10 Rillingham Place 1971  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Andre Morell, Robert Hardy, Basil Dignam, Sam Kydd, Bernard Lee
Excellent performances highlight this tension-filled drama about a necrophiliac, John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough), whose next intended victims–Beryl Evans (Judy Geeson) and her husband Timothy (John Hurt)–live in the upstairs apartment.
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 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Carleton Young, Ted de Corsia, Eddie Marr, Percy Helton, Fred Graham, Herb Vigran, J.M. Kerrigan, Ted Cooper, Dayton Lummis, Jack Pennick
Captain Nemo (James Mason) and his submarine, Nautilus, fill the screen with the adventures imagined by Jules Verne in his classic novel. Many whaling ships have been lost at sea when Professor Pierre Aronnax (Paul Lukas), his aide Conseil (Peter Lorre), and harpoon master Ned Land (Kirk Douglas) voyage out in search of the sea monster that is supposedly sinking the ships. Their ship sinks, but they survive and are taken aboard Nautilus. They discover that the sea monster is actually the Nautilus, and they are amazed by the undersea world that greets them. Highlight: Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale." The film won Oscars for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Special Effects and was nominated for Best Film Editing.
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Ashanti 1979  R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Ashanti: Land of No Mercy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson, Kabir Bedi, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, William Holden, Winston Ntshona, Jean-Luc Bideau, Johnny Sekka
After his wife Anna (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped by slave traders, Doctor David Linderby (Michael Caine) travels across Africa in pursuit of her captors.
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Barabbas 1962  N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews, Vittorio Gassman, Valentina Cortese, Douglas Fowley, Norman Wooland, Michael Gwynn, Roy Magnano
This is the story of Barabbas (Anthony Quinn), the thief who Pontius Pilate (Arthur Kennedy) tried along with Jesus and allowed to escape crucifixion. After being released, the guilt-ridden Barabbas goes through many ordeals searching for meaning in his life and, finally, becomes a follower of Christ. The script and cast are good in this religious epic.
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Between Heaven and Hell 1956 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Keith, Brad Dexter, Mark Damon, Ken Clark, Harvey Lembeck, Skip Homeier
During World War II, a spoiled Southern landowner, Sam Gifford (Robert Wagner), fights in the Pacific and learns humility in the process.
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The Blind Terror 1971 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: See No Evil
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson, Brian Rawlinson, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas, Christopher Matthews, Lila Kaye, Barrie Houghton, Michael Elphick
Recently blinded Sarah (Mia Farrow) has moved into her uncle's (Robin Bailey) mansion to recuperate. While she was visiting her boyfriend, all of her uncle's family and staff were murdered by a psychopath. Upon her return, she must face the killer alone–not knowing that he has killed the others.
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The Boston Strangler 1968  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Sally Kellerman, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec, Leora Dana, Carolyn Conwell, Jeanne Cooper, Austin Willis, Lara Lindsay
For more than two years, from 1962 to 1964, Boston women seemed to be at the mercy of a psychopathic killer. He began strangling and raping elderly women and then switched to younger women–a total of 13 victims–by the end of his reign of terror. Boston Police Department detective John S. Bottomly (Henry Fonda) directs the investigation, and it is not until one victim, Diane Cluny (Sally Kellerman), survives her attack and reports that she bit her attacker's hand that the clues fit together and lead to the capture of serial killer Albert DeSalvo (Tony Curtis). 1 User Review
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| | Brilliantly noir & Tony at his serious best. | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Compulsion 1959 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender
This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students–in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)–carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty.
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Crossed Swords 1977 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings, Harry Andrews, Sybil Danning, Murray Melvin, Julian Orchard, Felicity Dean, Graham Stark, Preston Lockwood
In this remake of Mark Twain's classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper," Mark Lester takes on dual roles of both Henry VIII's (Rex Harrison) son Prince Edward and the poor boy from the London slums, Tom. The boys meet, realize that they look alike, trade clothes, and inadvertently switch identities. As they live each other's lives for awhile, both boys find problems associated with the other's life.
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Design for Death 1947 N/R, 48 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Theodore S. Geisel, Kent Smith, Hans Conried
Theodore S. Geisel (Dr. Suess) and wife Helen wrote this Academy Award-winning documentary that advances the theory that war can be avoided by understanding power-hungry nations and groups and keeping them in check. They used film footage and documentation of Japan in the analysis.
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Doctor Dolittle 1967 N/R, 152 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough, Peter Bull, Geoffrey Holder, William Dix, Norma Varden, Muriel Landers, Portia Nelson, Frank Welker, Ginny Tyler
Veterinarian Dr. John Dolittle (Rex Harrison) has the unique ability of talking in animal languages–a feat that comes in handy when he leaves Puddleby-By-The-Marsh, England in search of the elusive Great Pink Sea Snail. An Oscar went to "Talk to the Animals" as Best Song. It also won for Special Visual Effects and was nominated for eight more, including Best Picture.
