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Dudley Nichols is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Dialogue American born on 6 april 1895 at Wapakoneta (USA)

Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1895 at Wapakoneta (USA)
Death 4 january 1960 (at 64 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Dudley Nichols né le 6 avril 1895 à Wapakoneta (Ohio) et mort le 4 janvier 1960 à Hollywood est un scénariste et réalisateur américain. Comme scénariste, il travailla avec les plus grands réalisateurs américains des années 1930 en 1940 : John Ford, Fritz Lang ou Howard Hawks.

Best films

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
(Scriptwriter)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
(Scriptwriter)
Stagecoach (1939)
(Scriptwriter)
The Informer (1935)
(Scriptwriter)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
(Scriptwriter)
The Hurricane (1937)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

John Ford
John Ford
(17 films)
Francis Ford
Francis Ford
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dudley Nichols (65 films)

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Director

Mourning Becomes Electra, 2h53
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katína Paxinoú, Leo Genn, Kirk Douglas
Rating62% 3.1486853.1486853.1486853.1486853.148685
A wealthy New England family, the Mannons, await the return of patriarch Ezra, general for the Union in the Civil War, and son Orin, a timid young man before becoming an Army officer.
Sister Kenny, 1h56
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi, Gloria Holden
Rating71% 3.5906753.5906753.5906753.5906753.590675
In 1911, Elizabeth Kenny (Rosalind Russell) returns from nurse school in Brisbane, Australia to her home in the bush of Queensland with the head doctor at the nearest hospital, Dr. McDonnell (Alexander Knox). She informs him that she will be a bush nurse near her home instead of taking up residency at the hospital 50 miles away; her own personal experiences growing up in the bush made her want to help those not able to get to a hospital. Dr. McDonnell is incredulous, and says she will not last six months in the bush.
Government Girl, 1h33
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker, Agnes Moorehead, James Dunn
Rating56% 2.8042952.8042952.8042952.8042952.804295
Automobile engineer Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) comes to Washington to appear in front of the War Construction Board. His mission is to supervise the building of bomber aircraft for the war. But when he arrives at the crowded hotel he is supposed to stay at, there are no rooms available. A friendly clerk at the hotel recognizes him from the paper and offers him room 2A.

