Michael Ritchie
Director, Actor
- Downhill Racer (1969)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
- A pre–HOOSIERS Gene Hackman dons the coach's whistle in this Winter Olympics drama, with Robert Redford providing the film’s clash of…
- Candidate, The (1972)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford
- Incisive political satire sees idealist Robert Redford run for the Senate, but finds his good intentions usurped by the system and the needs of…
- Prime Cut (1972)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek…
- Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
- Bad News Bears (1976)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
- Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
- Semi-Tough (1977)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh…
- A running back and wide receiver scrimmage over the adorable Jill Clayburgh in this loose–lipped satire of professional sport by way of the…
- Island, The (1980)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Michael Caine, David Warner
- Underrated high–seas adventure, based on the novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, concerning an investigate reporter and his son who crash land…
- Fletch (1985)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson…
- Arguably considered his best feature comedy, Chevy Chase plays the titular newspaper reporter with a penchant for changing his identity who stumbles…
- Wildcats (1986)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz
- Feel–good football flick with Goldie Hawn as the ambitious coach who takes on an unlikely team of misfits from an inner–Chicago school.
- Golden Child, The (1986)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance
- Hot off BEVERLY HILLS COP, Eddie Murphy plays a private detective specializing in missing children who is charged with finding a special child whom…
- Couch Trip, The (1988)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon…
- Aykroyd plays a mental patient on the loose in Los Angeles masquerading as a renowned psychiatrist. Agreeably sends up Hollywood's therapy obsessions…
- Fletch Lives (1989)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, R. Lee Ermey
- Chevy Chase returns as the reckless reporter who resorts to his trademark bag of silly disguises when murder and misadventure follow his inheritance…
- Midnight Sting (Diggstown) (1993)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. James Woods, Louis Jr. Gossett, Heather Graham
- This crowd–pleaser delivers with Woods in usual form as a smarmy ex–con fraudster who orchestrates a boxing scam with help from boxing…
- Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom (1993)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Holly Hunter
- Holly Hunter won an Emmy for her portrayal of a woman who would go to any length to ensure her daughter's place on the high school cheerleading team.…
- Trial and Error (1997)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Michael Ritchie, Charlize Theron…
- Big city lawyer Jeff Daniels and his actor buddy Michael Ritchie (from TV's Seinfeld) wind up having to swap identities to defend a case against a…
- Simple Wish, A (1997)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Kathleen Turner
- Mara Wilson's (MATILDA) simple wish for a fairy–godmother upturns the blundering Martin Short, who helps/hinders her crusade to rescue her…