David Lowell Rich

David Lowell Rich

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

Смерть : 2001-10-21

История

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.

Профиль

David Lowell Rich

Фильмы

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.
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Director
Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld star and 1930s film personality.
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
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they already do. His health is deteriorating, though, and it is eventually revealed that he needs a heart transplant if he wants to survive. This is the beginning of a long journey, which is mentally and physically exhausting. Sam has countless operations, and tests. The search for a donor seems endless to him. Even before the final operation, Sam is forced to deal with several setbacks in his life.
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.
Конкорд: Аэропорт-79
Director
Для пилотов «Конкорда», как и для пассажиров, это самый обычный трансатлантический рейс из Вашингтона в Париж. Они еще не знают, что их ждет отказ навигационных систем, ракетная атака и вынужденная посадка в Альпах. Самолет, следующий обычным рейсом Вашингтон-Париж, попадает в настоящий переплет: ему приходится спасаться от самонаводящейся ракеты, уходить от атаки французского истребителя и совершать вынужденную посадку при отсутствии тормозов. А всему виной одна из пассажирок самолета Мэгги, которая везет с собой очень важные секретные документы, которые доказывают, что могущественная корпорация Харрисон Индастриз занимается производством ядерного оружия. Руководство компании намерено любой ценой помешать обнародованию этих документов…
Семейный беспорядок
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.
SST: Death Flight
Director
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
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.
That Man Bolt
Director
Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his gal has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even.
Наперегонки со смертью
Director
Северная Африка, ноябрь 1942 года. История о двух американских лётчиках. Когда одного из них (Рой Тиннес) сбивают в ходе атаки на немецкий конвой, другой (Дуг Макклюр) сажает свой самолёт и спешит на помощь. На обратном пути к самолёту вдруг появляется немецкий танк и начитает по ним стрелять. В последний момент очередным выстрелом с танка самолёт получает повреждения, и взлететь становится невозможно. Начинается гонка по пересечённой местности на повреждённом самолёте против танка...
Runaway!
Director
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
Satan's School for Girls
Director
Satan's School for Girls is set within the grim walls of Fallbridge College for Girls. Hoping to learn the truth behind the "suicide" of her younger sister, Beth Hammersmith enrolls in Fallbridge under the assumed name of Karen Oxford. Our heroine soon learns that the school is in the clutches of a coven of witches called "The Five" -- and that she herself has the right satanic qualities to enable The Five to take over the world
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.
Eye of the Cat
Director
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the man is deathly afraid of cats.
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.
Three Guns for Texas
Director
A man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money.
Прекрасный способ умереть
Director
Рина Уэстабрук (Сильва Кошина) и её любовник-плейбой обвиняются в убийстве её мужа. Подозреваемые выпущены под залог. Их адвокат Теннесси Фредерикс (Эли Уоллах) нанимает для расследования преступления и охраны леди Рины от назойливых журналистов отставного полицейского Джима Скайлера (Кирк Дуглас).
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.
The Plainsman
Director
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
Мадам Икс
Director
Женщина, вынужденно бросившая своего мужа и новорожденного сына и сбежавшая из города, чтобы спасти их репутацию, возвращается назад много лет спустя. После убийства мужчины, который шантажировал её, угрожая обнародовать тёмный секрет её прошлого, она оказывается на скамье подсудимых. По воле случая её адвокатом оказывается её же повзрослевший сын, которого она продолжает защищать, скрывая свое настоящее имя.
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).
Имеется ракета, готовы к полёту
Director
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil duplicates of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.
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.