Richard B. Sale - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Abandon Ship (1957)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

Fire over Africa (1954)

The Girl Next Door (1953)

My Wife's Best Friend (1952)

Let's Make It Legal (1951)

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Abandon Ship! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) To Die Without You!

Abandon Ship! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We Can't Eat You

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Abandon Ship (1957)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

Fire over Africa (1954)

The Girl Next Door (1953)

My Wife's Best Friend (1952)

Let's Make It Legal (1951)

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Half Angel (1951)

I'll Get By (1950)

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

Spoilers of the North (1947)

Cast (Feature Film)

Driftwood (1947)

Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

Writer (Feature Film)

Assassination (1987)

The White Buffalo (1977)

Torpedo Run (1958)

Torpedo Run (1958)

Based on stories by

Abandon Ship (1957)

Over-Exposed (1956)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

Written for Screen by

Suddenly (1954)

Written for Screen by

The French Line (1954)

Woman's World (1954)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

I'll Get By (1950)

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

This Side of the Law (1950)

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Mother Is a Freshman (1949)

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)

The Tender Years (1948)

Contract Writer

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

Lady at Midnight (1948)

The Inside Story (1948)

The Dude Goes West (1948)

Original Screenplay

Calendar Girl (1947)

Driftwood (1947)

Original Screenplay

Northwest Outpost (1947)

Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

Shadows over Shanghai (1938)

Find the Witness (1937)

Producer (Feature Film)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

Music (Feature Film)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

Costume-Wardrobe (Feature Film)

United 93 (2006)

Assistant Costume Designer

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Assassination (1987)

Source Material (From Novel)

The White Buffalo (1977)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

Videos

Abandon Ship! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) To Die Without You! Cruise ship officer Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power, also the un-credited producer), after the sinking of the liner, has left one raft to save his girlfriend, nurse Julie (Mai Zetterling), then after shark trouble, McKinley (Stephen Boyd) hails them to the crowded boat of the ailing captain (Laurence Naismith), James Hayter as “Cookie” giving aid, early in Abandon Ship 1957.

Abandon Ship! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We Can't Eat You With seaman Sam (Orlando Martins) in the water griping, ships' officer Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power), taking over from the dead captain, has to deal with a dog on the lifeboat, owned by Noel Willman, Clive Morton the offended General, Victor Maddern also in the drink, Mai Zetterling and Stephen Boyd supporting his commands, in Abandon Ship 1957.

Abandon Ship! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Thirty-seven Survived The entire credit sequence was a slow camera move into this rusted, derelict mine, ending in the explosion, grim narration from writer-director Richard Sale, and the introduction of producer and star Tyrone Power, joining a raft with Finlay Currie, Robert Harris and distraught mother Sheila Manahan, in the British-made Columbia release, Abandon Ship, 1957.

Torpedo Run (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Good Old Fujiyama Sighting land in their chase after a Japanese battleship, Sloan (Ernest Borgnine) and Commander Doyle (Glenn Ford) elect to surface, with Lt. Foley (Dean Jones) running late, in Torpedo Run, 1958.

Torpedo Run (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Rough On The Skipper Opening scene, clearly tormented submarine Commander Doyle (Glenn Ford) takes out a Japanese ship with one shot, supported by executive officer Sloan (Ernest Borgnine), in Torpedo Run, 1958, from a story by Richard Sale.

Torpedo Run (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I'm A Bad Risk Ending a sequence in which Cmdr. Doyle (Glenn Ford) had to torpedo the transport ship carrying his wife and daughter, because it was used to “screen” a Japanese ship he was obligated to attack, a flashback to his courtship with Jane (Diane Brewster), with his best-buddy Lt. Archie Sloan (Ernest Borgnine), in Torpedo Run, 1958.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Men Without Hope Deep thoughts, presumably from the novel by Richard Sale, as prologue, prisoner Verne (Clark Gable) introduced, warden Grideau (Frederic Worlock) having his fun, opening Frank Borzage's existential adventure Strange Cargo, 1940, also starring Joan Crawford.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Didn't See That Saloon girl Julie (Joan Crawford), kicked off the prison island, again rejects "Pig" (Peter Lorre) but not Marfeu (Bernard Nedell), as Moll (Albert Dekker) clobbers Verne (Clark Gable) and threatens Cambreau (Ian Hunter), staging the big escape, in Frank Borzage's Strange Cargo, 1940.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Go Away Pig Joining the first scene for Joan Crawford (as entertainer "Julie"), she rejects hustler Peter Lorre (his character really is named "Pig"), then has trouble with laborer-convict Verne (Clark Gable), working the wharf at a French penal colony in Guiana, in Frank Borzage's Strange Cargo, 1940.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Kinship With The Dead Inmate Telez (Eduardo Ciannelli) with his bible, visited by the beatific Cambreau (Ian Hunter), who has inexplicably appeared among the convicts in the French colonial prison, literate Hessler (Paul Lukas), then re-captured Verne (Clark Gable) getting involved, in Frank Borzage's Strange Cargo, 1940.

Let's Make It Legal (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Am Eligible Bachelor Too Nearly-divorced hotel exec Hugh (MacDonald Carey) with daughter Barbara (Bates) who hopes he’ll reconcile with her mom, visited by Marilyn Monroe (swim-suited in her first scene) then her husband Jerry (Robert Wagner), his employee, shooting on location at the Hotel Miramar, Santa Monica, in Let’s Make It Legal, 1951.

Let's Make It Legal (1951) -- (Movie Clip) No Staying Power With daughter Barbara (Bates) and son-in-law Jerry (Robert Wagner) observing, almost-divorced Hugh (MacDonald Carey) has wife Miriam (Claudette Colbert) almost convinced he’s quit gambling when the phone rings, leaving a path for back-in-town ex-beau Victor (Zachary Scott), in Let’s Make It Legal, 1951.

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