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Richard Fleischer
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Richard Fleischer - what members say
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Richard Fleischer - filmography
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Red Sonja - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Sandahl Bergman, Ernie Reyes Jr., Pat Roach
Director: Richard Fleischer
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When her sister dies at the hands of an evil queen, the fearsome warrior Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) sets out to seek her revenge. Joining forces with the only man who can match her in a fight (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Sonja battles all the monsters and magicians who stand in her way, until she ..read more »
 
59%
from 374 members
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Red Sonja
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman
Director: Richard Fleischer
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The peaceful life of Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) is shattered when her parents are killed by Queen Greden, who rules by terror and carries a talisman with which she can annihilate the planet. Sonja sets out to avenge her parent's death and is granted extraordinary powers by a mysterious vision. But ..read more »
58%
from 2,009 members
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Conan The Destroyer
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Pat Roach, Grace Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen princess (Olivia D'Abo) and her powerful bodyguard ..read more »
59%
from 5,663 members
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Amityville 3
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Tess Harper, Tony Roberts, Robert Joy
Director: Richard Fleischer
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A journalist (Tony Roberts) moves to Long Island's least desirable residence, even though he is aware of its haunted history. Initially treating the stories with scepticism, he becomes less sure of himself upon discovery of a feature not mentioned in the estate agent's brochure: an abandoned well ..read more »
47%
from 790 members
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Amityville 3
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: John Harkins, John Beal, Tess Harper
Director: Richard Fleischer
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A journalist (Tony Roberts) moves to Long Island's least desirable residence, even though he is aware of its haunted history. Initially treating the stories with scepticism, he becomes less sure of himself upon discovery of a feature not mentioned in the estate agent's brochure: an abandoned well ..read more »
39%
from 497 members
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The Jazz Singer
(1980)
Starring: Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Catlin Adams
Director: Richard Fleischer
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This re-make of the 1927 pioneering 'talkie' of the same name stars Neil Diamond as the Rabbi's son who wants to be a pop singer. This runs counter to his father's (Laurence Olivier) wishes, who had hoped he would follow in his footsteps as Cantor in the Synagogue. A struggle between familial ..read more »
68%
from 2,770 members
Currently unavailable
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Ashanti
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Kabir Bedi, William Holden, Peter Ustinov
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Watch now: Unavailable
Dr David Linderby pursues the slave traders who have captured his wife Anansa. It transpires that Anansa's captor, Suleiman, intends to sell her to an Arab Prince, but with the authorities refusing to help in his search, David is forced to turn to men just as ruthless as the slave traders ..read more »
51%
from 333 members
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The Prince and the Pauper
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Oliver Reed, George C. Scott, Raquel Welch
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Watch now: Unavailable
Star-studded film adaptation of Mark Twain's adventure novel featuring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Rex Harrison and George C Scott, among others. Tom Canty (Mark Lester) is a poor boy from the slums of London who swaps places with Prince Edward (also Lester), heir to the throne and the spitting ..read more »
69%
from 106 members
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Mandingo
(1975)
Starring: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King
Director: Richard Fleischer
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A slave owner in the 1840s trains his slaves to be bare-knuckle fighting champions, unaware that his daughter is having an affair with his top fighter.
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from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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Mr. Majestyk
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Lee Purcell, Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal
Director: Richard Fleischer
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Ex-con Vietnam vet-turned-farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) is not a man to be messed with. After being harassed by a local bully for employing Hispanic workers on his farm, being trailed by police and having his crops destroyed by a Mafia hitman, Vince decides he's had enough, and sets off ..read more »
65%
from 540 members
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The Spikes Gang
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Ron Howard, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Grimes
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Western starring Lee Marvin. When outlaw Harry Spikes (Marvin) is wounded in battle, he is rescued by two runaways. While in recuperation, Spikes tells the boys of his many adventures over the years, and his stories inspire them to form a gang of their own, with Spikes happy to fulfill the role of ..read more »
62%
from 50 members
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Soylent Green
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Leigh Taylor-Young
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from ..read more »
66%
from 4,537 members
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See No Evil
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Mia Farrow
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Tense thriller starring Mia Farrow as a blind young woman (Mia Farrow) who goes to live in the English countryside with relatives. Out on a date with a boyfriend, she escapes the fate of her relatives who are murdered by a crazed killer but finally makes the gruesome discovery of their bodies and ..read more »
55%
from 246 members
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10 Rillington Place
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Andre Morell, Geoffrey Chater, Isobel Black
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Richard Attenborough takes the lead role in the true story of the infamous English mass murderer John Reginald Christie who killed 8 women over a period of 13 years. After moving in as tenants in Christie's house, Timothy Evans (John Hurt) and his wife Beryl (Judy Geeson) go to their landlord for ..read more »
72%
from 2,457 members
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Che!
