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Richard Macaulay is a Scriptwriter born on 18 august 1909
Richard Macaulay est un scénariste américain né le 18 août 1909 à Chicago,Illinois (États-Unis), décédé le 18 septembre 1969 à Los Angeles (États-Unis).
(1943)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth 18 august 1909
Death 18 september 1969 (at 60 years)
Death 18 september 1969 (at 60 years)
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Filmography of Richard Macaulay (34 films)
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The Good Die Young (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Stanley Baker, Richard Basehart, Laurence Harvey, John Ireland, Susan Shaw, Rene Ray
Roles Novel
Rating66%
The film opens with four men in a car, apparently about to commit a serious crime. How each of the previously law-abiding men came to be in this position is then explored.
Born to Kill (1947)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Actors Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Rating71%
Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) has just received a Reno divorce in Nevada. That night, she discovers one of her neighbors, Laury Palmer, and Palmer's gentleman caller both murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is Palmer's other boyfriend, Sam Wilde (Lawrence Tierney), an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
, 1h17Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Nat Pendleton, Joan Shawlee, Russell Hicks
Roles Story
Rating67%
After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) and Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) return to the United States aboard a troop ship. Also onboard is their old nemesis, Sgt. Collins (Nat Pendleton). As the ship nears New York, Collins and his superiors search the men's belongings for contraband. A six-year-old French orphan, Evey (Beverly Simmons), whom Herbie and Slicker befriended, is found in Herbie's duffle bag. She is handed over to Lt. Sylvia Hunter (Joan Fulton), who delivers her to immigration officials in New York. However, during a shift change at the office, Evey is mistaken for a neighborhood kid and set free. Meanwhile, Herbie and Slicker are back to their pre-war occupation of peddling ties in Times Square. Collins is also back at his old job--a police officer assigned to the same beat. He is about to arrest the boys when Evey shows up and helps them escape.
Young Widow (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Melodrama
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Marie Wilson, Kent Taylor, Louise Beavers
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Set during WWII, journalist Joan Kenwood (Jane Russell), whose Air Corps photographer husband was killed on an air mission, returns to New York City from England. The managing editor of the newspaper for which she worked, Peter Waring (Kent Taylor), offers Joan work, but she despondently rejects it and instead stays with two aunts on their farm in Virginia. Unable to stop thinking about the death, however, she decides to return to New York.
Tampico (1944)
, 1h15Directed by Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Bob Bailey, Marc Lawrence, Mona Maris
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Capt. Bart Manson Robinson (Edward G. Robinson) is the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, who rescues Katherine Hall (Lynn Bari) when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat. The couple marry, but Manson's ship is subsequently sunk as well. Hall becomes a prime suspect for involvement as she was carrying no identification when rescued. However Manson later discovers that his First Mate Fred Adamson (Victor McLaglen) is in fact a German agent responsible for the sinking, and Hall is cleared of any culpability.
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
, 1h39Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, Jack Oakie, Laird Cregar, June Havoc
Rating64%
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
, 1h24Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Russell Arms, Don DeFore
Rating58%
Across the Pacific (1942)
, 1h33Directed by John Huston, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Richard Loo, Monte Blue
Rating67%
In late 1941, Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart) is court-martialed and discharged from the U.S. Coast Artillery after he is caught stealing. He tries to join the Canadian Army, but is coldly rebuffed. He subsequently boards a Japanese ship, the Genoa Maru, in Halifax, apparently to make his way to China via the Panama Canal to fight for Chiang Kai-shek.
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
, 1h54Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner
Rating63%
Brian MacLean (James Cagney), Johnny Dutton (Dennis Morgan), "Tiny" Murphy (Alan Hale, Sr.), "Blimp" Lebec (George Tobias), and British expatriate "Scrounger" Harris (Reginald Gardiner) are bush pilots competing for business in rugged Northern Ontario, Canada in 1939, as the Second World War is beginning. Dutton, whose ambition is to start his own airline, flies by the book but MacLean is a seat-of-the-pants kind of pilot, mirroring the differences in their personalities.
Manpower (1941)
, 1h43Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane
Rating65%
A leg injury causes Los Angeles power line worker Hank McHenry to give up field work and accept a promotion to foreman. His crew includes good friend Johnny Marshall and old Pop Duval.
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
, 1h40Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Rosemary Lane, Ronald Reagan, May Robson, Lee Patrick
Rating63%
When wealthy American expatriate Cornelia Wheelwright (Robson) is informed by her longtime lawyers that her late father swindled his partner, Fortune McCallister, out of $700,000, she acts decisively. First, because James Amory is the only lawyer in the firm to be outraged by the injustice, she hires him and fires the rest of the firm. His first task is to locate all of McCallister's heirs. It turns out there is only one: granddaughter Pam McCallister (Lane).
Navy Blues (1941)
, 1h48Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Martha Raye, Herbert Anderson, Jack Carson
Rating57%
Lilibelle Bolton (Martha Raye) et Margie Jordan (Ann Sheridan) travaillent à Honolulu. Un navire de la Marine transportant Cake O'Hare (Jack Oakie) et l'ex-mari de Lilibelle, Powerhouse Bolton (Jack Haley), arrive au port.
Out of the Fog (1941)
, 1h25Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Aline MacMahon, Eddie Albert, John Qualen
Rating67%
Two aging men Goodwin and Johnson (Mitchell and Qualen) are fishermen in their spare time. They are trying to buy a new boat, but their Brooklyn pier is controlled by Goff, a gangster (Garfield), who extorts "protection" money of $5 a week from them. Goodwin's daughter (Lupino) falls in love with Goff who learns that Goodwin has tried to persuade her to holiday in Cuba. After he demands $190 from them, the sum Goodwin had promised his daughter, the fishermen plan to kill the gangster. Neither though can go through with the act. When the gangster realises what they intend to do, he attempts to strike one of them but falls into the sea and drowns. Goff turns out to have been a wanted man in five cities, and they recover the extorted money.
Torrid Zone (1940)
, 1h28Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan
Rating66%
Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) has to deal with trouble at his tropical fruit company's Central American banana plantation. A revolutionary, Rosario La Mata (George Tobias), is stirring up unrest among the workers, and the only man who can handle the situation, foreman Nick Butler (James Cagney), has just quit. Steve manages to persuade Nick to stick around (for a big bonus). Adding to the complications is Lee Donley (Ann Sheridan), a woman whom Steve has ordered out of the region for causing a different kind of trouble among the men.
Brother Orchid (1940)
, 1h28Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Crime boss Little John Sarto (Edward G. Robinson) retires suddenly, giving leadership of his gang to Jack Buck (Humphrey Bogart), while he leaves for a tour of Europe to acquire "class". However, Sarto is repeatedly swindled and finally loses all his money.