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Writer 1909 - 1969

Richard Macaulay

Illinois, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

Robert Wise 1947 1h 32m 6.8

Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers one of her neighbors, Laury Palmer, and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend, Sam Wilde (Lawrence Tierney), an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

John Huston 1942 1h 37m 6.0

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

Anatole Litvak 1941 1h 25m 6.0

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

Manpower

Manpower

Raoul Walsh 1941 1h 44m

Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

William Keighley 1940 1h 28m 7.0

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

Raoul Walsh 1940 1h 35m 6.8

Joe (George Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Humphrey Bogart) are Wildcat or, independent truck drivers who have their own small one truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

Raoul Walsh 1939 1h 44m 8.0

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1938 1h 37m 6.0

Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

Busby Berkeley 1937 1h 49m

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere.

Earthworm Tractors

Earthworm Tractors

Ray Enright 1936 1h 9m

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

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