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Richard Wormser is a Scriptwriter American born on 2 february 1908 at New York City (USA)

Richard Wormser

Richard Wormser
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Birth name Richard Edward Wormser
Nationality USA
Birth 2 february 1908 at New York City (USA)
Death 1 january 1977 (at 68 years)
Awards Edgar Award

Richard Edward Wormser, né le 2 février 1908 à New York et mort le 6 avril 1977 dans l’Arizona, est un écrivain de roman populaire, de roman policier, de western et un scénariste américain.

Biography

Richard Wormser commence à écrire dans les années 1930 de nombreux romans et nouvelles.

Son premier roman policier The Man With the Wax Face est publié en 1934. La caractéristique de ce roman est son anticommunisme très caricatural. Son deuxième roman, de la même veine, The Communist’s Corpse paraît en 1935. Il cesse ensuite ce type de roman de propagande pour écrire des romans plus classique dont, en 1949, The Hanging Heiress.

Sous son pseudonyme d’Ed Friend, il écrit de nombreuses novélisations de films ou de séries télévisées dont Les Mystères de l'Ouest.

Hollywood adapte bon nombre de ses écrits et l’emploie comme scénariste dès la fin des années 1930 pour des films de série B mais également pour d’autres productions comme le péplum Sodome et Gomorrhe.

Best films

Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
(Novel)

Usually with

Allan Lane
Allan Lane
(4 films)
Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft
(3 films)
Harry Keller
Harry Keller
(3 films)
Richard Moore
Richard Moore
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Wormser (14 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Scalphunters, 1h42
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters, Dabney Coleman, Paul Picerni
Rating66% 3.3457353.3457353.3457353.3457353.345735
Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster), an American fur trapper, is making his way back home with a full cargo of hides when he encounters a group of Kiowa Indians led by Two Crows (Armando Silvestre), who insist on taking his furs. As "payment" they offer him a slave, Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis), who they had previously taken from a group of Comanches. Reluctantly, realising he cannot fight them, Bass agrees to the trade.
Sodom and Gomorrah, 2h34
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Sergio Leone
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Stewart Granger, Anouk Aimée, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rik Battaglia, Rossana Podestà
Roles Novel
Rating56% 2.8492152.8492152.8492152.8492152.849215
The twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah prosper because of their great deposits of salt, which are mined by an army of slaves. The decadent citizens, who have become wealthy by trading salt, live in luxury and use slaves as servants and for violent games of entertainment.
Crime Wave
Crime Wave (1954)
, 1h13
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello
Roles Adaptation
Rating72% 3.6456653.6456653.6456653.6456653.645665
'Doc' Penny (Ted de Corsia) and his gang rob a gasoline station and in the process a police officer is killed and one of the gang members is wounded. The wounded thug imposes himself on Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson), an ex-con trying to start a new life, and demands he call a disreputable doctor for help. The doctor arrives, but too late. The gang member is dead. After his death, Lacey calls his parole officer who involves a hard-nosed cop, Detective Lieutenant Sims (Sterling Hayden), who doesn't think he can reform.
The Outcast, 1h30
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis, Catherine McLeod, Ben Cooper, Nana Bryant
Rating63% 3.1952753.1952753.1952753.1952753.195275
Grâce à la tromperie de son oncle tordu, le major Cosgrave, Jet a été escroqué de la propriété de son père et qualifié de paria. Il passe le reste du film à essayer de retrouver son droit d'aînesse et d'effacer son nom. Les deux femmes dans la vie de Jet sont Judy Polsen, qui le poursuit depuis si longtemps qu'il finit par la rattraper, et Alice Austin, la fiancée du Major Cosgrave.
The Half-Breed, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley, Porter Hall
Rating52% 2.6162252.6162252.6162252.6162252.616225
This script must be run from the command line
The Big Steal, 1h11
Directed by Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramón Novarro, DeForest Kelley
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.4455653.4455653.4455653.4455653.445565
U.S. Army lieutenant Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) is robbed of a $300,000 payroll by Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles). When Halliday's superior, Captain Vincent Blake (William Bendix), suspects him of having taken part in the theft, Halliday has no choice but to pursue Fiske into Mexico. Along the way, he runs into Joan Graham (Jane Greer), who is after the $2000 she loaned to her boyfriend, Fiske. The two join forces, though they are not sure at first if they can trust each other. Fiske stays one step ahead of the couple, while they are in turn chased by Blake. When Halliday is knocked down trying to stop Fiske from getting away, he comes to the attention of Police Inspector General Ortega (Ramon Novarro). Ortega lets him go after Halliday claims to be Blake (using identification he took from the captain after a brawl), but keeps an eye on him. His suspicions are confirmed when the real Blake shows up at his office for help.
Tulsa
Tulsa (1949)
, 1h30
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills, Ed Begley
Roles Story
Rating61% 3.0502653.0502653.0502653.0502653.050265
The plot revolved around the Tulsa, Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s and detailed how obsession with accumulating wealth and power can tend to corrupt moral character. The story begins with the death of rancher Nelse Lansing, who is killed by an oil well blowout while visiting a well operated by Tanner Petroleum to report that pollution from the oil production has killed some of his cattle. The plot thickens as Lansing's daughter, Cherokee, acquires drilling rights and meets Brad Brady, a geologist who wants the oil drillers to limit their drilling in order to minimize oil field depletion and to preserve the area's grasslands.
Start Cheering, 1h18
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about television, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, Broderick Crawford, Louis Prima
Rating60% 3.00593.00593.00593.00593.0059
Film star Ted Crosley (Charles Starrett) is fed up with Hollywood and quits the movies to enroll in college under a fake name. While Ted tries to fit in at academia, his frustrated managers (Walter Connolly, Jimmy Durante) try to have him expelled from the college in order for him to resume his Hollywood career.
Fugitives for a Night, 1h3
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Frank Albertson, Allan Lane, Adrienne Ames, Eleanor Lynn, Jonathan Hale, Bradley Page
Roles Story
Rating60% 3.003633.003633.003633.003633.00363
A Hollywood actor is accused of murder and attempts to scheme his way out of it.