Russell Rouse
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Russell Rouse (20 November 1913 – 2 October 1987) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes... Read full bio →
D.O.A.
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
The Oscar
Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for Best actor at the Academy Awards.
A House Is Not a Home
Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
Pillow Talk
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher.
House of Numbers
Story of twin brothers - one trying to help the other escape from prison.
The Fastest Gun Alive
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk.
New York Confidential
A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians make multi-million deals and order murders until the vicious pattern finally catches up to them.
Wicked Woman
Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
The Thief
1952 black and white Cold War spy film, entirely without dialog
The Well
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild.
D.O.A.
Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.
Nothing But Trouble
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.