Arnaud d'Usseau

Birth : 1916-04-18, Los Angeles, California, USA

Death : 1990-01-29

History

Arnaud d'Usseau was a playwright and B-movie screenwriter who is perhaps best remembered today for his collaboration with Dorothy Parker on the play The Ladies of the Corridor.

Movies

Psychomania
Writer
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
Pánico en el Transiberiano
Screenplay
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
Tomorrow, the World!
Theatre Play
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
Just Off Broadway
Screenplay
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Screenplay
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Screenplay
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
Lady Scarface
Screenplay
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman.
Repent at Leisure
Story
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
One Crowded Night
Screenplay
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.