Bad News Bears 1976  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Family / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred Lutter III, Brandon Cruz, Shari Summers, Joe(2) Brooks, Chris Barnes, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Jaime Escobedo, Scott Firestone
Little League baseball coach Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is determined to train a bunch of unruly kids into a winning unit. This movie is very funny as the ludicrous, beer-guzzling Buttermaker employs a special tactic–Amanda (Tatum O'Neal)–as the catalyst to make winners out of his foul-mouthed players. Followed by two sequels and remade in 2005.
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The Candidate 1972 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robert Redford, Don Porter, Melvyn Douglas, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Quinn K. Redeker, Michael Lerner, Karen Carlson, Kenneth Tobey, Natalie Wood, Morgan Upton, Chris Prey, Joe Miksak, Jenny Sullivan, Tom Dahlgren
Idealistic, left-wing Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is the son of powerful John McKay (Melvyn Douglas), the ex-governor of California. Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) convinces Bill to run for the Senate against Republican incumbent Crocker Jarmon (Don Porter). Marvin serves as Bill's campaign manager and meets obstacles head-on. Bill allows himself to be manipulated, gains supporters, and wins the election. By Election Day, Bill has lost his integrity, and he has become everything that he was once against. Faced with the prospect of actually becoming Senator, Bill asks, "What do we do now?"
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Cops and Robbersons 1994  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi, David Barry Gray, Jason James Richter, Fay Masterson, Richard Romanus, Miko Hughes, Sal Landi, Ronald L. Schwary, Jack Kehler, Dawn Landon, Amy Powell, Jim Holmes
Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase) has always dreamed of being a detective. Now, the police have moved into his home and are using it for a command post to spy on Robberson's neighbor. The cops' biggest problem is Robberson, who wants to be in on the action.
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The Couch Trip 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Chevy Chase, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross, Michael Ensign
A mental patient trades places with his attending psychiatrist and then finds himself hosting a radio talk show in Los Angeles. The film is based on the notion that there is a thin line between sanity and insanity, yet it does not shed any new light on the issue.
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Diggstown 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Marshall Bell, Cyndi James Gossett, Thomas Wilson Brown, Duane Davis
Gabriel Caine (James Woods) and "Honey" Roy Palmer (Louis Gossett Jr.) pair up as con men who set up the ultimate scam on John Gillon (Bruce Dern), the owner of Diggstown. The deal–Palmer can win 10 boxing matches in 24 hours.
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 Downhill Racer 1969  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Kenneth Kirk, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan, Christian Doermer, Kathleen Crowley, Dabney Coleman, Joe Jay Jalbert, Tom J. Kirk, Oren Stevens, Rip McManus, Jerry Dexter, Carole Carle
This is an insightful look at a very talented, but immature and selfish, skier David Chappellet (Robert Redford) who is coached by Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) who sees him for what he is.
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The Fantasticks 2000  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joseph McIntyre, Jonathon Morris, Brad Sullivan, Teller, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, Victoria Stevens
Off-Broadway's long-running musical is finally brought to the screen in this story of young Louisa (Jean Louisa Kelly) and Matt (Joseph McIntyre) who are tricked by their fathers (Joel Grey and Brad Sullivan) into falling in love. When the plot falls apart, the romance is off–until Louisa and Matt face the realities of life and reunite.
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Fletch 1985 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Libertini, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, William Traylor, George Wyner, Tony Longo, Ralph Seymour, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) is a big city newspaperman who goes undercover and poses as a bum. He stumbles onto a story when Santa Monica aviation executive Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson), who has bone cancer, offers him $50,000 to murder him so that his family can collect on his life insurance. Fletch believes that there is more to the story and, before long, uncovers a drug dealing connection between Stanwyk and police Chief Karlin (Joe Don Baker).
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Fletch Lives 1989 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Julianne Phillips, Hal Holbrook, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Cleavon Little, Richard Belzer, Geoffrey Lewis, George Wyner, Phil Hartman, Patricia Kalember, Titos Vandis, Don Hood, Dennis Burkley
When L.A. investigative reporter "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) inherits his aunt's crumbling Southern plantation, he heads to Louisiana where he hooks up with probate lawyer Amanda (Patricia Kalember) who then is found dead in Fletch's bed. Fletch is the prime suspect and now must use his investigative skills to find out what really happened.
