Writer 1914 - 1987

William Rose

Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

William Rose was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, and travelled to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, while the US was still neutral, in order to join up and fight the Nazis. This took him to Britain, where he decided to stay after the war. He spent his... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

12 titles

Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette

Dick Randall 1974 1h 30m 6.6

Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Stanley Kramer 1969 2h 19m 5.5

In the beginning there was Bombolini the fool, Bombolini the drunk, Bombolini the joke. In the end there was Bombolini the mayor, Bombolini the hero, Bombolini the beautiful. In between is the secret of Santa Vittoria.

The Flim-Flam Man

Irvin Kershner 1967 1h 44m

Mordecai Jones, a silver-tongued swindler and self-proclaimed “M.B.S., C.S., D.D.—Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Double-Dealing,” has made a career out of charming and cheating his way through life. Played with devilish charm by George C. Scott, Jones takes on a new protégé in Curley, a wide-eyed Army deserter eager for direction.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Stanley Kramer 1967 1h 48m 7.1

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

Norman Jewison 1966 2h 6m 6.0

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Stanley Kramer 1963 3h 12m 7.4

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Davy

Michael Relph 1958 1h 23m 5.0

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British music halls. Young Davy is the star of the act, but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own?

The Smallest Show on Earth

Basil Dearden 1957 1h 23m 7.0

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.