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Richard Murphy

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer | * 05/08/1912 († 81, 05/19/1993) | Boston / Beantown (United States of America (USA))
Richard Murphy (May 8, 1912 – May 19, 1993) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. His screenplays for Boomerang (1947) and The Desert Rats (1953) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, respectively. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service con ...

Panic in the Streets

Certification unknown

1950 | 3.5/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a n ...

Boomerang!

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1947 | 3.5/5 | 1h 28min
Crime, Drama
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In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinfor ...

The Desert Rats

NR

1953 | 3.1/5 | 1h 28min
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment. ...

Compulsion

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1959 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Richard Murphy

Writers Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Richard Murphy as Crew(31)

Writing/Screenplay1980 The Kidnapping of the President
Writing/Adaptation1967 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
Directing/Director1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Writing/Screenplay1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Writing/Screenplay1959 Compulsion
Writing/Adaptation1959 The Last Angry Man
Directing/Director1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
Writing/Screenplay1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
Writing/Screenplay1954 Broken Lance
Writing/Writer1953 The Desert Rats
Writing/Writer1952 Les Miserables
Crew/Additional Writing1951 The House on Telegraph Hill
Writing/Writer1951 You're in the Navy Now
Writing/Screenplay1950 Panic in the Streets
Writing/Screenplay1949 Slattery's Hurricane
Writing/Writer1948 Deep Waters
Writing/Screenplay1948 Cry of the City
Writing/Screenplay1947 Boomerang!
Writing/Screenplay1942 The Cyclone Kid
Writing/Writer1942 Wildcat
Writing/Screenplay1942 Jesse James, Jr.
Writing/Story1942 Jesse James, Jr.
Writing/Screenplay1942 Wrecking Crew
Writing/Screenplay1942 I Live on Danger
Writing/Screenplay1942 X Marks the Spot
Writing/Screenplay1941 Flying Blind
Writing/Writer1941 Back in the Saddle
Writing/Screenplay1941 The Apache Kid
Writing/Story1941 The Apache Kid
Writing/Writer1941 The Singing Hill
Writing/Writer1938 Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

TV Shows/Series with Richard Murphy as Crew(1)

Creator/Creator1966 Felony Squad

Full Name: Richard Murphy
Born: Wednesday, 05/08 1912 (May) in Boston / Beantown (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 05/19 1993 (May) in Los Angeles (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Educated at: Williams College
Siblings: Carl Dudley
Other names for Richard Murphy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Richard Murphy (screenwriter)"
Richard Murphy frequently works together with these people:
Lyle R. Wheeler (9x, Crew)
Ben Nye (7x, Crew)
Thomas Little (7x, Crew)
Fred Kohlmar (5x, Crew)
Charles LeMaire (5x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (4x, Crew)
George Sherman (4x, Crew)
Maxwell Shane (4x, Crew)
Ed Begley (3x, Actor)
Frank McDonald (3x, Crew)
Don Barry (3x, Actor)
Howard Duff (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1306040, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 04/14/2024