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The Golden Child 1986 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance, Victor Wong, Randall "Tex" Cobb, James Hong, J.L. Reate, Shakti, Tau Logo, Tiger Chung Lee, Pons Maar, Peter Kwong, Eric Douglas, Wally Taylor, Charles Levin
Eddie Murphy plays Los Angeles social worker Chandler Jarrell who tracks down missing children. One day, he is approached by beautiful Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis) who tells him that a religious sect has appointed him the "Chosen One" to protect a kidnapped magical boy, "The Golden Child" (J.L. Reate), from evil. Now, Chandler is given a magic dagger and a sacred parakeet, and, after going through several trials by fire, he falls in love with Kee Nang.
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The Outsider 1967 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Darren McGavin, Anna Hagan, Edmond O'Brien, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight, Ann Sothern, Audrey Totter, Ossie Davis, Joseph Wiseman, Nancy Malone, Mario Alcalde, Madame Spivy, Kent McCord
Detective David Ross (Darren McGavin) is a private-eye/ex-con hired by a theatrical manager to investigate possible embezzlement in this pilot for a TV series that followed the movie. Ross investigates the suspect, and, when she is found dead in his office, Ross becomes the prime suspect.
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Prime Cut 1972 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Howard Platt, Eddie Egan
This film, Sissy Spacek's debut, is the gruesome story about Chicago gangsters who have their own methods of keeping Kansas City cattlemen in line.
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The Scout 1994 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest, Lane Smith, Anne Twomey, Michael Rapaport, Barry Shabaka Henley, John Capodice, Garfield, Louis Giovannetti, Stephen Demek, Ralph Drischell
New York Yankees baseball scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) discovers talented pitcher Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser) who happens to suffer from emotional problems. This sports comedy was written by Brooks.
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Semi-Tough 1978 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Bert Convy, Lotte Lenya, Richard Masur, Carl Weathers, Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver
Two football stars (Kris Kristofferson and Burt Reynolds) vie for the exclusive attention of the beautiful Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh).
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A Simple Wish 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer, Francis Capra, Ruby Dee, Teri Garr, Alan Campbell, Jonathan Hadary
Murray (Martin Short) is a male fairy godmother-in-training. While Murray has the best of intentions, his ineptness always comes to the fore. Meanwhile, evil fairy godmother Claudia (Kathleen Turner) has plans to steal wands at the annual gathering of fairy godmothers, and she sees Murray as nothing but trouble.
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Smile 1975 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis, Nicholas Pryor, Colleen Camp, Joan Prather, Annette O'Toole, Melanie Griffith, Titos Vandis
Behind-the-scenes action of beauty pageants is the subject of this satire on middle-class lives in California. Lots of laughs.
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The Survivors 1983 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robin Williams, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Anne Pitoniak, John Goodman, Kristen Vigard, Annie McEnroe, Bernard Barrow, Michael P. Moran, Marian Hailey, Joseph Carberry, Skipp Lynch, Meg Mundy, Yudie Bank
Robin Williams plays unemployed executive Donald Quinelle who is taken under the wing of gas station owner Sonny Paluso (Walter Matthau). Because of a strange set of circumstances, they are on the list of hit man Jack Locke (Jerry Reed). From there, they end up in a survival-training unit where things really get "Robin Williams" strange.
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Wildcats 1986 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Woody Harrelson, Bruce McGill, Robyn Lively, M. Emmet Walsh, Ann Doran, Wesley Snipes, Gloria Stuart, Brandy Gold
A high-school football coach (Goldie Hawn) tries to shape her team from the rowdy ghetto into a formidable opponent for the top area team and their coach (Bruce McGill).
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| 1. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
2. Bad News Bears (1976)
3. The Candidate (1972)
4. Cops and Robbersons (1994)
5. The Couch Trip (1988)
6. Diggstown (1992)
7. Divine Madness! (1980)
8. Downhill Racer (1969)
9. The Fantasticks (2000)
10. Fletch (1985)
11. Fletch Lives (1989)
12. The Golden Child (1986)
13. The Outsider (1967)
14. The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged .... (1993)
15. Prime Cut (1972)
16. The Scout (1994)
17. Semi-Tough (1978)
18. A Simple Wish (1997)
19. Smile (1975)
20. The Survivors (1983)
21. Wildcats (1986)
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