Sy Richardson — Actor (20)
Mystery Train (1989) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Mystery Train
director: Jim Jarmusch actor: Youki Kudoh / Masatoshi Nagase
other title: Mystery train: martedì notte a Memphis / Mystery Train - Martedì notte a Memphis
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
They Live (1988) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb
They Live
7.6 (15 ratings) director: John Carpenter actor: Roddy Piper / Keith David
other title: Essi vivono / Eles Vivem
A lone drifter stumbles upon a harrowing discovery -- a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
The Grifters (1990) [Movie] TMDB
The Grifters
director: Stephen Frears actor: Anjelica Huston / John Cusack
other title: Rischiose abitudini / Os Imorais
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
To Sleep with Anger (1990) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
To Sleep with Anger
director: Charles Burnett actor: Danny Glover / Paul Butler
other title: La rage au cœur / Nunca te acuestes enfadado
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Human Nature (2001) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Human Nature
director: Michel Gondry actor: Tim Robbins / Patricia Arquette
other title: Human Nature - Die Krone der Schöpfung / Human Nature – Die Krone der Schöpfung
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
Larry Crowne (2011) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Larry Crowne
director: Tom Hanks actor: Tom Hanks / Julia Roberts
other title: L'amore all'improvviso / En ny chance til Larry Crowne
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
Repo Man (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Repo Man
director: Alex Cox actor: Emilio Estevez / Harry Dean Stanton
other title: Repo Man - Il recuperatore / O Clandestino
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Colors (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Colors
director: Dennis Hopper actor: Sean Penn / Robert Duvall
other title: Colors - Colori di guerra / Los Angeles a Ferro e Fogo
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Sid and Nancy (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Sid and Nancy
director: Alex Cox actor: Gary Oldman / Chloe Webb
other title: Sid & Nancy - O Amor Pode Matar / Sid & Nancy
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
My Brother's Wedding (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
My Brother's Wedding
director: Charles Burnett actor: Everett Silas / Jessie Holmes
other title: Zur Hochzeit meines Bruders
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly mobile lawyer.
Tripwire (1989) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Tripwire
director: James Lemmo actor: Terence Knox / David Warner
other title: Ein Schritt zu weit / Piège de sang
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists' scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest. During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight it into a personal vendetta. So, DeForest must fight not only to save the world, but for his only remaining family.
Street Asylum (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Street Asylum
director: Gregory Dark actor: Wings Hauser / Alex Cord
other title: Ryder
In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his back that turns him into an out-of-control psychotic killer and put on the Strike S.Q.U.A.D. (an acronym for Scum Quelling Assault Urban Devision), which is a unit of crazed cops assigned by Captain Bill Quinton (a typically gruff Alex Cord) to rid the City of Angels of criminals by using any means necessary. The only problem is that Arliss discovers what's going down and decides to put a stop to all this madness.
Straight to Hell (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Straight to Hell
director: Alex Cox actor: Dick Rude / Sy Richardson
other title: Diritti all'inferno / Straight to Hell - Fahr zur Hölle
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.
Dead Man Walking (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dead Man Walking
director: Gregory Dark actor: Wings Hauser / Brion James
other title: Tote leben länger / Al final del poder
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
Nocturna (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nocturna
director: Harry Hurwitz actor: Nai Bonet / John Carradine
other title: Dracula auf Abwegen / Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula
Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula has been converted into the Hotel Transylvania. Dracula himself is aging and toothless, being cared for by his granddaughter Nocturna. When Nocturna books a disco group to play The Claret Room and winds up falling in love with one of the backup guitarists, a mortal named Jimmy, she notices that she is able to see her reflection when she dances, so she decides to follow Jimmy to New York in search of mortality.
Walker (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Walker
director: Alex Cox actor: Ed Harris / Richard Masur
other title: Walker - Una storia vera / Walker (Una historia verdadera)
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Petey Wheatstraw (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Petey Wheatstraw
director: Cliff Roquemore actor: Rudy Ray Moore / Jimmy Lynch
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
Fairy Tales (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fairy Tales
director: Harry Hurwitz actor: Don Sparks / Sy Richardson
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
Cinderella (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cinderella
director: Michael Pataki actor: Cheryl Smith / Yana Nirvana
other title: Cinderella nel regno del sesso / O Lado Erótico Da Cinderela
Cinderella, with the help of her "fairy" godmother, is granted heightened sexual prowess to win over Prince Charming. After a blindfolded orgy at the royal castle, the nerdy Prince must sleep with every willing woman in his kingdom until he finds that one, mysterious lover who so "stood out" on the night of the sex Ball.
Tapeheads (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tapeheads
director: Bill Fishman actor: John Cusack / Tim Robbins
other title: Tapeheads - Teste Matte / Tapeheads-Uma Dupla Muito Louca
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.