Scriptwriter

Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1966)
, 1h55
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Bing Crosby, Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Alex Cord, Slim Pickens, Mike Connors
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0495453.0495453.0495453.0495453.049545
Une diligence tente de traverser une contrée désertique contrôlée par les Indiens. Lors d'une étape, les passagers de la diligence découvrent que toutes les personnes ont été massacrées. Ils vont devoir affronter l'attaque de leur convoi au cours d'une chevauchée dangereuse.
Ten Little Indians, 1h31
Directed by George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Politic
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian Forte, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Rating65% 3.2965653.2965653.2965653.2965653.296565
Ten people travel by aerial tramway to a snowbound mansion, invited there by a Mr. U. N. Owen to spend the weekend. They discover that none of them has actually ever met Owen, including his secretary as well as a married housekeeper and cook, all hired through an agency.
Escape from Zahrain, 1h33
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Yul Brynner, Anthony Caruso, Sal Mineo, Jay Novello, Madlyn Rhue, Jack Warden
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.00083.00083.00083.00083.0008
Dans le pays fictif de Zahrain, un leader nationaliste arabe est délivré par un groupe de jeunes partisans lors d'un transfert de prison. Fuyant la police nationale à ses trousses, il décide de voler une ambulance avec laquelle il compte se sauver, en rejoignant le pays voisin à travers le désert.
Heller in Pink Tights, 1h40
Directed by George Cukor, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Théâtre
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest, Margaret O'Brien, Ramón Novarro, Eileen Heckart
Rating58% 2.9497852.9497852.9497852.9497852.949785
In the 1880s, followed by bill collectors, the Healy Dramatic Company arrives in Cheyenne to play at the west’s grandest theater. Continental actress, Angela, and owner-manager, Tom Healy, head a troupe that includes Della as ingenue, her mother, a character actress, Lorna, and a grand old Shakespearean ham, Doc Montague. After a creditor arrives, Angela collects a night’s receipt from a man named, Pierce, the theater owner. She risks it all in a poker game with gunslinger Clint Mabry, puts herself up as collateral, and loses.
The Hangman, 1h27
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker, Jack Lord, Mickey Shaughnessy, Gene Evans
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2918253.2918253.2918253.2918253.291825
Marshal Mac Bovard, known as the Hangman for his success at seeing guilty men die for their crimes, rounds up three of four outlaws suspected in a robbery that resulted in the murder of his brother. Two are hanged. The third is needed to identify John Butterfield, whose face Mac has never seen.
The Tin Star, 1h33
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Betsy Palmer, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Farnsworth
Rating72% 3.6462853.6462853.6462853.6462853.646285
Universally disdained, bounty hunter Morgan Hickman (Henry Fonda) arrives in a small town with a dead outlaw in tow. While the town's population openly abhors Hickman, young sheriff Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins) admires the man for taking everything in stride and knowing how to handle dangerous situations. When Owens learns Hickman was once a sheriff himself, he persuades Hickman to teach him the ways of a lawman, forcing Hickman to face his past and lost virtues.
Run for the Sun, 1h39
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck, Guillermo Calles
Rating63% 3.1954853.1954853.1954853.1954853.195485
Katie Connors, on the editorial staff of Sight magazine, journeys to San Marcos, a remote Mexican fishing village, seeking novelist and adventurer Mike Latimer, who has abandoned writing "at the peak of his fame" and dropped from sight. She soon learns that he is indeed there, indulging in drinking, fishing, hunting, and flying his Piper Cub. Katie contrives to meet him, pretending not to know his identity, but Latimer easily sees through her clumsy denials and is immediately attracted to her. Over the next several days they enjoy each other's company, but Katie may be falling in love with him and conceals the real reason she is there. After Latimer explains that his wife was the muse behind his literary success, and that he quit writing because she left him to be with his best friend, Katie decides to go back to New York. Latimer offers to fly her to Mexico City and asks Katie to write down her address to keep in touch. During the flight the magnetized notebook in Katie's purse affects the plane's magnetic compass and they find themselves lost over jungle. The plane runs out of fuel and Latimer crash-lands in a small clearing. Knocked unconscious, he wakes up to find himself in a bed in the main house of a hacienda.
Prince Valiant, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films set in the Viking Age, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen
Rating61% 3.0972753.0972753.0972753.0972753.097275
The story begins with the recounting of the forced exile which has befallen the Christian royal family of the Viking kingdom of Scandia - King Aguar (Donald Crisp), his wife, and his son Prince Valiant (Robert Wagner) - by the Viking rebels led by the usurper Sligon (Primo Carnera), a worshipper of the old Norse god pantheon. Aguar has since come under the protection of King Arthur (Brian Aherne), and once Valiant has grown to a man, he is sent to Camelot to undergo training as a knight under the tutelage of Aguar's family friend, the noble knight of the Round Table, Sir Gawain (Sterling Hayden).
Return of the Texan, 1h28
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Richard Boone, Tom Tully, Robert Horton
Roles Ecrivain
Rating67% 3.373663.373663.373663.373663.37366
After his wife dies, Sam Crockett honors her last wish by moving back to their native Texas with their two sons and Grandpa Firth. They have a farm there that is in serious disrepair.
The Big Sky, 2h1
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt, Elizabeth Threatt, Steven Geray, Hank Worden
Rating68% 3.4453853.4453853.4453853.4453853.445385
In 1832, Jim Deakins (Kirk Douglas) is traveling in the wilderness when he encounters an initially hostile Boone Caudill (Dewey Martin). However, they soon become good friends. They head to the Missouri River in search of Boone's uncle, Zeb Calloway (Arthur Hunnicutt). They find him when they are tossed in jail for brawling with fur traders of the Missouri River Company. When 'Frenchy' Jourdonnais (Steven Geray) comes to bail Zeb out, Zeb talks him into paying for Jim and Boone too.
Rawhide
Rawhide (1951)
, 1h29
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Edgar Buchanan, Hugh Marlowe, Jack Elam, George Tobias
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.543513.543513.543513.543513.54351
Tom Owens (Tyrone Power) is the clean-cut and sophisticated gentlemen son of the Eastern Division Manager of the Overland Mail Company, J. C. Owens. His father decides he needs to learn the business from the ground up so sends Tom out west to a remote relay station, Rawhide Pass, to take lessons from the stationmaster, Sam Todd (Edgar Buchanan), whom he has known for over forty years. Owens has received his "pardon" from his father, however, and is scheduled to return to civilization in one week. He can't wait.
Pinky
Pinky (1949)
, 1h42
Directed by Elia Kazan, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about racism, Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Griff Barnett
Rating71% 3.597133.597133.597133.597133.59713
Pinky Johnson (Jeanne Crain) returns to the South to visit Dicey (Ethel Waters), the illiterate black laundress grandmother who raised her. Pinky confesses to Dicey that she passed for white while studying to be a nurse in the North. She had also fallen in love with white Dr. Thomas Adams (William Lundigan), who knows nothing about her black heritage.