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Barbara Luna, Cesare Danova, Jack Palance
Director: Richard Fleischer, Richard
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Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara gets a Hollywood makeover. A late '60s attempt to gloss up the life story of the iconic rebel leader, played by then heartthrob Omar Sharif. The story begins in 1956 with Che's arrival in Cuba alongside Fidel Castro (Jack Palance), as they begin their attempt to ..read more »
53%
from 124 members
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The Boston Strangler
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Sally Kellerman, Henry Fonda, Tony Curtis
Director: Richard Fleischer
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The Boston Strangler adopts the split-screen technique then in vogue (see also The Thomas Crown Affair) to relate the true story of self-confessed mass murderer Albert DeSalvo. Adapted by Edward Anhalt from the book by Gerold Frank, the film covers the years 1962 to 1964, during which time a dozen ..read more »
65%
from 668 members
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Doctor Dolittle
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar, Rex Harrison
Director: Richard Fleischer
Certificate: 
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Musical based on Hugh Lofting's books about a 19th century veterinary surgeon. Doctor Dolittle, who is an expert in animal languages, but finds that his ability to 'talk to the animals' puts him into a mental asylum. He manages to escape and begins a journey in search of the great pink sea snail in ..read more »
69%
from 985 members
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Fantastic Voyage
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Shrunk to microscopic size, an elite scientific and medical team enters the bloodstream of an ailing scientist in a desperate effort to save his life. Battling the body's incredible defenses, the crew must complete their mission before time runs out.
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from 831 members
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Barabbas
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Michael Gwynn, Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Sword and sandal epic which imagines the later life of the biblical character Barabbas (Anthony Quinn). Released from prison when the crowd chose his freedom over that of Jesus, Barrabas quickly returns to his life of crime. A subsequent arrest gets him sentenced to a lifetime's work in the silver ..read more »
59%
from 321 members
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Compulsion
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Compulsion is a compelling stylish thriller that sees two callous law students murder a young boy in cold blood to prove their intellectual superiority. Having been raised by wealthy, snobbish families, Artie Straus is a sadistic bully and Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) a timid introvert. The two ..read more »
69%
from 183 members
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The Vikings
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Donald, Alexander Knox
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Inspired by the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, The Vikings was lensed on location in Norway under extremely adverse weather conditions. Adding to the difficulty was the fact that star Kirk Douglas and director Richard Fleischer never quite found a common ground, and for years thereafter would ..read more »
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from 1,908 member
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Between Heaven And Hell
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Terry Moore, K, Skip Homeier
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Sam Gifford (Robert Wagner) is an arrogant landowner in the Deep South. After he is drafted into the army his lack of humility falls foul of his sergeant (Broderick Crawford), who begins a mission to break his arrogant conscript. Gifford manages, however, to find inner-strength and humility after ..read more »
50%
from 65 members
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, James Mason
Director: Richard Fleischer
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This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio's costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. ..read more »
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from 1,886 member
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Narrow Margin
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: David Clarke, Don Beddoe, Marie Windsor
Director: Richard Fleischer
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The Narrow Margin is generally considered a model B picture; some film buffs go farther than that, labelling this 1952 RKO suspenser as the best low-budget studio production ever made. Nail-hard detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) is assigned to protect gangster's widow Mrs. Neall (Marie ..read more »
70%
from 111 members
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Armored Car Robbery
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Dave Purvis (William Talman) is the smartest crook there is and he's got a red-hot scheme to secure his retirement: rob an armoured car full of money, then fly off to the sun.
But Dave's not as lucky as he needs to be: a cop car swings past, guns are fired and a policeman dies. The dead man's ..read more »
62%
from 43 members
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Trapped
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: John Hoyt, Lloyd Bridges, James Todd
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Watch now: Unavailable
Tense and gritty film noir starring Lloyd Bridges. While doing a stretch for counterfeiting, Tris Stewart (Bridges) is offered early release if he'll help lead the authorities to his former associates, who have been busy passing near perfect $20 bills. Unwilling to turn in his friends, Stewart gets ..read more »
56%
from 35 members
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Richard Fleischer facts
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