Richard Michaels

Películas

Father and Scout
Director
A father gets a crash course in the outdoors in this made for television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. Poor dad is well-meaning, but fumbles his way through a series of mishaps.
Miss America: Behind the Crown
Director
Carolyn Sapp, Miss America 1992 (and a non-actress), plays herself in this drama based on her personal story of abuse and betrayal at the hands of the man she loved, Nu'u Fa'aola, a Samoan pro-football player for the New York Jets.
Backfield in Motion
Director
When Nancy and her teenage son move to Deerview, the small, old-fashioned community will never be the same. Nancy soon realizes she is the only woman in town who would rather crack a joke than an egg. But the town gets their biggest laugh when Nancy organizes a mother-son football game with the unathletic housewives.
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Director
Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers on Bell's relationship with a father-less handicapped boy, and his efforts to be a big brother to him. The boy ends up being an inspiration for Bell when his disease makes the athlete more afflicted than the boy.
Her Wicked Ways
Director
A young reporter forces her way into a veteran newswoman's life.
Leona Helmsley: La reina del delito
Director
Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
Indiscreet
Director
A British movie star falls for an American diplomat. Unfortunately, he is still married...or so she believes. It turns out that his claims of marriage are just a way of ensuring his bachelorhood.
Río rojo
Director
La guerra de secesión se ha llevado todo el oro del Sur. Los únicos que tienen dinero son los vecinos del Norte, pero para hacerse con él hay que llevar las reses durante más de mil kilómetros a través del infierno. El primero que logre llevar su rebaño hasta allí se hará de oro.
Rockabye
Director
A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young son snatched from her moments after getting off the bus in New York City on her way to Vermont, and reluctantly accepts the help of a hard-nosed reporter in tracking him down after being given the runaround from the police.
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Director
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story is a TV movie produced by Sylvester Stallone
Silencio en mi corazón
Director
Skip Lewis es un adolescente con problemas que un día se precipita en coche por un acantilado. Su familia mantiene que todo fue un accidente. Sin embargo, Skip le contó a su mejor amigo, que fue la última persona que le vio, que estaba pensando suicidarse y ahora este se siente culpable de no haber intentado detenerle.
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Director
A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.
Blue Skies Again
Director
A hard-hitting, fast, sure-handed baseball player tries to break into the sport by applying for a spot on a minor-league team. The only problem is that the player is female, which engenders resistance and resentment among many players and officials.
The Children Nobody Wanted
Director
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.
Berlin Tunnel 21
Director
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Homeward Bound
Director
The relationship among a divorced man, his incurably ill teenage son, and his long-estranged father is explored when the youngster joins his dad for one final summer vacation and they end up at the grandfather's vineyard where he reconciles the two older men.
Scared Straight! Another Story
Director
A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened criminals many serving life sentences for rape and murder, they are suddenly confronted with the harsh realities of a top-security U.S. Penitentiary.
The Plutonium Incident
Director
A worker at a nuclear power plant finds life in danger after she points out unsafe conditions.
Unas vidas rotas
Director
Especie de variante televisiva de Kramer contra Kramer.
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Director
A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years after being diagnosed as mentally retarded are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, deaf.
My Husband Is Missing
Director
A young American woman travels to North Vietnam to search for her husband, an American pilot who was shot down during the war. She is joined by a Canadian reporter, who is looking for a human interest story and sees this as his ticket to the big time.
Deja atrás el pasado
Director
Paul, un joven atleta, queda paralítico y es abandonado por su novia. Aprenderá a aceptar su impedimento y a luchar contra él. En la granja de su abuelo, el destino le dará una segunda oportunidad.
Having Babies II
Director
The story of various couples who get caught up in the personal and emotional crises of birth, adoption and hospitalization, and also of the hospital and health care workers who take care of them.
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Director
A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.
How Come Nobody's on Our Side?
Director
Two unemployed stuntmen smuggle marijuana out of Mexico. Early embarassing roles by Reiner and Marshall!
Los valientes andan solos
Script Supervisor
Nuevo México, 1953. Jack Burns, un vaquero amante de la libertad y de los horizontes abiertos, llega cabalgando al pueblo de Duke City. Su intención es liberar a su amigo Paul Bondi antes de que lo trasladen a una prisión estatal. Bondi, que ha sido condenado a dos años de cárcel por acoger en su casa a algunos mexicanos que han cruzado ilegalmente la frontera, es un escritor que dejó su vida aventurera para casarse. Jack visita a la esposa de su amigo para exponerle su plan, pero ella lo rechaza, porque cree que puede complicar todavía más la situación.
La ciudad frente a mí
Script Supervisor
Historia de un joven y ambicioso abogado de Philadelphia cuyo único objetivo es ascender en la escala social. Un día acepta hacerse cargo de la defensa de un antiguo compañero del ejército, erróneamente acusado de asesinato, y a partir de entonces sus convicciones y ambiciones entrarán en conflicto.
The Hired Gun
Script Supervisor
A rich Texan hires a gunman (Rory Calhoun) to bring an escaped woman (Anne Francis) back to hang.
Dino
Script Supervisor
A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum.