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Colin Higgins
Writer 1941 - 1988

Colin Higgins

Nouméa, New Caledonia, France

Colin Higgins (July 28, 1941 – August 5, 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Higgins, licensed under... Read full bio →

Filmography

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5 titles
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Colin Higgins 1982 1h 54m 6.5

Reynolds is the local sheriff who is more interested in keeping the town's most popular business open than carrying out the letter of the law. Parton is the whorehouse madame who also happens to hold the sheriff's interest.

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Colin Higgins 1980 1h 50m 4.7

Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?

Foul Play

Foul Play

Colin Higgins 1978 1h 56m 8.0

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

Arthur Hiller 1976 1h 54m 6.3

George Caldwell is taking a slow restful trip to Chicago on the Silver Streak. Or so he thinks. He's involved in a love affair, a murder, is thrown from the train, wanted by the police, and joins forces with a car thief to re-board the train to save his love.

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

Hal Ashby 1971 1h 32m 8.4

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

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