Michael Ritchie — Director (14)
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The Outsider (1967) IMDb TMDB
The Outsider
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Darren McGavin / Sean Garrison …
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
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An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
An Almost Perfect Affair
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Keith Carradine / Monica Vitti …
other title: Un amore perfetto o quasi / Ein perfekter Seitensprung …
An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune.
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Wildcats (1986) IMDb TMDB
Wildcats
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Goldie Hawn / Swoosie Kurtz …
other title: Una bionda per i Wildcats / Uma Equipa dos Diabos …
High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
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A Simple Wish (1997) IMDb TMDB
A Simple Wish
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Martin Short / Kathleen Turner …
other title: Un semplice desiderio / Um Passe de Mágica …
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil 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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Cops & Robbersons (1994) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cops & Robbersons
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Chevy Chase / Jack Palance …
other title: Poliziotti a domicilio / Cops & Robbersons - Das haut den stärksten Bullen um …
When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone and his young partner Tony Moore are assigned to the stakeout, but now it is a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help, and by doing so, drive Jake crazy.
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The Couch Trip (1988) IMDb TMDB
The Couch Trip
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Dan Aykroyd / Walter Matthau …
other title: Lo strizzacervelli / En Skrue løs i Beverly Hills …
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
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The Island (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Island
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Michael Caine / David Warner …
other title: L'isola / Øen …
David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.
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The Scout (1994) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Scout
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Albert Brooks / Brendan Fraser …
other title: Un colpo da campione / Der Scout …
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
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Fletch Lives (1989) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Fletch Lives
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Chevy Chase / Hal Holbrook …
other title: Fletch - Cronista d'assalto / Fletch vender tilbage …
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.