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Richard Bright
Actor 1937 - 2006

Richard Bright

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Richard J. Bright (June 28, 1937 – February 18, 2006) was an American actor best known for his role as Al Neri in the The Godfather films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Bright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full... Read full bio →

Filmography

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32 titles
The Photographer

The Photographer

Jeremy Stein 2000 1h 31m

A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture.

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

Sidney Lumet 1996 1h 53m 6.3

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Calm at Sunset

Calm at Sunset

Daniel Petrie 1996 1h 45m

The struggle between a father and son at odds over the youth's career choice.

Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

Ted Demme 1996 1h 52m 7.8

A piano player (played by Timothy Hutton), at a crossroads in his life, returns to his hometown for a high school reunion, where he finds that his classmates are not very successful in life either, especially not in love. His heart, however, is captured by a young girl who is only thirteen but an "old soul" (played by Natalie Portman).

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Frank Rainone 1994 1h 24m 4.0

Jimmy, a struggling writer, takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination.

The Ref

The Ref

Ted Demme 1994 1h 37m 5.8

A thief takes a disfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve

The Godfather: Part III

The Godfather: Part III

Francis Ford Coppola 1990 2h 42m 8.5

The last film from the Godfather trilogy ends the story of the mafia boss Michael Corleone sixteen years after the first two Godfathers. Critics and the public alike say it did not live up to the level or success as the firsts did although it was nominated for seven Oscars.

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

Larry Cohen 1990 1h 36m 6.0

A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.

Red Heat

Red Heat

Walter Hill 1988 1h 44m 6.2

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Russian drug dealer who has escaped to the United States and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two police must overcome their differences in order to recapture him.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Gene Saks 1986 1h 48m

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.

Inferno in diretta

Inferno in diretta

Ruggero Deodato 1985 1h 30m 4.5

A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.

Crimewave

Crimewave

Sam Raimi 1985 1h 23m 7.4

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

Sergio Leone 1984 2h 19m 8.6

This Mafia film is the greatest and last work from Italian director Sergio Leone. Taking place in 1920 to 1960 America the film follows a group Jewish gangsters from childhood into their glory years of the prohibition and as they reunite in their later years.

Vigilante

Vigilante

William Lustig 1983 1h 30m 6.7

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

John Herzfeld 1983 1h 28m 5.0

When God decides to destroy Earth, four angels aim to redeem mankind through a young man and woman with their own troubles.

Girls Nite Out

Girls Nite Out

Robert Deubel 1982 1h 36m 4.0

A killer, wearing a dancing bear suit, stalks a variety of cheerleaders during an all-night scavenger hunt at a remote Ohio college.

Hair

Hair

Miloš Forman 1979 2h 1m 7.8

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

1979 6h

The life of the men and families of G Company, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army.

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

1977 7h 3m

A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America.

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Richard Brooks 1977 2h 16m 8.0

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.

Citizens Band

Citizens Band

Jonathan Demme 1977 1h 38m

The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.

Marathon Man

Marathon Man

John Schlesinger 1976 2h 6m 8.0

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division. This film, famous for its excruciating "Is it safe?" torture scene by a Nazi dentist, is a spy classic with an all star cast.

Rancho Deluxe

Rancho Deluxe

Frank Perry 1975 1h 33m

Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

Steven Spielberg 1974 1h 50m 7.1

Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap their own child, who was placed with foster parents. The escape is partly successful, they take a hostage, who is a policeman and are pursued through to Texas.

The Godfather: Part II

The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola 1974 3h 22m 9.0

After the extraordinary success of the first Godfather film came this second saga of the New York mafia family. This mafia epic tells the story of Michael Corleone and his father Vito.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Sam Peckinpah 1974 1h 53m 8.4

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Sam Peckinpah 1973 1h 55m 8.9

An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

The Godfather

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola 1972 2h 55m 9.0

The classic star-studded film from the brilliant direction of Francis Ford Coppola tells the saga of New York mafia family’s everyday life. The film from 1972 became the new ultimate gangster film in the new Hollywood movement.

The Getaway

The Getaway

Sam Peckinpah 1972 2h 3m 7.8

Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and singer perhaps best known for her roles in the films Clerks II, Sin City, Rent, Death Proof, Eagle Eye and Seven Pounds.

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

Jerry Schatzberg 1971 1h 50m 8.3

This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

Lions Love

Lions Love

Agnès Varda 1969 1h 50m

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Robert Wise 1959 1h 36m 7.8

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

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