Ruth Gordon — Actor (22)
Maxie (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Maxie
director: Paul Aaron actor: Glenn Close / Mandy Patinkin
other title: Min kone er stjernetosset
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
Lord Love a Duck (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lord Love a Duck
director: George Axelrod actor: Roddy McDowall / Tuesday Weld
other title: Mollymauk, der Wunderknabe / Todo por amor
From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene.
Where’s Poppa? (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Where’s Poppa?
director: Carl Reiner actor: George Segal / Ruth Gordon
other title: Senza un filo di classe / Wo is’ Papa?
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
Boardwalk (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Boardwalk
director: Stephen Verona actor: Ruth Gordon / Lee Strasberg
other title: Paseo frente al mar
In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
Action in the North Atlantic (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Action in the North Atlantic
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Humphrey Bogart / Raymond Massey
other title: Convoglio verso l'ignoto / Konvoj over Nordatlanten
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
The Big Bus (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
The Big Bus
director: James Frawley actor: Joseph Bologna / Stockard Channing
other title: Il fantabus / Atom-bussen
A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
Night of 100 Stars (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Night of 100 Stars
director: Clark Jones actor: Ed Asner / Jane Alexander
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
director: James Fargo actor: Pia Zadora / Craig Sheffer
other title: Rock Aliens / Nuestros maravillosos invasores
Aliens land in the mythical town of "Speelburgh, U.S.A" searching for the source of rock & roll. What they find is a gang of teenagers, led by Dee Dee and Frankie, along with Frankie's posse/rock band, the Pack. The leader of the aliens takes a shine to Dee Dee and all sorts of trouble breaks out.
Any Which Way You Can (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Any Which Way You Can
director: Buddy Van Horn actor: Clint Eastwood / Sondra Locke
other title: Fai come ti pare / Seje bøffer og hårde bananer
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he's pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
Edge of Darkness (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Edge of Darkness
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Errol Flynn / Ann Sheridan
other title: La bandiera sventola ancora / Aufstand in Trollness
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Isn't It Shocking? (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Isn't It Shocking?
director: John Badham actor: Alan Alda / Louise Lasser
other title: Compagni di scuola / ¿No es espantoso?
A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
The Great Houdinis (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Great Houdinis
director: Melville Shavelson actor: Paul Michael Glaser / Sally Struthers
other title: Die großen Houdinis / The Great Houdini
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Scavenger Hunt (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Scavenger Hunt
director: Michael Schultz actor: Richard Benjamin / James Coco
other title: Skum, skæg og skrammel / Scavenger Hunt: Die total verrückte Schnitzeljagd
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
Don't Go to Sleep (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Don't Go to Sleep
director: Richard Lang actor: Dennis Weaver / Valerie Harper
other title: Non andate a dormire / Não Adormeça
One year after a young girl dies in a car accident, her sister begins seeing visions of her, while the family home is plagued by strange happenings.
Every Which Way but Loose (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Every Which Way but Loose
director: James Fargo actor: Clint Eastwood / Sondra Locke
other title: Filo da torcere / Bankekød til slemme drenge
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Harold and Maude (1971) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData Skybridge
Harold and Maude
director: Hal Ashby actor: Ruth Gordon / Bud Cort
other title: Harold e Maude / Harold og Maude
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.