David Lowell Rich

David Lowell Rich

Nacimiento : 1920-08-31, Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 2001-10-21

Historia

A producer and director active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s he directed episodes of several TV shows. In the 1970s he produced a lot for TV, especially disaster movies.

Perfil

David Lowell Rich

Películas

Infidelity
Director
A man comes home to see his wife window washing and he is surprised to find out that she is a latin scholar. She has been dropping hints that she has been cheating with another Latin scholar. Now, he must become fluent in Latin to win her back.
Convicted
Director
Fact-based story about a Tennessee letter carrier who was falsely convicted of a rape. However, his legal problems continue even after the real rapist confesses.
Choices
Director
A 19 year old girl suddenly finds herself pregnant. Not wanting to face motherhood or dealing with the consequences of a child, she contemplates an abortion without the knowledge of her boyfriend. However, her father, a retired 62 year old judge discovers her situation and is strongly opposed to abortion in principle. However, he soon finds he has to re-examine his own beliefs as his younger 38 year old second wife suddenly announces she is also pregnant. The two, when first married, agreed that there would be no additional children. This accidental pregnancy is unacceptable to the older man who cannot see him being involved in a young child's life. In the end, all three must make choices.
The Defiant Ones
Director
Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escapechained to each other.
Scandal Sheet
Director
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
El romance de Hearst y Davies
Director
Drama biográfico que cuenta el largo romance real que mantuvo el magnate del periodismo William Randolph Hearst con la corista y actriz Marion Davies.
His Mistress
Director
This is how it usually happens. Some older man is unhappy in his marriage and meets a jolly young sweetheart in which he rediscovers his own youth. He dumps his old family and starts living with his new girlfriend. At that point problems araise.
The Sky's No Limit
Director
Story of the lives, loves and personal problems of three women astronaut candidates planning to be the first women in space.
I Want to Live
Director
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
The Fighter
Director
Vietnam war veteran Merle is working as concierge. His small salary and the one of his wife Rindy are just enough to survive. Thus when Merle hears that there will be an amateur boxing fight he decides to participate.
Thursday's Child
Director
Un adolescente tiene un grave problema en el corazón del que debe ser operado.
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Director
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Director
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
Nurse
Director
Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.
Aeropuerto 79. Concorde
Director
Un avión Concorde adquirido por una empresa americana, efectúa un vuelo Washington - París - Moscú. Durante el vuelo sufrirá varios atentados.
A Family Upside Down
Director
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Director
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
Telethon
Director
The behind-the-scenes intrigues — including, possibly, a murder — of an all-star fundraising telethon set in Las Vegas.
Ransom for Alice!
Director
In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.
Aeropuerto 78: Vuelo supersónico
Director
El primer vuelo supersónico con pasajeros está a punto de despegar con destino a París, repleto de personalidades y trasportando un cultivo biológico. En pleno vuelo, los mandos comienzan a fallar haciendo imposible cualquier maniobra. La situación se agrava cuando el cultivo biológico empieza a propagarse y afecta a los pasajeros.
The Secret Life of John Chapman
Director
The true story of John Chapman, a college president who took a sabbatical and went out and got a job as a general laborer, to try to experience life outside his well-ordered but insulated college environment.
Bridger
Producer
The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to England.
Bridger
Director
The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to England.
State Fair
Director
Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.
The Story of David
Director
The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony Quayle as King Saul, and Terence Hardiman as Bathsheba's unfortunate warrior husband Uriah.
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Producer
A disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to get them, even murder.
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Director
A disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to get them, even murder.
Adventures of the Queen
Director
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Director
A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnaps her to hold her for ransom--which the rancher can't pay.
Aloha Means Goodbye
Executive Producer
A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
Aloha Means Goodbye
Director
A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
The Sex Symbol
Director
A thinly-disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and how her erratic behavior contributed to her deteriorating career.
The Chadwick Family
Director
A father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters, also consists of two sons-in-law and his youngest daughter's Chinese boyfriend.
Bolt, agente trueno
Director
Para llevar un maletín desde Hong-Kong a México D.F., vía Los Ángeles, es imprescindible recurrir a un hombre: Bolt. Pero con el gran número de espías y gángsters que hay detrás de la maleta, tal vez Jefferson Bolt no sea suficiente.
Death Race
Director
In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Runaway!
Director
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
Escuela Satánica para señoritas
Director
Una joven muere en un colegio privado. Parece un suicidio, pero su hermana descubre que el centro es la sede de macabros ritos satánicos. En el año 2000 se hizo un remake para televisión (Satan School) protagonizado por Shannen Doherty.
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
Director
A museum heist with an unusual twist: the three thieves are all physically disabled. The men, one confined to a wheelchair, one with prosthetic hands, and one blind, plan to steal a valuable statue. The men use teamwork and ingenuity to beat the high-tech security and get in and out with the statue. However, their plan is not foolproof, as a museum guard recognizes their M.O. and pays them a visit.