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The Don Is Dead 1973  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Beautiful But Deadly
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins, Ina Balin, Abe Vigoda, Charles Cioffi, Louis Zorich, Frank DeKova, Joe Santos, Victor Argo
Mafia control of the underworld is the subject of this convoluted plot starring Anthony Quinn as the infamous Don Angelo.
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Fantastic Voyage 1966 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, James Brolin, Barry Coe, Jean Del Val, Ken Scott, Shelby Grant, Brendan Fitzgerald, Brendon Boone, Christopher Riordan
In order to perform delicate brain surgery on brilliant scientist Jan Benes (Jean Del Val), a team of doctors (Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, and Donald Pleasence) must travel inside their patient's body. The medical team is shrunk into microscopic figures, and they ride in a miniature submarine as they enter the bloodstream and encounter chilling obstacles. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Special Visual Effects, and it was nominated for three others.
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger, Luther Adler, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Glenda Farrell, Frances Fuller, Philip Reed, Gale Robbins, John Hoyt
Based on a scandal that happened in New York during the early 1900s, this is the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's (Joan Collins) affair with Stanford White (Ray Milland) that resulted in his murder by her husband, Harry (Farley Granger).
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The Happy Time 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Kurt Kasznar, Linda Christian, Bobby Driscoll, Marcel Dalio, Jeanette Nolan, Will Wright, Richard Erdman
Uncle Desmonde (Louis Jourdan)–a Playboy photographer–returns home and is a bad influence on his nephew, Bibi (Bobby Driscoll), who is experiencing his first crush.
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 The Jazz Singer 1980 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Nicholas, Sully Boyar, Mike Kellin, James Booth, Luther Waters, Rod Gist, Walter Janovitz, Janet Brandt, John Witherspoon
Cantor Rabinovitch (Laurence Olivier) wishes a different life for his son Yussel (Neil Diamond) when Yussel leaves his family behind in New York City and travels to Los Angeles. He hooks up with recording company executive Molly (Lucie Arnaz) who promotes his career. Stardom is just around the corner when Yussel–now known as Jess Robin–realizes that leaving his synagogue and family just might have been a mistake.
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Mandingo 1975 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes, Ken Norton, Paul Benedict, Ben Masters, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Roy Poole
Lust and man's-inhumanity-to-man are the subject matter of this story of life on a Southern plantation before the Civil War. Unusual for Mason to be in such a weak film.
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Million Dollar Mystery 1987 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
aka: Money Mania
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Pam Matteson, Penny Baker, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Tom Bosley, Kevin Pollak, Daniel McDonald, Gail Neely
Sidney Preston (Tom Bosley) is dining at the Apache Acres Motel and Diner when he suffers a heart attack and, gasping for his last breath, tells fellow travelers at the diner that he has stolen $4 million. He gives them clues of four locations where he has stashed the money, and all who hear him take off in search of the money. As a promotion for the film, sponsors offered $1 million to the first person to correctly spot where the money is located. There were over 300,000 entrants, and 15-year-old Alesia Jones won the prize.
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Mr. Majestyk 1974 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Alejandro Rey, Taylor Lacher, Frank Maxwell, Jordan Rhodes, Bert Santos
A poor farmer who grows melons, Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson), is involved in a labor dispute, and the battle for his very survival results when the mob has eyes on his land.
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The New Centurions 1972 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James Sikking, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, William Atherton, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Peter de Anda, Michael de Lano, Stefan Gierasch
This police drama, based on Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling novel, pits veteran L.A. police officer Sergeant Kilvinsky (George C. Scott) against one of the new breed of rookies, part-time law student Roy Fehler (Stacy Keach). Roy learns much from Kilvinsky, but, because of the stresses of the job, he ignores his law studies. That upsets his wife Dorothy (Jane Alexander) who does not like being a cop's wife, and she leaves Roy. Meanwhile, Kilvinsky is planning to retire and wants to train Roy so that he can take his place on the force. With Dorothy gone and police pressures on his mind, Roy finds relief in a new girlfriend Lorrie (Rosalind Cash), but more problems lie ahead.
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 Red Sonja 1985 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Ronald Lacey, Ernie Reyes Jr., Pat Roach, Terry Richards, Janet Agren, Donna Osterbuhr, Lara Naszinsky, Hans Meyer, Tutte Lemkow, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Sefano Maria Mioni
Superheroine Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) searches for a magic talisman. Unfortunately for her, another "hero," Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger), wants to come to her aid. No matter what she does, he just doesn't catch on to the fact that he is not needed.
