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Nedrick Young
Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an American actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s for refusing to confirm or deny membership of the Communist Party before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA). He is credited with writing the story for '' Jailhouse Rock'' in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley. Young was born in Philadelphia. In addition to screenwriting, he took acting roles in various feature-length films from 1943 to 1966. Recognition ''The Defiant Ones'' received an Oscar for the "best screenplay written directly for the screen" in 1958. For the same film, Young and co-writer Harold Jacob Smith won a 1959 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, from the Mystery Writers of America. ''Inherit the Wind'' was also nominated for, but did not win, an Academy Award in 1960. The same year, he and others brought a lawsuit against the Motion Picture Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Scarlett
''Captain Scarlett'' is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Thomas Carr (director), Thomas Carr, that was shot in Mexico as three episodes of a television pilot.pp.173-4 Irvin, Richard ''Pioneers of "B" Television: Independent Producers Series and Pilots of the 1950s'' McFarland November 11, 2022 The film is set in France following the fall of Napoleon, stars Richard Greene in the title role as a Robin Hood-type avenger and the Brazilian actress Leonora Amar in her final screen role. Plot In post-Napoleonic France, the Duke of Corlaine reprimands Count Villiers because his Spanish fiancée, Princess Maria, has run away. When Maria's carriage is accosted by highwaymen, Captain Scarlett, a Frenchman returning from England, fends off the attackers. Villiers arrives shortly after and arrests the remaining highwayman, but is ungrateful to Scarlett. Scarlett later meets with his old friend the Friar, who warns him that the duke is appropriating property and ordering his guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Men Walk
''Dead Men Walk'' is a 1943 American horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield. It was originally distributed by PRC and reissued in the US in 1948 by Madison Pictures, Inc. Plot The story involves a kindly small-town physician, Doctor Lloyd Clayton, who has secretly murdered his twin brother Elwyn, because of Elwyn's deep involvement in satanic occult practices. Only Elwyn's hunchback assistant Zolarr suspects the good doctor of doing away with his master and confronts him, but the doctor maintains that he only acted in self-defense when his brother had become a danger to society. Meanwhile, because Elwyn had gone far with his study of the dark arts before his demise, he returns to life as an evil supernatural being who begins murdering the villagers by draining them of their blood. The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retreat, Hell!
''Retreat, Hell!'' is a 1952 American war film about the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It stars Frank Lovejoy as a career Marine battalion commander who is recalled from work at an American embassy, Richard Carlson as a veteran captain and communications specialist of World War II called up from the Marine Corps Reserves, Russ Tamblyn as a seventeen-year-old private who wants to outdo his older brother, also a Marine, and Nedrick Young (credited as Ned Young). Also appearing in the film is Peter J. Ortiz, a highly decorated Marine who served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and appeared in various films after retiring from the military. Plot With the unexpected start of the Korean War, the United States scrambles to mobilize and train Marines. Capt. Paul Hansen, a reservist, is called up. A communications expert, he is puzzled and uneasy at being put in command of Baker Company by Lt. Col. Corbett, his battalion commander, but he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Straight (film)
''Inside Straight'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gerald Mayer and starring David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge and Paula Raymond. Plot In San Francisco in 1870, Ada Stritch owns a bank, but there is a run on it. She needs $3 million to keep it open. In desperation, she turns to Rip MacCool, a wealthy man whom she despises. Also in need of Rip's help are newspaperman Johnny Sanderson and an old acquaintance, Flutey. They and Ada each have an issue with Rip from their past. Rip offers to deal a hand of poker, and if Ada wins, he will give her the $3 million. If not, he gets the bank. Everyone recalls how they first met. Fifteen years before, Ada, a widow, had a small hotel that she wanted to sell. Rip and his pal Shocker were guests there. Rip wooed her romantically, then offered her $3,000 cash plus shares in the Mona Lisa gold mine. Ada accepted, only to learn later that the stock was worthless. Johnny was a prizefighter. After a defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lady Without Passport
''A Lady Without Passport'' is a 1950 American film noir film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak. Written by Howard Dimsdale, the film is about a beautiful concentration-camp refugee who waits in Cuba for permission to enter the United States. An undercover immigration agent uses her as an informant to entrap the leader of an alien-smuggling ring. Plot After World War II, immigrants in Cuba who are refused visas try to sneak into the United States illegally with the help of a human smuggling ring run by Palinov, a Levantine café owner. Following the death of one immigrant, American operative Pete Karczag is sent to Havana, where he poses as a Hungarian in need of Palinov's services. During his dangerous undercover investigation, Pete meets Marianne Lorress, a penniless Austrian refugee of the Buchenwald concentration camp who is waiting to be smuggled into the U.S. by Palinov. Pete plots to use her to obtain the place and time of Palinov's next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love That Brute
