Richard Hughes

Birth : 1900-04-19, Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK

Death : 1976-08-28

History

Richard Arthur Warren Hughes OBE was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays. He was born in Weybridge, Surrey. His father was Arthur Hughes, a civil servant, and his mother Louisa Grace Warren who had been brought up in the West Indies in Jamaica.

Movies

A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
Novel
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money
Screenplay
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!