Russell Rouse
출생 : 1913-11-20, New York City, New York, USA
사망 : 1987-10-02
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Russell Rouse (20 November 1913 – 2 October 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.
Rouse was the son of film pioneer Edwin Russell. His first employment in films was in the prop department at Paramount Studios, where he began writing screenplays. His play, Yokel Boy, was filmed in 1942 and became his first film writing credit.
Rouse has 18 credits as a screenwriter between 1942 and 1988.. Commencing with his third writing credit, The Town Went Wild (1944), Rouse co-wrote many stories and scripts with Clarence Greene. The partners are noted for their work on a series of six film noir movies commencing with D.O.A (directed by Rudolph Maté-1950). With the second film in the series, The Well (1951), they also took on directing and producing: Rouse as director, and Greene as producer. This collaboration continued through the noir series (The Thief (1952), Wicked Woman (1953), New York Confidential (1955), and House of Numbers (1957)) and beyond. In the late 1950s Greene and Rouse formed a production company, Greene-Rouse Productions, which created the film noir television series Tightrope that ran for one season (1959-60) as well as two films in the 1960s.
In addition to their noir work, Rouse and Greene produced two westerns (The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) and Thunder in the Sun (1959). The 1959 film, Pillow Talk, was based on their story. Their careers drew to a close shortly after the unsuccessful film, The Oscar (1966).
Rouse and Greene were nominated for the Academy Award for writing The Well (1951). They received the Academy Award for Pillow Talk (1959) (with Maurice Richlin and Stanley Shapiro). D.O.A. has been preserved in the National Film Registry; the film has been remade several times, and Rouse was credited as a writer on two: Color Me Dead (1969) and D.O.A (1988).
Rouse's son Christopher Rouse is a noted film editor.
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대학 영어 선생인 덱스(Dexter Cornell: 데니스 퀘이드 분)는 젊은 나이에 교수가 되어 성공적인 삶을 살고 있지만 동료의 시기도 받고 있다. 어느날 그의 학생 중 한 명인 닉(Nicholas Lang: 롭 크네퍼 분)이 옥상에서 떨어져 자살한 사건이 생긴 후 그는 살인 사건에 휘말리게 된다. 아내(Gail Cornell: 제인 칵즈마렉 분)와의 불화로 곧 이혼을 앞두고 실의에 빠져 술을 많이 마시는데, 다음날 몸에 이상을 느끼고 병원에 가 본 그는 자신이 독극물에 중독되어 앞으로 48시간도 못 살 것이란 사실을 알게 되고 충격을 받는다. 거기에 아내가 정체불명의 괴한에게 피살된다. 또한 죽은 닉도 자살한 것이 아니라 누군가에게 떠밀려 옥상에서 떨어졌다는 사실이 밝혀지고, 여기에 덱스의 아내와 닉이 내연의 관계란 사실이 드러나면서 그는 살인자로 몰린다. 이에 그는 경찰을 도망처 나와, 술을 함께 마셨던 자신의 제자인 시드니(Sydney Fuller: 맥 라이언 분)을 찾아가지만 그녀가 결백하다는 사실을 알고 함께 범인을 추적한다. 닉의 어머니(Mrs. Fitzwaring: 샤롯 램플링 분)가 친어머니가 아니란 사실을 알고 그녀를 의심하게 되는데, 그녀의 딸인 쿠키(Cookie Fitzwaring: 로빈 존슨 분)와 보디 가드인 버나드(Bernard: 크리스토퍼 님 분)까지 사고로 죽음을 당하면서 사건은 더욱 미궁으로 빠져든다. 더군다나 의심하던 닉의 양모까지 자살하자 덱스는 허탈해지지만, 사실 이러한 연속 살인사건 뒤에는 어처구니없는 음모가 숨어있었다. 바로 덱스의 동료 교사인 할(Hal Petersham: 다니엘 스턴 분)이, 학생인 닉이 쓴 소설을 가로채어 명성을 얻고자 그를 살해한 것이었다. 모든 비밀을 알게 된 덱스와 싸움 끝에 할은 창문 밖으로 떨어져 죽는다
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A man discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned and hasn't long to live. In the short time he has left, he determines to find out who poisoned him and why.
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Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former companion Angela appears and blackmails him to help her robbing the Spanish National Bank of Pamplona. He gives in and develops a brilliant plan... Will this be then end of his comfortable life?
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An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
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An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
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Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
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Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
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작곡가인 브래드 알렌(록 허드슨)은 브로드웨이의 백만장자 제작자, 조나단 포브스로부터 재정적 후원을 받고 있다. 실내 장식가인 잰 모로우(도리스 데이)는 브래드와 전화선을 나눠 쓰고 있는데, 그녀가 전화 수화기를 들 때마다 브래드가 여러 여자친구들에게 같은 노래를 들려주며, 늘 전화통을 붙들고 사는 모습에 나쁜 감정을 갖게 된다. 한 번도 서로를 보지 못한 사이지만, 브래드는 조나단이 사랑하는 여자 얘기를 할 때, 그녀가 잰임을 알게 되고, 그녀에게 전화해 그간의 일을 사과하고, 데이트를 신청하지만 거절당한다. 나이트클럽 공중전화 부스에서 잰의 목소리를 알아챈 브래드는 곤경에 처한 잰을 도와주고 집까지 바래다주지만, 잰이 자신에게 감정이 좋지 않다는 것을 안 브래드는 자신을 텍사스 출신의 순진한 남자, 렉스 스테츤으로 위장하고 끈질기게 접근한다. 조나단은 사립탐정을 통해 잰이 좋아하는 남자가 브래드라는 걸 알고, 브래드에게 새로운 일을 맡기며 시골 별장으로 보내버린다. 브래드는 조나단의 속셈을 알고 잰을 별장으로 데려가고, 조나단은 아파트에서 잰을 기다린다. 잰과 브래드는 별장에 도착해 각자의 방에 가는데, 거실로 나온 잰은 브래드의 가방에 있던 악보를 발견하고 연주를 해본다. 전화로 듣던 곡임을 알게 된 잰은 브래드의 속임수를 깨닫고, 때마침 나타난 조나단과 함께 떠난다. 잰과 멀어진 브래드는 상심하지만, 잰의 하녀인 알마를 통해, 잰에게 자신의 아파트에 실내 장식 일을 맡기기로 한다. 잰은 작업을 하는 동안 브래드에게 나가있으라고 하고, 그의 아파트를 촌스럽게 꾸며준다. 실내 장식이 끝난 자신의 아파트를 본 브래드는 화가 나서 잰의 아파트로 달려가, 침대에 있던 잰을 안아들고 자신의 아파트로 와 소파에 내동댕이친다. 브래드가 잰에게 촌스러운 아파트에서 살라고 소리치며 나가려는 순간, 잰은 장치해뒀던 스위치를 눌러 문을 잠그고 조명도 꺼버린다. 브래드는 돌아서며 잰에게 미소를 짓는다.
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A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries. When the group's leader dies, his widow Gabrielle marries his brother in accordance with Basque tradition. But it's a loveless union; Gabrielle is smitten with Lon Bennett, the scout who's been hired to guide them on their journey.
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A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries. When the group's leader dies, his widow Gabrielle marries his brother in accordance with Basque tradition. But it's a loveless union; Gabrielle is smitten with Lon Bennett, the scout who's been hired to guide them on their journey.
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Story of twin brothers - one trying to help another escape from prison.
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Story of twin brothers - one trying to help another escape from prison.
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Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
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Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
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Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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A trashy blonde lures a saloon owner away from his wife.
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A trashy blonde lures a saloon owner away from his wife.
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1952 black and white Cold War spy film, entirely without dialog
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1952 black and white Cold War spy film, entirely without dialog
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In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
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In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
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Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
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Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
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Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal to visiting royalty.
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A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.
