Movies directed by Richard Fleischer

Armoured Car Robbery (1950)

67 mins     Crime, Thriller      

Whilst there are those who really like Richard Fleischer's "Armoured Car Robbery" the only thing which I found memorable about this cops & robbers thriller is that it only lasts 67 minutes. Not that I think there is a lot wro...

The Narrow Margin (1952)

71 mins     Thriller      

The Narrow Margin - Charles McGraw is the detective who has to escort the wife of a mob boss to testify against her husband in trial...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

127 mins     Action , Adventure , Family, Fantasy      

Up until recently I had never watched "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" all the way through, catching bits of it here and there when ever it got shown on TV. But finally I have watched this epic Disney production from beginning ...

The Vikings (1958)

116 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Before I watched "The Vikings" I had for some reason thought it was an epic, one of those movies which pass the 3 hour barrier. I don't know why, maybe because it has that look of one of those big historical epics, but at jus...

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

100 mins     Adventure , Family, Sci-Fi      

Now for anyone who knows their movies will have guessed there is more to "Fantastic Voyage" than that short synopsis because why would you take an Agent as security when you are going in to the human body. And so of course we...

Doctor Dolittle (1967)

152 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family, Musical      

"Doctor Dolittle" was an attempt by Twentieth Century-Fox to recreate the success they had with "The Sound of Music" and splashed the cash in trying to make it great. Unfortunately it didn't work; "Doctor Dolittle" made a los...

The Boston Strangler (1968)

116 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

So for the first half of "The Boston Strangler" we are presented with a heavy police procedural as the focus is on the detectives as they try and solve the case with very few clues to go on and ending up using a psychic to tr...

10 Rillington Place (1971)

106 mins     Biography, Crime, Drama      

Does the name John Christie mean anything to you? It meant nothing to me before I decided to watch "10 Rillington Place" but it is a name I will never forget. You see John Christie was a serial killer who during the 1940s and...

The New Centurions (1972)

103 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

The New Centurions: Stacy Keach stars as a newly graduated cop taken under the wing of a veteran played by George C. Scott...

The Spikes Gang (1974)

96 mins     Drama, Western      

One of the great secrets about movies which shockingly many movie fans don't realise, their appeal can often be generational, speaking to a specific audience at a specific moment in time. That is in many ways true of "The Spi...

The Prince and the Pauper (1977)

113 mins     Adventure , Family      

I have a vague collection of watching "The Prince and the Pauper", also known as "Crossed Swords", as a child and enjoying it especially the various fight scenes. Oh how my opinion has changed having now watched it as an adul...

The Jazz Singer (1980)

115 mins     Drama, Musical      

Despite its significance I am yet to see the original "The Jazz Singer" or the previous 1952 remake and that may be in my favour as it seems this 1980 version of "The Jazz Singer" is hated by some professional critics. In fac...

Amityville 3-D (1983)

93 mins     Horror, Thriller      

Amityville 3-D: Tony Roberts stars as John Baxter a reporter whose job it is to uncover psychich and clairvoyant frauds who moves into the infamous Amityville house...

Red Sonja (1985)

89 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Admittedly I never got why others enjoyed "Conan the Barbarian" and as such I had a real sense of dread when I sat down to watch "Red Sonja" because some of those who were fans of the Conan movies even disliked this spin-off....