Known for Directing
Born
February 4, 1924
Died
September 9, 1998 (age 74)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
31 films


Milk Money
1994 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.


Dave
1993 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.


All I Want For Christmas
1991 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Christmas.


Presumed Innocent
1990 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.


The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.


Ishtar
1987 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.


Lost in America
1985 · 1h 31m
country: United States
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.


Crackers
1984 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.


Reds
1981 · 3h 15m
country: United States
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.


Urban Cowboy
1980 · 2h 12m
country: United States
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.


The Main Event
1979 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.


Heaven Can Wait
1978 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.


September 30, 1955
1977 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.


Terraces
1977 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment building.


The Last Tycoon
1976 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.


Lifeguard
1976 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Rick is a Los Angeles County lifeguard who is in his thirties. At his 15-year high school reunion, he sees his old girlfriend who is now a divorced mother. After falling in love with her, Rick considers changing his career and lifestyle.


All the President's Men
1976 · 2h 18m
country: United States
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.


The Day of the Locust
1975 · 2h 25m
country: United States
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.


Hustling
1975 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.


All the Kind Strangers
1974 · 1h 13m
country: United States
An LA photographer, driving through backwoods country, spots a young boy walking on the side of the road and offers him a ride home. After reaching the isolated house, he discovers that the boy and his siblings are keeping a woman prisoner as their "mom" and now he is expected to be their "dad"...or else.


Terror on the 40th Floor
1974 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.


The Parallax View
1974 · 1h 42m
country: United States
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.


Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
1973 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a place to stay.


Paper Moon
1973 · 1h 42m
country: United States
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.


Slither
1973 · 1h 37m
country: United States
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.


When the Legends Die
1972 · 1h 47m
country: United States
An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.


Moon of the Wolf
1972 · 1h 15m
country: United States
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.


Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.


Hang 'em High
1968 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.