A fourth-generation New Yorker, Richard Sale sold his first magazine story at age 12. After his graduation from Washington & Lee University, Sale went "pro," eventually writing well over 450 novels, novellettes, and short stories. During WWII, he served as Navy correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. He wrote his first Hollywood screenplay in 1946, and directed his first film in 1947. Most closely associated with 20th Century Fox in the 1950s, he directed such entertainments as Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), Half Angel (1950), Let's Make It Legal, and My Wife's Best Friend (1952). He also kept his hand in screenwriting, notably as the author of the tense Frank Sinatra thriller Suddenly, in addition, he wrote the script, music, and lyrics for the 1955 musical Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955). Most of his later directorial efforts were unremarkable, save for the fact-based Abandon Ship! (1957). In collaboration with his former wife, Mary Loos, Sale scripted such comedies as Mother was a Freshman and Father was a Fullback (both 1949), and co-wrote several episodes of the TV Western Yancy Derringer (1959-1960). Many of Richard Sale's best novels -- The Oscar, The White Buffalo -- were brought to the screen by other scriptwriting hands.
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Assassination
Screenwriter |
1987 | |||
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The White Buffalo
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1977 | |||
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The F.B.I.: Act of Violence
Screenwriter |
1968 | |||
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The Oscar
Book Author |
1966 | |||
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Bewitched: The Cat's Meow
Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Torpedo Run
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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Abandon Ship
Director, Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
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Over-Exposed
Short Story Author |
1956 | |||
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
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A Woman's World
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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Fire over Africa
Director |
1954 | |||
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Suddenly
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The French Line
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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Let's Do It Again
Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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The Girl Next Door
Director |
1953 | |||
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My Wife's Best Friend
Director |
1952 | |||
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Half Angel
Director |
1951 | |||
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Let's Make It Legal
Director |
1951 | |||
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Meet Me After the Show
Director, Screenwriter |
1951 | |||
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
Director, Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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I'll Get By
Director, Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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This Side of the Law
Short Story Author |
1950 | |||
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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Father Was a Fullback
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Mother Is a Freshman
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Campus Honeymoon
Composer (Music Score), Director, Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Lady at Midnight
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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The Dude Goes West
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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The Inside Story
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Calendar Girl
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Driftwood
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Northwest Outpost
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Spoilers of the North
Director |
1947 | |||
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Rendezvous with Annie
Actor, Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Strange Cargo
Book Author |
1940 | |||
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Shadows over Shanghai
Short Story Author |
1938 | |||
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Find the Witness
Short Story Author |
1937 |

