Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Brian Dennehy, Jill Eikenberry, Jeff Corey, Peter Weller, Noble Willingham, Arthur Hill, Paul Plunkett, Wesley Burgess
This prequel to the Oscar-winning "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" tells the story of the beginnings of the famous pair. Tom Berenger plays Butch Cassidy and William Katt takes on the role of the Sundance Kid.
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Cuba 1979 R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Hector Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Chris Sarandon, Lonette McKee, Martin Balsam, Alejandro Rey, Danny De La Paz, Wolfe Morris, David Rappaport, Walter Gotell, Louisa Moritz, Dave King
Set during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, this is the love story of a British missionary Major Robert Dapes (Sean Connery) and his re-discovered love for Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams) who find themselves in the middle of a country undergoing a bloody revolution.
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Finders Keepers 1984 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter, David Wayne, Brian Dennehy, Jack Riley, John Schuck, Jim Carrey
Georgiana Latimer (Pamela Stephenson) and Josef Sirola (Ed Lauter) steal $5 million from her father and, through a set of bizarre circumstances, manage to get the money and themselves aboard a transcontinental train. Also along for the ride is a scam artist, Michael Rangeloff (Michael O'Keefe), who unknowingly is escorting the money inside a coffin. All three are in for some surprises.
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The Four Musketeers 1974   PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geraldine Chaplin, Roy Kinnear, Michael Gothard, Simon Ward, Sybil Danning
This very good sequel to Richard Lester's "The Three Musketeers" has plenty of good action. Musketeers Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) team up with D'Artagnan (Michael York) to rescue the fair lady, Constance (Raquel Welch).
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Annette Andre, Pamela Brown, Roy Kinnear, Alfie Bass
Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is a Roman slave who tries to gain his freedom and attain riches at the same time in this very funny story about ancient Rome. The film won an Oscar for Best Musical Score.
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 A Hard Day's Night 1964  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Victor Spinetti, Norman Rossington, Kenneth Haigh, Richard Vernon, Marianne Stone, John Junkin, Anna Quayle
Like its stars, this pseudo documentary by the Beatles stands above other fare of the same genre. Filled with songs and comedy, the story line follows the Beatles through one day in their lives.
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 Help! 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear, John Bluthal, Patrick Cargill
This story is about a strange religious cult whose members want to retrieve a sacrificial ring, which is now on Ringo's finger. The best part of this film is the Beatles' music that figures into the plot as cult members interfere with the Beatles' recording of a new album. A wild and funny flick.
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How I Won the War 1967  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern, Jack Hedley, Karl Michael Vogler, Ronald Lacey, James Cossins
An inept lieutenant (Michael Crawford) leads his motley troops across North Africa and into France during World War II. This black, anti-war, comedy has some great scenes and some not so great ones.
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Juggernaut 1974 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Roy Kinnear, Freddie Jones, Roshan Seth, Clifton James, Caroline Mortimer, Mark Burns, John Stride, Julian Glover, Jack Watson
Bombs are reported to be aboard Captain Alex Brunel's (Omar Sharif) British cruise ship. Sidney Buckland (Freddie Jones) has planted them and is demanding a ransom. Demolition experts LCDR Fallon (Richard Harris) and Charlie Braddock (David Hemmings) are flown in by helicopter to disarm the bombs. Meanwhile, Scotland yard detective John McLeod (Anthony Hopkins), whose family is aboard the ship, searches for the bomber. A good thriller.
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The Knack 1965  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Knack...And How to Get It
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly, William Dexter, John Bluthal, Wensley Pithey, Charles Dyer, Peter Copley, Margot Thomas
Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a "knack" with women, and he frequently entertains them in his room. Schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford), not at all a ladies' man, asks Tolen for advice but is not satisfied with Tolen's answers. His solution: get a big bed. So, with the help of another boarder, Tom (Donal Donnelly), he gets one and as they head home with the bed they meet Nancy (Rita Tushingham) and invite her along. When they get home, she meets Tolen and the fun REALLY begins.
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The Mouse on the Moon 1963 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff, Terry-Thomas, June Ritchie, John Le Mesurier, John Phillips, Tom Aldredge, Peter Sallis
A very funny (but weaker) sequel to "The Mouse That Roared" as the Duchy of Grand Fenwick now gets into the space race. It seems that everything goes wrong in the Duchy–wine bottles are exploding and the castle's plumbing is a shambles. So–the U.S. is asked for money to start a Grand Fenwick Space Program, which is, in reality, just money to fix the plumbing. But now the fun starts as the U.S. grants the request.
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Petulia 1968 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes, Roger Bowen, Richard Dysart, Ellen Geer
Set in San Francisco during the 1960s, Richard Lester's comedy revolves around a divorced doctor, Archie Bollen (George C. Scott), and his relationship with an unhappily married kook, Petulia Danner (Julie Christie).
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The Ritz 1976 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Bessie Love, John Ratzenberger, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price, Tony De Santis
An interesting cast of talented stars contribute to this story about the experiences of Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) when he chooses a gay bath house, the Ritz, as the perfect place to hide from his brother-in-law Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller) who has promised his dying father that he will "Get Proclo!"
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Robin and Marian 1976 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Kenneth Haigh, Esmond Knight, Ronnie Barker, Bill Maynard, Veronica Quilligan, Peter Butterworth, John Barrett, Kenneth Cranham
Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and Little John (Nicol Williamson) return home to England after many years in exile. Robin resumes his relationship with Marian (Audrey Hepburn) who is now a nun. Meanwhile, the Merry Men convince Robin to continue his fight with the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw)–much to the dismay of Marian. Lots of "updating" of the classic story.
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Royal Flash 1975 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Britt Ekland, Lionel Jeffries, Tom Bell, Joss Ackland, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern
Based on George McDonald Frazier's novel, this film is supposed to be a satire on the swashbuckling era of Victorian England but comes across as slapstick comedy.
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Superman II 1980 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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Superman III 1983  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Nancy Roberts, Graham Stark, Gordon Rollings, Henry Woolf, Peter Wear
Computer genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is used by Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) who is planning to take over the world. The plans include toying with a weather satellite to ruin the coffee bean trade in Columbia and a synthetic form of Kryptonite to turn Clark Kent and Superman (Christopher Reeve) into two personalities.
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The Three Musketeers 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Michael York, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Frank Finlay, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Spike Milligan, Roy Kinnear, Joss Ackland, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson
This is a very good rendition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel about the swashbuckling adventures and romances of D'Artagnan (Michael York) and the three Musketeers–Athos, Aramis, and Porthos (Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay). The story begins when D'Artagnan arrives in Paris wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father (Joss Ackland) who was a Musketeer. He meets and befriends Athos, Aramis, and Porthos and then joins in their efforts to defend Queen Anna (Geraldine Chaplin) from the scheming Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston).
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| 1. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
2. Cuba (1979)
3. Finders Keepers (1984)
4. The Four Musketeers (1974)
5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
6. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
7. Help! (1965)
8. How I Won the War (1967)
9. Juggernaut (1974)
10. The Knack (1965)
aka: The Knack...And How to Get It
11. The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
12. Petulia (1968)
13. The Ritz (1976)
14. Robin and Marian (1976)
15. Royal Flash (1975)
16. Superman II (1980)
aka: Superman 2
17. Superman III (1983)
18. The Three Musketeers (1973)
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