''Love That Brute'' is a 1950 American comedy crime film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Paul Douglas and Jean Peters. The film is a remake of '' Tall, Dark and Handsome'', a 1941 film also distributed by 20th Century Fox. Plot In 1928 Chicago, two gangsters kill a store owner. Mobster Big Ed ( Paul Douglas) sends top henchman Bugsy Welch (Keenan Wynn) to place a white carnation—his trademark—on the corpses, to suggest that he is responsible. The police rush to arrest Big Ed, only to find out that he has an alibi. He has been in the park, where Big Ed encounters Ruth Manning ( Jean Peters), a country girl who came to Chicago to be a singer, but is now a children's governess. Big Ed falls in love with the woman—in his opinion, she has class—and is determined to court her. He poses as a widowed father and asks her to take care of his child, with the promise of tripling her salary. When she accepts, he sends Bugsy to audition a son for him. Bugsy comes up with Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Crazy
''Gun Crazy'' (also known as ''Deadly Is the Female'') is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank and Maurice King. The screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (credited to Millard Kaufman because of the blacklist) and MacKinlay Kantor was based upon a short story by Kantor published in 1940 in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. In 1998, ''Gun Crazy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot Teenager Barton "Bart" Tare gets caught breaking a hardware store window to steal a gun. He is sent to reform school for four years despite the supportive testimony of his friends Dave and Clyde, his older sister Ruby and others. They claim he would never kill any living creature, even though he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Incident
''Border Incident'' is a 1949 American film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, and Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins from a story by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. The film was shot by cinematographer John Alton, who used shadows and lighting effects to involve an audience despite the fact that the film was shot on a low budget. Plot Two agents, one Mexican (Federal Judicial Police, PJF) and one American, are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican foreign worker, migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant. Cast * Ricardo Montalbán as Pablo Rodriguez * George Murphy as Jack Bearnes * Howard Da Silva as Owen Parkson * James Mitchell (actor), James Mitchell as Juan Garcia * Arnold Moss as Zopilote * Alfonso Bedoya as Cuchillo * Teresa Celli as Maria Garcia * Charles McGraw as Jeff Amboy * José Torvay as Pocoloco * John Ridgely as Mr. Neley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Jane And Sam Bass
''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart. Plot Sheriff Will Egan doesn't want any gamblers in Denton, Texas and is suspicious when stranger Sam Bass arrives in town. The sheriff's sister Kathy likes the newcomer, though, while Calamity Jane is impressed with Sam's way with horses, even more so when Sam spots a poorly shod favorite in a horse race and bets against him, winning a tidy sum. Sam buys the losing horse with his wager winnings and intends to race him. But when a hired guy poisons the horse, Sam shoots him. Sam tries to turn himself in, but feels he can't get a fair trial and busts out. Sam becomes an outlaw, robbing banks. He believes Kathy has tricked him and turns to Jane. He ends up shot, dying in Jane's arms, yet seemingly in love with Kathy. Cast * Yvonne De Carlo as Calamity Jane * Howard Duff as Sam Bass * Dorothy Hart as Kathy Egan * Willard Parke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gallant Blade
''The Gallant Blade'' is a 1948 American Cinecolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Larry Parks. Plot A peasant becomes the hero of France in the 17th century after the Thirty Years' War. Cast *Larry Parks as Lt. David Picard * Marguerite Chapman as Nanon de Lartigues *Victor Jory as Marshall Mordore * George Macready as General Cadeau * Edith King as Madame Chauvignac * Michael Duane as Paul Brissac * Onslow Stevens as General de la Garance * Peter Brocco as Sgt. Jacques *Tim Huntley as Mayor Lanier *Ross Ford as Henri Production Columbia announced in 1945 they would make ''The Gallant Blade'' based on a short story by Alexander Dumas. It was to be a follow-up to '' The Fighting Guardsman''. It was part of a boom in swashbuckling pictures in 1945. The film was not made immediately. In 1947 Irving Starr was announced as producer and Charles Vidor as director. Then Vidor was replaced by Henry Levin. Larry Parks Samuel Lawrence Klusman Parks (December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swordsman (1948 Film)
''The Swordsman'' is a 1948 American swashbuckler film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Larry Parks, Ellen Drew and George Macready. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot In 18th century Scotland, the clans McArden and Glowan are at long standing feud. Alexander, an attractive McArden, falls in love with the beautiful Barbara Glowan. Unfortunately their relationship angers Barbara's cousin, Robert Glowan, who attempts to destroy the McArden clan completely. Alexander, anxious to marry Barbara, works to end the feud and have the two clans live at peace. The movie has an interesting parallel with the Massacre of Glencoe, as commented below. Cast * Larry Parks as Alexander MacArden aka Donald Frazer * Ellen Drew as Barbara Glowan * George Macready as Robert Glowan * Edgar Buchanan as Angus MacArden * Ray Collins as MacIan, the MacArden Chief * Marc Platt as Murdoch Glowan * Michael Duane as Colin Glowan * Holmes Herbert as Lord Glowan * Nedrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unexpected Guest (film)
''Unexpected Guest'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and starring William Boyd. The film is a serial Western and part of the Hopalong Cassidy series. It is the 57th entry in a series of 66 films. Plot Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carson * Rand Brooks as Lucky Jenkins * Una O'Connor as Matilda Hackett * John Parrish as David J. Potter * Patricia Tate as Ruth Baxter * Nedrick Young as Ralph Baxter * Earle Hodgins as Joshua Colter * Joel Friedkin as Phineas Phipps * Robert Williams as Matt Ogden * William Ruhl William Harris Ruhl (October 25, 1901 – March 12, 1956) was an American character actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. Early life Born on October 25, 1901, in Colfax, Washington, Ruhl entered films in the small role of a shopper i ... as Sheriff References External links * * * 1947 films 1947 Western (genre) films United Artists films American black-and-white films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |