Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy was an American screenwriter and director known for his work in film during the mid-20th century. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his career as a journalist before transitioning to screenwriting. Murphy wrote scripts for films such as Boomerang! (1947) and The Desert Rats (1953). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The Desert Rats. Murphy's writing was noted for its strong character development and engaging narratives, contributing to the success of numerous films during Hollywood's Golden Age.

  • Title: Richard Murphy
  • Popularity: 0.4377
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1912-05-08
  • Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Richard Murphy Movies

  • 1979
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    Voltes 5

    Voltes 5

    6.5 1979 HD

    "Their dark power is supreme. Their evil empire is vast. They are the Bozanians. And they have blasted their way across the galaxy for war on earth and to make the human race submit to their rule! But an elite band of five valiant children stand against them-the VOLTUS 5 team! For they can transform their 5 spaceships into a mighty, gigantic robot capable of withstanding any force. But can they defend the earth from the Bozanians' monstrous evil?!" - US VHS Back Cover A compilation film of four episodes (1,3,9,18) that was dubbed by Frontier Enterprises . The film was commissioned to Toei by the Filipino film distributor "UNIPROM FILMS". Based on the Filipino English dub from 1978, as the character names reflect that version.

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  • 1948
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    Cry of the City

    Cry of the City

    6.725 1948 HD

    Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

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  • 1950
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    Panic in the Streets

    Panic in the Streets

    6.906 1950 HD

    A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

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  • 1949
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    Slattery's Hurricane

    Slattery's Hurricane

    4.95 1949 HD

    A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.

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  • 1959
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    Compulsion

    Compulsion

    7.107 1959 HD

    Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

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  • 1953
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    The Desert Rats

    The Desert Rats

    6.3 1953 HD

    In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

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  • 1954
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    Broken Lance

    Broken Lance

    6.494 1954 HD

    Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

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  • 1960
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    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    5.9 1960 HD

    Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

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  • 1960
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    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    5.9 1960 HD

    Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

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  • 1947
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    Boomerang!

    Boomerang!

    7.04 1947 HD

    When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.

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  • 1938
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    Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

    Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

    7 1938 HD

    A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.

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  • 1951
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    You're in the Navy Now

    You're in the Navy Now

    4.4 1951 HD

    When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.

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  • 1955
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    Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

    7 1955 HD

    A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

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  • 1955
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    Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

    7 1955 HD

    A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

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  • 1952
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    Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

    5.2 1952 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

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  • 1941
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    Back in the Saddle

    Back in the Saddle

    5.5 1941 HD

    Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a man is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.

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  • 1942
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    Wildcat

    Wildcat

    3.5 1942 HD

    Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.

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  • 1941
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    The Singing Hill

    The Singing Hill

    1 1941 HD

    If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.

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  • 1959
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    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

    6.9 1959 HD

    Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.

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  • 1941
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    Flying Blind

    Flying Blind

    3.25 1941 HD

    A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.

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  • 1942
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    X Marks the Spot

    X Marks the Spot

    3.9 1942 HD

    A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.

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  • 1951
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    The House on Telegraph Hill

    The House on Telegraph Hill

    6.394 1951 HD

    Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

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  • 1942
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    The Cyclone Kid

    The Cyclone Kid

    1 1942 HD

    A young doctor rejects his older outlaw brother Johnny who put him through medical school by dubious means. The brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a range war between homesteaders and a crooked cattleman.

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  • 1942
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    Jesse James, Jr.

    Jesse James, Jr.

    2 1942 HD

    Though Don "Red" Barry is the star of Jesse James, Jr., he plays a character named Johnny Barrett. The scene is a small western town, lacking telegraph service. Every time the locals try to set up communications with the Outside World, they are thwarted by an outlaw gang.

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  • 1942
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    Jesse James, Jr.

    Jesse James, Jr.

    2 1942 HD

    Though Don "Red" Barry is the star of Jesse James, Jr., he plays a character named Johnny Barrett. The scene is a small western town, lacking telegraph service. Every time the locals try to set up communications with the Outside World, they are thwarted by an outlaw gang.

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  • 1941
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    The Apache Kid

    The Apache Kid

    1 1941 HD

    Don "Red" Barry, Republic's answer to Jimmy Cagney, stars in The Apache Kid. Barry plays Pete Dawson, a pugnacious cowboy who dons a mask and becomes a stagecoach robber. It's all in a good cause, however: Dawson is stealing from the town boss (Leroy Mason) who has ripped off a group of miners. Heroine Lynn Merrick is the daughter of the local judge, so naturally she misunderstands Barry's motives, at least until fadeout time.

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  • 1941
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    The Apache Kid

    The Apache Kid

    1 1941 HD

    Don "Red" Barry, Republic's answer to Jimmy Cagney, stars in The Apache Kid. Barry plays Pete Dawson, a pugnacious cowboy who dons a mask and becomes a stagecoach robber. It's all in a good cause, however: Dawson is stealing from the town boss (Leroy Mason) who has ripped off a group of miners. Heroine Lynn Merrick is the daughter of the local judge, so naturally she misunderstands Barry's motives, at least until fadeout time.

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  • 1980
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    The Kidnapping of the President

    The Kidnapping of the President

    4.6 1980 HD

    A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto.

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  • 1948
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    Deep Waters

    Deep Waters

    6 1948 HD

    A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.

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  • 1967
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    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

    6 1967 HD

    The Hardy Boys become owners of the Chinese junk Hai Hau. They head to New York City and go spelunking to break up a gang of criminals.

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  • 1942
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    I Live on Danger

    I Live on Danger

    5.7 1942 HD

    A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.

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  • 1942
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    Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

    5.5 1942 HD

    Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew in their lives away from the job and shows rhe comraderie of the crew in their work and even away from work.

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  • 1970
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    6.4 1970 HD

    Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.

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