Biography
Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954), and shared screenwriting credit for 1963's Cleopatra. He also directed a number of films, including 1957's Man on Fire with Bing Crosby and 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, both of which featured actress Inger Stevens. Born in Schenectady, New York, MacDougall came from an impoveris...
Complete Filmography

We're No Angels
1989
Original Film Writer
Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

That Man Bolt
1973
Screenplay
Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 m...

Magic Carpet
1972
Writer, Producer
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Writer, Director, Producer
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

Jigsaw
1968
Producer
After inadvertently ingesting some sugar laced with LSD, a man wakes up with amnesia and in the middle of a murder plot.

Dark of the Sun
1968
Screenplay
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut d...

Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
Teleplay, Producer
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names conta...

Cleopatra
1963
Screenplay
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

Go Naked in the World
1961
Director, Screenplay
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.

The Subterraneans
1960
Director
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959
Director, Screenplay
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of ...

Man on Fire
1957
Director, Screenplay
Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries t...

The Mountain
1956
Screenplay
Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash ...

Queen Bee
1955
Director, Screenplay
A devilish Southern woman, married to a man who despises her, manages to manipulate those around her under the guise of being kind. But, when her sist...

We're No Angels
1955
Screenplay
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Duc...

Secret of the Incas
1954
Screenplay
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

The Naked Jungle
1954
Screenplay
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.

The House in the Square
1951
Writer
Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefath...

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
Screenplay
Posing as a man over 70, a lecturer (Clifton Webb) enters an old-folks home to prove age is a state of mind.

The Breaking Point
1950
Writer
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Bright Leaf
1950
Screenplay
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

Stage Fright
1950
Additional Writing
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

The Hasty Heart
1949
Screenplay
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home bu...

The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
Screenplay, Producer
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alex...

June Bride
1948
Screenplay
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.

The Unsuspected
1947
Screenplay
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

Possessed
1947
Screenplay
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

Mildred Pierce
1945
Screenplay
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Objective, Burma!
1945
Screenplay
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish t...