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Richard Levinson is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 7 august 1934 at Philadelphia (USA)
Richard Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link.
(1975)
(Screenstory)
(1962)
(Short Story)
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Richard Levinson
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Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1934 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 12 march 1987 (at 52 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 7 august 1934 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 12 march 1987 (at 52 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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(1975)(Screenstory)
(1962)(Short Story)
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Filmography of Richard Levinson (12 films)
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Prototype (1983)
, 1h36Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Frances Sternhagen, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Hill, Doran Clark
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Dr. Carl Forrester, a curmudgeonly but basically kindly Nobel Prize-winning scientist, who builds an equally kindly (but much handsomer) humanoid named Michael. The government-subsidized Plummer has created Michael on behalf of his sponsors, but has second thoughts when he finds out that the government plans to build an army of robot warriors, using Michael as their model. Plummer sneaks into the pentagon and "kidnaps" Michael, triggering a film-length chase.
Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
, 1h36Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman, David Greene, William Russ
Roles Writer
Rating67%
When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken. On the first anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew from that ill-fated night in the same Broadway theater, ostensibly to read a new play he is working on, a mystery in which a famous actress is killed. As the reading progresses, the scenes seem to the cast to be uncomfortably close to actual encounters they might have had with Monica. When pressed, Alex finally reveals that he believes that Monica was murdered, and that someone at the theater is her killer.
Crisis at Central High (1981)
, 2h5Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Joanne Woodward, Charles Durning, Henderson Forsythe, Calvin Levels, William Russ, Tony Frank
Roles Writer
Rating71%
Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Hal Holbrook, Katharine Ross, Richard Anderson, Barry Bostwick, Eve McVeagh, Phil Leeds
Roles Writer
Rating75%
A successful mentalist, Arthur Sinclair (Hal Holbrook), preys upon wealthy socialites such as Helen Carrington (Eve McVeagh) for their money. The film opens as Sinclair is talking on the phone with his much younger wife Allison (Katharine Ross). She wishes him luck as he departs to give an interview. But she is in fact in bed with another man Gil (Barry Bostwick). Gil is a trying actor in love with Allison and we soon learn that she is planning to have Gil kill Arthur by scaring him to death (as he has a heart problem). Their plan is to have Gil storm the house pretending to be a burglar and then point a gun at Arthur who would die from the shock. The night comes and Gil storms the house but Arthur sees him before he can reach the gun. Gil presents himself as a journalist there to make an interview with Arthur. He and Gil have a hearty conversation and it turns out that both men have something on each other. Gil knows that Arthur is a fake and that he somehow knew the information about a killer in a different town and Arthur knows that Gil is not a journalist. Gil is not panicked by that and he uses Arthur's competitive behavior to make him do 50 push-ups which tires Arthur's heart. Soon Gil draws the gun, the two men struggle, and Arthur apparently shoots Gil. When Allison comes home, he is distraught by the incident; then Gil (who loaded a blank bullet into the gun) comes behind him, and Arthur stumbles across the house and screams in pain ... then laughs and applauds as the two lovers look on. He knew about Gil and Allison for a long time and now he is out to get them, but suddenly Arthur's lawyer and best friend George (Richard Anderson) comes in the house and it turns out that he is Allison's real lover and Gil was just there to do the dirty work. George shoots Arthur, then he and Allison depart. Some time afterwords Allison returns to the house and finds Arthur's body gone. It turns out that Arthur knew about George too. Arthur points the gun at Allison and she asks him what is he going to do to which he replies: "Why don't you read my mind".
Rollercoaster (1977)
, 1h59Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Helen Hunt, Susan Strasberg
Roles Screenstory
Rating62%
A psychopathic bomber (Timothy Bottoms, credited only as "Young Man" and never referred to by any name in the film) sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio-controlled bomb on the tracks of the park's wooden roller coaster, The Rocket. The bomb detonates, the ride derails, and several riders are killed. Ride inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) is called to the park to investigate what initially appears to have been an accident. Calder determines that there was an unauthorized man on the track, thus eliminating structural problems as the cause of the crash.
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Clu Gulager, Blair Brown, Ralph Bellamy, Stella Stevens, Tricia O'Neil, George Furth
Roles Story
Rating63%
En Californie, un rancher engage une détective privé pour retrouver sa fille disparue...
The Hindenburg (1975)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Wise, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith
Roles Screenstory
Rating62%
Kathie Rauch (Ruth Schudson), a psychic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. claiming the Hindenburg zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) boards with the intention of protecting the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to down the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany.
The Gun (1974)
, 1h18Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, Stephen Elliott
Roles Teleplay
Rating67%
A series of interweaving stories tell the journey of a handgun—specifically, a long-barreled revolver with a blue-steel finish, whose caliber is not specified—as it passes from one owner to another. Some of these owners are lawless; others are law-abiding and, indeed, law enforcers. But in all the time it passes between its various owners, it is never actually fired (aside from the one test-firing it underwent at the factory) and is never shown actually to discharge any ammunition.
, 2hDirected by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Charlie Sheen, Matt Clark
Roles Writer
Rating75%
The book and the film tell the story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. The film starred Martin Sheen as Private Slovik, a performance for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama. Sheen said he did not think actors should be compared, and made it clear he would refuse the award. Many critics and viewers consider this to be one of Sheen's finest performances. Among the other Emmy Award nominations, the film was named for "Outstanding Special". The film also won a Peabody Award.
Savage (1973)
, 1h13Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Paul Richards, Michele Carey, Barry Sullivan
Roles Teleplay
Rating54%
Un reporter enquête sur des photos compromettantes touchant un candidat à la Cour suprême américaine.
My Sweet Charlie (1970)
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Patty Duke, Al Freeman Jr., Brent Spiner, Ford Rainey, Noble Willingham
Roles Teleplay
Rating75%
Set during the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie Roberts is a militant African American attorney from New York City falsely accused of murder during a demonstration in rural Texas.
, 2h7Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Claude Rich, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Micheline Presle, Françoise Arnoul, Lucien Baroux
Roles Short Story
Rating66%
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken. The episodes are either mini-dramas. The version available in Germany and Japan has eight episodes.
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Prototype (1983)
, 1h36Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Frances Sternhagen, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Hill, Doran Clark
Roles Executive producer
Rating57%
Dr. Carl Forrester, a curmudgeonly but basically kindly Nobel Prize-winning scientist, who builds an equally kindly (but much handsomer) humanoid named Michael. The government-subsidized Plummer has created Michael on behalf of his sponsors, but has second thoughts when he finds out that the government plans to build an army of robot warriors, using Michael as their model. Plummer sneaks into the pentagon and "kidnaps" Michael, triggering a film-length chase.
Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
, 1h36Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman, David Greene, William Russ
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67%
When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken. On the first anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew from that ill-fated night in the same Broadway theater, ostensibly to read a new play he is working on, a mystery in which a famous actress is killed. As the reading progresses, the scenes seem to the cast to be uncomfortably close to actual encounters they might have had with Monica. When pressed, Alex finally reveals that he believes that Monica was murdered, and that someone at the theater is her killer.
Crisis at Central High (1981)
, 2h5Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Joanne Woodward, Charles Durning, Henderson Forsythe, Calvin Levels, William Russ, Tony Frank
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71%