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Richard L. Breen
Writer 1918 - 1967

Richard L. Breen

Chicago, Illinois, 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... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
Tony Rome

Tony Rome

Gordon Douglas 1967 1h 50m 6.0

PI Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is hired to find some stolen jewellery and uncovers much deeper plot.

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

Ralph Levy 1965 1h 43m 5.0

When American couple Janet (Doris Day) and Mike (Rod Taylor) move to England for his business, she soon fears he's having an affair with his attractive secretary and decides to get back at him by pretending she has been unfaithful.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

David Miller 1963 2h 6m 6.0

In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz.

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues

Jack Webb 1955 1h 35m 6.0

In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in...

Titanic

Titanic

Jean Negulesco 1953 1h 38m 7.0

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the unsinkable Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

Niagara

Niagara

Henry Hathaway 1953 1h 32m 7.2

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man.

O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

Howard Hawks, Henry King 1952 1h 57m 6.0

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker.

The Model and the Marriage Broker

The Model and the Marriage Broker

George Cukor 1951 1h 43m 7.0

A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.

The Mating Season

The Mating Season

Mitchell Leisen 1951 1h 41m 7.0

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

Lewis Allen 1951 1h 29m 6.5

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

Billy Wilder 1948 1h 56m 7.6

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her

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