Hard-drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach Read More »
Tag Archives: Michael Ritchie
The Outsider (1967) Michael Ritchie, Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight
Pilot for the detective drama series has Darren McGavin playing David Ross Read More »
Divine Madness (1980) Michael Ritchie, Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig
In 1980, the head usher at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium gives his crew a pep talk Read More »
The Couch Trip (1988) Michael Ritchie, Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show Read More »
The Fantasticks (1995) Michael Ritchie, Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly
Two teenagers on neighboring farms steal glances and hide their romance from their feuding fathers. Read More »
Student Bodies (1981) Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie, Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson
A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex, he kills them. Read More »
Prime Cut (1972) Michael Ritchie, Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek
A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves. Read More »
Smile (1975) Michael Ritchie, Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Comedy
It’s time again for California’s “Young American Miss” beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. Read More »
Diggstown (1992) Michael Ritchie, James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Drama, Sport
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. Read More »
Downhill Racer (1969) Michael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Drama, Sport
David Chappellet is a mean-spirited skier, who profits from another skier’s injury to gain a spot on the American Olympic team. Read More »
The Island (1980) Michael Ritchie, Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Action, Adventure, Drama
In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda’s Triangle area. Maynard is divorced and his ex-wife sends their son Justin to stay with him while she is traveling with her boyfriend.
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A Simple Wish (1997) Michael Ritchie, Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he’s trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfill her “simple wish” – that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray’s magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
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The Candidate (1972) Michael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Comedy, Drama
Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate against an apparently unassailable incumbent. It’s agreed he can handle it his own way, on his own terms. But once he’s in the race and his prospects begin to improve, the deal starts to change.
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