Crime Club
Director
A group of public and private investigators looks into the suspicious death of the son of one of its members' wealthy girlfriends.
Brock's Last Case
Director
A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Director
A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.
Set This Town on Fire
Producer
After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has second thoughts, and the town drunk has confessed to the crime.
Set This Town on Fire
Director
After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has second thoughts, and the town drunk has confessed to the crime.
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Director
A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.
All My Darling Daughters
Director
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Director
After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
Assignment: Munich
Director
Undercover agent, using his bar as a front, battles three killers to find a stolen fortune.
Northeast of Seoul
Director
Three adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each other--search South Korea for a magical sword that is supposed to imbue its owner with wealth and power.
The Sheriff
Director
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
The Mask of Sheba
Director
Intrigue, romance, and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt for a priceless gold mask in the jungles of Ethiopia.
Berlin Affair
Director
Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
La gata en la terraza
Director
Un hombre planea junto a su novia robar en la mansión de su rica pero excéntrica tía. Sin embargo, cuando entran en la mansión, descubren que su tía mantiene a docenas de gatos campando a sus anchas. Esto coincide con la repulsión que el hombre tiene a los gatos y el robo se convierte en un evento terrorífico...
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Director
The pilot film for the long-run series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby's lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo, remaining as regulars.
Los Rangers de texas
Director
Los Rangers de Texas deben mantener el orden en Laredo, pueblo que está siento atacato por sublevaciones de los indios, liderados por una viuda india. Rangers e indios acaban uniendo fuerzas para luchar contra una banda de forajidos.
Sindicato de asesinos
Director
Schuyler es un policía agresivo de métodos expeditivos que decide entregar su placa antes de que lo despidan del departamento, tras ser presentados contra él cargos por comportamiento violento. Pero ello no es impedimento para que el abogado Fredericks recurra a sus servicios con el fin de que proteja a una joven cuyo marido ha sido asesinado. (FILMAFFINITY)
Rosie!
Director
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
The Borgia Stick
Director
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
Wings of Fire
Producer
A headstrong aviatrix enters and international air race to save her father's foundering business and to soothe the heart of an old flame who returned home with a new wife in tow.
Wings of Fire
Director
A headstrong aviatrix enters and international air race to save her father's foundering business and to soothe the heart of an old flame who returned home with a new wife in tow.
La fuerza de la nobleza
Director
Calamity Jane tratará de ayudar a Buffalo Bill Cody y Wild Bill Hickock, que intentar parar la guerra con los indios. Remake de un film de mismo título original dirigido por Cecil B. DeMille y protagonizado por Gary Cooper en 1936.
La mujer X
Director
Cuando Holly Parker, una modesta dependienta de San Francisco, decide contraer matrimonio con Clyton Anderson no se podía imaginar la vida que le esperaba. Clayton, un magnate de buena familia con aspiraciones políticas, establece el hogar familiar en una mansión de Connecticut donde son recibidos por la madre de Clayton, una mujer dominante que vivirá con ellos incluso después del nacimiento de su hijo Clay. Las imposiciones de la madre, que pretende incluso decidir sobre la educación del pequeño, y las constantes ausencias de su marido hacen que Holly busque refugio a su soledad en el divertido playboy Phil Benton que muere en un extraño accidente en el que Holly se ve involucrada.
See How They Run
Director
Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father.
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
Director
Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself, and his real-life wife Keely Smith as Dorothy Spencer, a devout woman with a good singing voice. Dorothy is active in her local parish which like all parishes, is constantly thinking of ways to raise funds. One of the needy projects is a boys' camp, so when Dorothy is approached by Louis Prima to sing with his band she agrees only on one condition -- that he perform a concert benefit for the parish church and boys' camp. The interactions between Dorothy and Prima lead toward romance and a happy ending, as well as a popular album with the same title song featured in this film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi (NY Times Review).
Los tres chiflados y el cohete lunático
Director
Tres sujetos se presentan como empleados de limpieza en una plataforma de lanzamiento, pero accidentalmente ellos son los que despegan hacia Venus al encuentro de un misterioso ser espacial.
Senior Prom
Director
At a college party, a girl named Gay (Jill Corey) meets a guy named Tom (Paul Hampton) and they soon fall in love. Tom's bandmate, who goes by the nickname "Dog" with his own girlfriend whose nickname is "Flip", form a friendship quartet together with Gay and Tom as they plan for the Senior Prom. But Gay's childhood friend Carter has been convinced they are meant to be engaged and gets rather petty about her new love. Tom is also an aspiring singer whose debut record didn't take off when first released, but may be in for a revival. Which stars will end up performing at their Senior Prom? Tune in to find out!
Natchez
Director
A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah.
No Time to Be Young
Director
A melodrama about young adults growing up and facing the pressures of life.
Not One Shall Die
Director
A short film by the United Jewish Appeal, directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Guy Madison, Felicia Farr and Agnes Moorehead, made by the core crew of many Columbia noirs, including cinematographer Burnett Guffey, art director Cary Odell, editor Al Clark, set decorator Frank Tuttle, and composer Morris Stoloff.