George Russell

Movies

Némasco
Musical
Némasco is an abstract and musical movie, directly painted and drawn on the film, in 35 mm, format and assisted numerically. It is based on the concept: the eye hears, the ear sees. It is about a visual representation of George Russell's musical play, Concerto for Billy the Kid.
Naked Horror: The Movie
Preacher Man
Terror lurks in the dreams of a young woman who discovers that she is connected to the supernatural world through her psychic nightmares.
Ornette: Made in America
Self
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
The Black Cat
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Defense Attorney Tyler (as George R. Russell)
The Dallas trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, is enacted as it might have occurred. After the defense enters pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity," 23 witnesses for the prosecution testify. No verdict is returned.
Under Age
DA Taylor
A trial melodrama about a mother who encourages her 14 year old daughter to have sex with a 16 year old Mexican boy.
Free, White and 21
Defense Attorney Tyler
A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.
The Pony
Grandfather
This short film tells the heart-warming Christmas story of two Saskatchewan farm children and a pony named Pancho. There’s no real place for a horse on a fully mechanized wheat farm, but with will and heart they prove that one can be found.
The Durango Kid
Henchman (uncredited)
The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett's usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat the evil MacDonald who has been terrorizing the decent citizens with his gang of rustlers.