. The airmen assigned there are apathetic, slovenly, and unmotivated. Its equipment and supplies are a collection of junk, abandoned or surplus.
The FBI Story (1959)
, 1h53Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Ann Doran, Nick Adams
Rating64%
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty (James Stewart) narrates the story of a murder, which the viewer sees in a flashback. Young Jack Graham (Nick Adams), takes out life insurance on his mother and plants a bomb in her luggage for a flight that she was taking from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, November 1, 1955.
Stopover Tokyo (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Richard L. Breen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Larry Keating
Rating56%
US Intelligence Agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is sent to Tokyo on a routine courier mission but soon uncovers communist George Underwood’s (Edmond O'Brien) plot to assassinate the American High Commissioner (Larry Keating).
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
, 1h43Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical
Actors Anthony Quinn, Richard Egan, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno, Eduardo Noriega
Rating58%
Au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, le Mexique est sous domination espagnole. L'occupant envoie un groupe de soldats dans le nord à la recherche des sept légendaires cités d'or. Le capitaine Gaspar de Portola dirige l'expédition qu'accompagne un missionnaire, le père Serra. Avant de poursuivre ses recherches, Portola installe une garnison à San Diego, où le prêtre fonde une mission. Le lieutenant Mendoza, qui commande cette garnison, provoque la colère des Indiens en tombant amoureux d'une indigène...
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
, 1h35Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin
Rating62%
Jazz cornetist Pete Kelly (Webb) and his Big Seven are the house band at the 17 Club, a speakeasy in Kansas City in 1927 during Prohibition. New local crime boss Fran McCarg (Edmond O'Brien) wants a percentage of the band's meager earnings. Despite the band's opposition, Kelly wisely gives in.
Dragnet (1954)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Ben Alexander, Jack Webb, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg
Rating65%
Pour élucider rapidement le meurtre d'un bookmaker notoire, deux inspecteurs de police de Los Angeles n'hésitent pas à employer des méthodes musclées.
Niagara (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Don Wilson (kickboxeur), Lurene Tuttle
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Ray and Polly Cutler (Showalter and Peters) on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls, find their reserved cabin occupied by George and Rose Loomis (Cotten and Monroe). Rose tells them that George is asleep at last, and has recently been discharged from an Army mental hospital. The Cutlers politely accept another, less desirable cabin, and so the two couples become acquainted.