Ruth Gordon
The Trouble with Spies (1987)
The Trouble with Spies is a 1987 film written and directed by Burt Kennedy. A spy spoof comedy, it stars Donald Sutherland and Ned Beatty.
Starring: Glenn Close•Ralph Bellamy•Kristin Cumming
Maxie (1985)
Maxie is a 1985 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Paul Aaron, and starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Valerie Curtin, Ruth Gordon and Barnard Hughes. The plot is based on the novel Marion's Wall (1973) by Jack Finney about a woman who is possessed by a very outgoing female ghost — a budding actress from the 1920s — named Maxie, who wants t...
Starring: Glenn Close•Raymond Massey•Ruth Gordon•Janet Leigh•Jose Ferrer
Mugsy's Girls (1985)
Mugsy's Girls is a 1984 film starring pop singer Laura Branigan and Ruth Gordon about a sorority that travels to Las Vegas to enter a mud wrestling competition in order to raise the money to save their house. The film was released theatrically in 1985.
Starring: Glenn Close•Dennis Weaver
Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Don't Go To Sleep is a 1982 American made-for-television horror film that was produced and directed by Richard Lang. The movie features Dennis Weaver, Valerie Harper, Ruth Gordon, and Robert Webber, and youngsters Kristin Cumming, Robin Ignico, and Oliver Robins.
Starring: Glenn Close•John Cassavetes•Clint Eastwood•George Segal•Larry Hagman•Charles Grodin
Jimmy the Kid (1982)
Jimmy the Kid is a 1982 American comedy film starring Gary Coleman and Paul Le Mat. It was directed by Gary Nelson, produced by Ronald Jacobs, and released on November 12, 1982 by New World Pictures. Following 1981's On the Right Track, it was the second theatrical film release starring Coleman.
Starring: Glenn Close•Donald Sutherland•Sondra Locke•Mia Farrow•Pat Morita•Bud Cort•Sally Kellerman
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Buddy Van Horn and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy Every Which Way but Loose. The cast of the previous film return as Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) reluctantl...
Starring: Glenn Close•Stuart Margolin•Paul Le Mat•William Smith•Geoffrey Lewis
Boardwalk (1979)
Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh.
Starring: Glenn Close•Joseph Bologna•Cleavon Little
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American action comedy film released by Warner Bros., produced by Robert Daley and directed by James Fargo. It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his brother...
Starring: Glenn Close•Stuart Margolin•Paul Le Mat•Geoffrey Lewis•Valerie Curtin
The Big Bus (1976)
The Big Bus is a 1976 American disaster comedy film starring Joseph Bologna and Stockard Channing, and directed by James Frawley. A spoof of the disaster movie genre, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear-powered bus named Cyclops.
Starring: Glenn Close•Beverly D'Angelo•Dee Wallace•Valerie Harper•Don Adams•Gary Coleman•Mandy Patinkin•Robin Ignico•Kristin Cumming•Oliver Robbins
Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot follows the exploits of Harold Chasen, a young man who is intrigued with death, and who rejects the life his detached mother prescribes for him. Haro...
Starring: Glenn Close•Laura Branigan•Edward G. Robinson
Where's Poppa? (1970)
Where's Poppa? is a 1970 American black comedy film based on the 1970 novel by Robert Klane and starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, and Trish Van Devere. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a lawyer (Segal) and his senile mother (Gordon), who keeps interfering with his love life. The film was directed by Carl Rei...
Starring: Glenn Close•Ralph Bellamy•Otto Kruger
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? is a 1969 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Lee H. Katzin with Bernard Girard (uncredited), and starring Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller and Mildred Dunnock. The screenplay by Theodore Apstein, based on the novel The Forbidden Garden by Ursula Curtiss, focuses on an aging Ariz...
Starring: Glenn Close•Gene Lockhart•Raymond Massey
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. The film stars Mia Farrow as a young wife living in Manhattan who comes to suspect that her elderly neighbors are members of a Satanic cult and are grooming her in order to use her baby for their rit...
Starring: Geraldine Page•Glenn Close•John Cassavetes•George Segal•Charles Grodin
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical historical drama film that depicts the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. In the UK, the film is known by the alternate title Spirit of the People. The film was adapted by Grover Jones and Robert E. Sherwood from Sherwood's 193...
Starring: Rosemary Forsyth•Mia Farrow•Glenn Close
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 American biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by William Dieterle, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., with some controversy over raising the subject of syphilis in a major studio release. It was nominated for a...
Starring: Ron Leibman•Vivian Pickles•Glenn Close