Writing

N. Richard Nash

Born — Died

1913-06-08 — 2000-12-11

Place of birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

N. Richard Nash, (1913-2000), was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Philadelphia, he was one of the writers of the “golden age” of television, and the author of The Rainmaker and other plays translated into numerous languages. Often under the name “John Roc” he wrote radical works of which seven have been published in N. Richard Nash Selected Plays. Along with Cry Macho, his fiction includes The Last Magic, Radiance, and East Wind, Rain and the Roc novel Winter Blood.

Known for

Cry Macho poster
5.9

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.

Cry Macho

2021

The Rainmaker poster
6.9

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

The Rainmaker

1956

Nora Prentiss poster
6.3

Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

Nora Prentiss

1947

The Rainmaker poster
7.4

Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.

The Rainmaker

1982

Porgy and Bess poster
6.3

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Porgy and Bess

1959

The Sainted Sisters poster
7.3

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian border. However, this small town's residents aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.

The Sainted Sisters

1948

Behind the camera

Cry Macho poster
5.9

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.

Cry Macho

2021

The Rainmaker poster
6.9

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

The Rainmaker

1956

Nora Prentiss poster
6.3

Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

Nora Prentiss

1947

The Rainmaker poster
7.4

Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.

The Rainmaker

1982

The Rainmaker poster
7.4

Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.

The Rainmaker

1982

Porgy and Bess poster
6.3

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Porgy and Bess

1959

The Sainted Sisters poster
7.3

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian border. However, this small town's residents aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.

The Sainted Sisters

1948

Mara Maru poster
5.2

An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.

Mara Maru

1952

The Vicious Years poster
6.3

Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him.

The Vicious Years

1950

Between the Darkness and the Dawn poster
6.6

A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

1985

Top of the World poster
6.5

A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ice in Alaska.

Top of the World

1955

The Goldbergs poster
8.0

Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a Bronx family coping with everyday problems.

The Goldbergs

1950

Dear Wife poster
6.3

In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in opposition to the local political machine. Unknown to Miriam, said machine nominates her father, Judge Wilkins. As support grows for Bill, the presence of rival candidates under one roof poses problems, especially for Ruth, wife to Bill and daughter of the judge.

Dear Wife

1949

Dragonfly poster
7.3

A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.

Dragonfly

1976