Writing

Richard Carroll

Born October 27, 1898 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died March 11, 1959 · aged 60

Richard Carroll was an American film writer.

Known For

Back from EternityBack from Eternity · 1956
Back from Eternity
6.71956
MovieAdventureDrama
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found. A remake of Five Came Back (1939).
The ApeThe Ape · 1940
The Ape
4.81940
MovieHorrorMystery
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
Five Came BackFive Came Back · 1939
Five Came Back
6.31939
MovieAdventureDrama
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
You Can't Fool Your WifeYou Can't Fool Your Wife · 1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
5.51940
MovieComedy
Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.
Three Girls About TownThree Girls About Town · 1941
Three Girls About Town
6.51941
MovieAdventureComedy
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Flight LieutenantFlight Lieutenant · 1942
Flight Lieutenant
6.31942
MovieDrama
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.
Those Who Came BackThose Who Came Back · 1948
Those Who Came Back
6.41948
MovieDramaAdventure
A small disparate group of people board a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. A remake of the film Five Came Back (1939) directed by John Farrow.
Love TimeLove Time · 1934
Love Time
10.01934
MovieDramaRomance
Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.

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