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Russell Rouse is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 20 november 1913 at New York City (USA)
Russell Rouse (November 20, 1913 – October 2, 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 produced in the 1950s.
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 november 1913 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 october 1987 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 20 november 1913 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 october 1987 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Russell Rouse (November 20, 1913 – October 2, 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 produced in the 1950s.
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, 1h42Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli, Vito Scotti, J.G. Devlin, Arnold Moss
Rating60%
During a bombing mission to Germany, wartime pilot Peter Churchman (Boyd) inadvertently destroys a French cathedral. To atone, after the war, Churchman and a crew of accomplices rob a number of banks, making sure the money goes to have the cathedral rebuilt.
The Oscar (1966)
, 1h59Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St John, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
Rating52%
As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces about Fane's struggle to the top, beginning as a spieler for his stripper girlfriend Laurel (St. John). After moving to New York, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl (Sommer), which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro (Parker). Sophie arranges for him to be signed with agent "Kappy" Kapstetter (Berle) and brings Frankie to Hollywood, where he quickly becomes a rising star.
A House Is Not a Home (1964)
, 1h38Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger, Kaye Ballard, Broderick Crawford
Rating57%
Polly Adler is a poor Polish immigrant who works in a sweatshop. She loses her job after she is sexually assaulted by a coworker, for which her boss blames her.
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
, 1h20Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Susan Hayward, Jeff Chandler, Jacques Bergerac, Carl Esmond, Blanche Yurka, Fortunio Bonanova
Rating55%
The film shows a family of French Basque immigrants pioneering into the Wild West while carrying their ancestral vines. Hard drinking trail driver Lon Bennett is hired to lead them and he falls for the spirited Gabrielle Dauphin.
House of Numbers (1957)
, 1h30Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Prison films
Actors Jack Palance, Barbara Lang, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt, Timothy Carey, Joe Conley
Rating63%
Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) is an imprisoned gangster. During a prison visit, Bill Judlow, his law-abiding brother, switches places, allowing himself to be incarcerated as the real criminal walks free. Ruth Judlow (Barbara Lang), wife of one of the Judlow boys, wavers in her loyalties.
House of Numbers (1957)
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Évasion
Actors Jack Palance, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt, Barbara Lang, Timothy Carey, Joe Conley
Rating63%
Bill et Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) sont frères jumeaux. Marié à Ruth (Barbara Lang ), Arnie, un ancien boxeur professionnel, tue un homme par jalousie et se retrouve emprisonné à la prison d'État de San Quentin. Son frère et sa femme vont s'unir pour l'aider à s'évader. Dans leurs préparatifs, ils sont repérés par un voisin qui travaille à la prison, Henry Nova (Harold J. Stone), ce qui va compliquer leurs plans.
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
, 1h36Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Russ Tamblyn, Allyn Joslyn, Leif Erickson
Rating70%
Son of a notorious fast drawing Sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Glenn Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) settle down in the peaceful town of Cross Creek under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive." Now known as George Temple, he becomes a mild-mannered teetotal shopkeeper, little respected by the other townsfolk.
New York Confidential (1955)
, 1h27Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Rating70%
Charlie Lupo is a gangster who runs the New York branch of a crime syndicate. He is a widower with a grown daughter, Kathy and a new lover, Iris.
New York Confidential (1955)
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Rating70%
Installé à Chicago comme tueur à gages, Nick Magellan (Richard Conte) est appelé à New York par Charlie Lupo (Broderick Crawford), un puissant homme d'affaires corrompu qui dirige le lucratif syndicat du crime de Manhattan. Lors d'un règlement de comptes, trois des hommes de main de Lupo laissent de trop nombreuses traces de leurs passages. Pour se couvrir, Lupo charge Magellan de les éliminer. En parallèle à cette mission, Lupo lui demande de surveiller Katherine (Anne Bancroft), sa fille. Magellan tombe amoureux de la jeune femme et rate sa mission, mettant Lupo dans une situation délicate.
Wicked Woman (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton, Evelyn Scott, Robert Osterloh, Frank Ferguson
Rating66%
A blonde floozy (Beverly Michaels) drifts into town and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. She sets her sights on the bar's handsome owner, who is married to an alcoholic. Her plans are for the two of them to take the bar's money and skip to Mexico – but a boarder at the rooming house where she is staying discovers her plans, and comes up with a plan of his own.
The Thief (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Ray Milland, Rita Gam, Martin Gabel, Rex O'Malley, Ray Stricklyn
Rating66%
Ray Milland plays Dr. Allan Fields, a nuclear physicist who works for the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C.. But Fields is also a spy working for an unnamed foreign power.
The Well (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Steven Rauber, George Hamilton, Maidie Norman, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Lane Chandler, Wheaton Chambers
Rating71%
The film centers around Carolyn, a five-year-old black girl who falls in to an abandoned, overgrown well while picking flowers on her way to school one morning. Her parents seek assistance from Sheriff Ben Kellogg (Richard Rober) to help find their daughter.
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D.O.A. (1988)
, 1h36Directed by Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame
Roles Story
Rating61%
A man staggers into the police station to report a murder. When the desk sergeant asks who was murdered, he answers: "I was."
Color Me Dead (1970)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Tony Ward, Tom Oliver, Suzy Kendall
Rating55%
Lawyer Frank Bigelow discovers he has been poisoned and has only weeks to live. He spends the time tracking down his own murderer.
The Oscar (1966)
, 1h59Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St John, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
Rating52%
As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces about Fane's struggle to the top, beginning as a spieler for his stripper girlfriend Laurel (St. John). After moving to New York, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl (Sommer), which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro (Parker). Sophie arranges for him to be signed with agent "Kappy" Kapstetter (Berle) and brings Frankie to Hollywood, where he quickly becomes a rising star.