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Soylent Green 1973 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Whit Bissell, Mike Henry, Dick Van Patten, Stephen Young, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Roy Jenson, Leonard Stone, Celia Lovsky
In New York City during 2020, detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is aided by Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) during his investigation of the assassination of Soylent Green executive William Simonson (Joseph Cotton). They uncover a plot by Soylent Corporation to solve society's hunger problems when they learn what really makes up the ingredients of Soylent Green's "food." The story is based on Harry Harrison's sci-fi book "Make Room! Make Room!"
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The Spikes Gang 1974 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Smith, Don Fellows, Elliott Sullivan, Robert Beatty, Bert Conway, Ralph Brown, Bill Curran, David Thomson, Ricardo Palacios
Garry Spikes (Lee Marvin) is a veteran gunman who is wounded, and runaway boys–Les Richter (Ron Howard) and Will Young (Gary Grimes)–nurse him back to health. They love hearing Spikes tell about his past adventures, and Spikes encourages them to form an outlaw gang with him as their leader. Les and Will enter the world of bank robberies with Spikes, but then Spikes double-crosses them and hunts them as a bounty hunter. When Will decides to settle the score and get revenge, mayhem is certain to follow.
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These Thousand Hills 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Patricia Owens, Stuart Whitman, Albert Dekker, Harold J. Stone, Royal Dano, Jean Willes, Douglas Fowley, Fuzzy Knight, Robert Adler
Cowboy "Lat" Evans (Don Murray) borrows money from dancehall girl Callie (Lee Remick), buys a ranch, moves up in society, and turns his back on past friends–including Callie. But when he is finally faced with choices between ambition and friends, "Lat" steps up and protects Callie from land baron Jehu (Richard Egan) when he physically beats her.
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 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 G, 142 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono, Takahio Tamura, Shogo Shimada, Frank Aletter, Koreya Senda, Junya Usami
The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects.
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Tough Enough 1983 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Bruce McGill, Wilford Brimley, Fran Ryan, Christopher Norris, Terra Perry, Big John Hamilton, Steve Ward
Art Long (Dennis Quaid) wants to be a Country-Western singer but just can't make it in that field. He then enters the world of amateur boxing and does well in the "Tough Man" competition. Hoping to make ends meet at home, Art now dedicates himself to boxing. His wife Caroline (Carlene Watkins) and parents (Wilford Brimley and Fran Ryan) support him, and his manager (Warren Oates) promotes Art all the way to the nationals. Along the way, Art makes friends with P.T. Coolidge (Stan Shaw) and Myra (Pam Grier), but enemies abound in the ring.
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 Trapped 1949 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, John Hoyt, Barbara Payton, James Todd, Russ Conway, Tommy Noonan, Rory Mallinson, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Harry Antrim, Renny McEvoy
Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) is serving time in jail; however, when it is discovered that counterfeiters are using his equipment to print money, he joins forces with government agents to put the criminals out of business.
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 The Vikings 1958  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Edric Connor, Dandy Nichols
Ernest Borgnine is great in this epic film about the mighty Vikings and their exploits. Good photography and very entertaining. 1 User Review
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| | A truly remarkable movie | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Violent Saturday 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Margaret Hayes, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, J. Carrol Naish, Sylvia Sidney, Billy Chapin
In this tension-filled drama, bank robbers plan to rob a small-town bank but run into problems from neighboring Amish farmers.
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| 1. 10 Rillingham Place (1971)
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
3. Amityville 3-D (1983)
aka: Amityville III: The Demon
4. Ashanti (1979)
aka: Ashanti: Land of No Mercy
5. Bandido (1956)
6. Barabbas (1962)
7. Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
8. The Blind Terror (1971)
aka: See No Evil
9. The Boston Strangler (1968)
10. Che! (1968)
11. Compulsion (1959)
12. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
13. Crack in the Mirror (1960)
14. Crossed Swords (1977)
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
15. Design for Death (1947)
16. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
17. The Don Is Dead (1973)
aka: Beautiful But Deadly
18. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
19. The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
20. The Happy Time (1952)
21. The Incredible Sarah (1976)
22. The Jazz Singer (1980)
23. Mandingo (1975)
24. Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
aka: Money Mania
25. Mr. Majestyk (1974)
26. The New Centurions (1972)
27. Red Sonja (1985)
28. Soylent Green (1973)
29. The Spikes Gang (1974)
30. These Thousand Hills (1959)
31. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
32. Tough Enough (1983)
33. Trapped (1949)
34. The Vikings (1958)
35. Violent Saturday (1955)
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