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Barry Primus
Actor 88 years old

Barry Primus

New York City, New York, USA

Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American actor, director, and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Primus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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31 titles
Faye

Faye

Laurent Bouzereau 2024 1h 31m

Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.

The Irishman

The Irishman

Martin Scorsese 2019 3h 29m 6.7

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino.

Joy

Joy

David O. Russell 2015 2h 4m 6.8

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

American Hustle

American Hustle

David O. Russell 2013 2h 18m 6.6

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

Jon Avnet 2008 1h 41m 5.9

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?

Break a Leg

Break a Leg

Monika Mitchell 2005 1h 38m

A talented, but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "break a leg"... especially those of other actors.

Life as a House

Life as a House

Irwin Winkler 2001 2h 5m 7.0

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

James Dean

James Dean

Mark Rydell 2001 1h 36m 7.0

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.

15 Minutes

15 Minutes

John Herzfeld 2001 2h 5.9
Black and White

Black and White

Yuri Zeltser 1999 1h 37m 4.0

Nora Hugosian, a hardened police officer, teams up with fresh recruit Chris O'Brien to catch a serial killer. Their passionate relationship takes a dark turn when Chris doubts Nora's motives.

Night and the City

Night and the City

Irwin Winkler 1992 1h 45m 6.0

Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

Irwin Winkler 1991 1h 40m 7.0

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

J.F. Lawton 1989 1h 29m 6.0

The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.

Big Business

Big Business

Jim Abrahams 1988 1h 37m 6.0

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents.

SpaceCamp

SpaceCamp

Harry Winer 1986 1h 47m 5.5

For five typical teens, NASA's space camp promises to be a fun way to blow off the summer. But when a space shuttle exercise misfires, they find themselves launched into orbit, facing the adventure of a lifetime. Now, the only way back to Earth is to take command of the ship and control of their destinies, before time-and oxygen-run out.

Jake Speed

Jake Speed

Andrew Lane 1986 1h 40m 6.0

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Paul Mazursky 1986 1h 43m 4.0

Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

The River

The River

Mark Rydell 1984 2h 2m

Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

Portrait of a Showgirl

Portrait of a Showgirl

Steven Hilliard Stern 1982 1h 34m 4.0

Veteran showgirl Rosella DeLeon's deluded husband Joey tries to land a big money deal. High-stepping Jillian Brooks' need for stage success is altered by her affairs with unsuitable men. Experienced beauty queen Kay is from the Midwest.

Heartland

Heartland

Richard Pearce 1981 1h 36m

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives.

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Sydney Pollack 1981 1h 56m 6.3

Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true. The D.A., Feds and the police set her up to write the story that explodes his world. Now he's going to write the book on getting even.

The Rose

The Rose

Mark Rydell 1979 2h 5m 7.5

The story of the tragic life of a self destructive female rock star, modeled after Janis Joplin.

Avalanche

Avalanche

Corey Allen 1978 1h 34m 3.0

After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers.

New York, New York

New York, New York

Martin Scorsese 1977 2h 43m 7.5
Macchie solari

Macchie solari

Armando Crispino 1975 1h 40m 5.5

A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murders disguised as suicides—suspects otherwise.

The Gravy Train

The Gravy Train

Jack Starrett 1974 1h 34m

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

Incident at Vichy

Incident at Vichy

Stacy Keach 1973 1h 12m 6.0

Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, and "investigated" under suspicion of secretly being Jewish.

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

Martin Scorsese 1972 1h 29m 6.4

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.

Von Richthofen and Brown

Von Richthofen and Brown

Roger Corman 1971 1h 37m 6.0

The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Jerry Schatzberg 1970 1h 45m 10.0

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.

The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood

Martin Ritt 1968 1h 36m

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.

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