Search results for "Michael Ritchie"
The Fantasticks (2000)
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos’ daughter Luiss and Ben’s son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their…
A Simple Wish (1997)
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…
The Scout (1994)
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…
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
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…
Diggstown (1992)
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that…
Fletch Lives (1989)
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…
The Couch Trip (1988)
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he’s the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
The Golden Child (1986)
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind’s fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los…
Wildcats (1986)
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,…
Fletch (1985)
When investigative reporter Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he’s approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him…
The Survivors (1983)
Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Divine Madness (1980)
Divine Madness is a 1980 concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler during her 1979 concert at Pasadena’s Civic Auditorium. The 94-minute film features Midler’s stand-up comedy…
The Island (1980)
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…
Semi-Tough (1977)
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner’s daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
The Bad News Bears (1976)
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
The Candidate (1972)
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Prime Cut (1972)
A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to…
Downhill Racer (1969)
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.