Writing

Richard Weil

Born — Died

1893-10-29 — 1971-08-16

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Great Flamarion poster
6.1

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

The Great Flamarion

1945

Shine on Harvest Moon poster
6.8

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

Crime by Night poster
6.4

A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.

Crime by Night

1944

Talk About a Lady poster
5.0

A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, manages to restore the optimism of a jaded and disillusioned nightclub owner. Eventually, she marries the manager of one of the man's nightclubs.

Talk About a Lady

1946

The Phantom Thief poster
6.4

Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.

The Phantom Thief

1946

The Mysterious Doctor poster
5.9

The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.

The Mysterious Doctor

1943

Behind City Lights poster
7.0

This Republic programmer stars Lynne Roberts as a country gal who is slickered by a couple of city-fied jewel thieves, played by Peter Cookson and Jerome Cowan. Roberts is set up for a patsy by these two rogues, and nearly ends up in jail-and later on, narrowly escapes being rubbed out by gangsters.

Behind City Lights

1945

Identity Unknown poster
5.4

A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.

Identity Unknown

1945

The Gentleman Misbehaves poster
8.0

After his first attempt to obtain cash fails, a Broadway producer turns to a gambler to raise money for his show.

The Gentleman Misbehaves

1946

The Big Show-Off poster
5.3

A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).

The Big Show-Off

1945

G.I. Honeymoon poster
8.0

In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate their marriage, as on their wedding night the husband is called away to sentry duty. Later they try again, but as he has just completed a 37-mile hike, he finds himself too tired to work up any enthusiasm for conjugal bliss. Fortunately, the bride's understanding aunt intervenes with the young man's colonel and the frustrated couple is at last able to share a night of love.

G.I. Honeymoon

1945