Herbert Ross — Director (12)

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The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
The Owl and the Pussycat
director: Herbert Ross actor: Barbra Streisand / George Segal …
other title: Il gufo e la gattina / O Corujão e a Gatinha …
Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?

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T.R. Baskin (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
T.R. Baskin
director: Herbert Ross actor: Candice Bergen / Peter Boyle …
other title: Appuntamento con una ragazza che si sente sola / Tanja Baskin – Anruf genügt …
An enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.

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I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Ought to Be in Pictures
director: Herbert Ross actor: Walter Matthau / Ann-Margret …
other title: Quel giardino di aranci fatti in casa / Eigentlich wollte ich zum Film …
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) IMDb TMDB
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
director: Herbert Ross actor: Peter O'Toole / Petula Clark …
other title: Adiós, Mr. Chips
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.

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The Sunshine Boys (1975) IMDb TMDB
The Sunshine Boys
director: Herbert Ross actor: Walter Matthau / George Burns …
other title: I ragazzi irresistibili / Sunshine Boys …
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.

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The Secret of My Success (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Secret of My Success
director: Herbert Ross actor: Michael J. Fox / Helen Slater …
other title: Il segreto del mio successo / Forført til succes …
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

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My Blue Heaven (1990)
My Blue Heaven
director: Herbert Ross actor: Steve Martin / Rick Moranis …
other title: Il testimone più pazzo del mondo / Meu Pequeno Paraíso …
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

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The Turning Point (1977)
The Turning Point
other title: Due vite una svolta / Am Wendepunkt …
As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.