Movies by Barry Primus
As part of the cast:
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Righteous Kill (2008)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Al Pacino drive this taut thriller as New York City detectives tasked with investigating a rash of vigilante killings that are linked to an old case,…
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Big Guns (2006)
Cast: Barry Primus, Mel Novak, Dave Meyers …
Directed by: John Rester Zodrow
A team of silver-haired softball players decides life's too short for second place, so they set out to win the World Series in this charming comedy. Faced with the prospect of rocking…
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When Will I Be Loved? (2004)
Cast: Neve Campbell, Dominic Chianese, Fred Weller …
Directed by: James Toback
Neve Campbell stars as Vera in this engrossing drama about a woman who just won't take it anymore. Neglected by her scheming boyfriend (Frederick Weller), Vera decides to take his offer…
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Incident at Vichy (2002)
Cast: Barry Primus, Richard Jordan, Rene Auberjonois …
Directed by: Stacy Keach
Presented for television by the Broadway Theatre Archives, this adaptation of Arthur Miller's powerful play explores whether individuals have a duty to speak out against evil -- in this…
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Life as a House (2001)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen …
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Faced with a sobering diagnosis of terminal cancer, George (Kevin Kline) decides to construct a beautiful new house on his land overlooking the Pacific Ocean, while at the same time trying to…
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Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast (1997)
Cast: David Caruso, Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger …
Directed by: Peter Weller
Karen stands to inherit millions from her dead husband on one condition: she must stay away from other men. Two of the deceased's former associates seek his money by getting closer to…
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Welcome to Paradise (1995)
Cast: Shelley Long, Mel Harris, DeLane Matthews …
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Shelley Long, Mel Harris and DeLane Matthews star in this comedy about three longtime friends who revisit the beach resort they spent a carefree vacation at 20 years prior. While the gals may…
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Torn Apart (1990)
Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Barry Primus, Cecilia Peck …
Directed by: Jack Fisher
After years apart, childhood friends Ben (Adrian Pasdar) and Laila (Cecilia Peck) are reunited and fall in love. But their happily-ever-after is threatened by the fact that Ben is a Jewish…
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Big Business (1988)
Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Upscale New Yorkers Sadie (Bette Midler) and Rose (Lily Tomlin) think they're twin sisters, but what they don't know is they were separated at birth from their true identical twins…
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter…
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SpaceCamp (1986)
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Tom Skerritt, Tate Donovan …
Directed by: Harry Winer
A group of bright but incorrigible high school students (including Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix and Kelly Preston) go to the NASA SpaceCamp intending to take the first steps in becoming…
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Jake Speed (1986)
Cast: Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane, Dennis Christopher …
Directed by: Andrew Lane
Jake Speed is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. When a young girl is kidnapped and her sister begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as…
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I Want to Live (1983)
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed …
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
Prostitute and addict Barbara Graham (Lindsay Wagner) tries to go straight but marries the wrong man and her life goes downhill, culminating in her involvement in a hold-up gone wrong that…
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Macbeth (1982)
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon MacCorkindale …
Staged in the tradition of the original Globe Theatre production, this faithful adaptation of the great Shakespearean tragedy stars Jeremy Brett as the eponymous King of Scotland, doomed by…
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Sally Field stars as a novice reporter at a Miami newspaper, who becomes a pawn in the investigation of a liquor distributor suspected of being involved in a mob murder. Scandal and tragedy…
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Heartland (1980)
Cast: Barry Primus, Rip Torn, Lilia Skala …
Directed by: Richard Pearce
In early 20th-century Wyoming, bitter Scottish farmer Clyde Stewart (Rip Torn) hires a housekeeper, a widow named Elinore (Conchata Ferrell) who penetrates Stewart's cold heart with her…
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The Rose (1979)
Cast: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Bette Midler astounds audiences with her electric performance as Rose, a rock-and-roll diva oozing with talent. Her Svengali-like manager, Rudge (Alan Bates), runs her life and forces her to…
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Avalanche (1978)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Corey Allen
Producer Roger Corman's addition to the disaster epics of the 1970s features Rock Hudson as the owner of a ski resort that's in big trouble when a plane crash sets off a massive…
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New York, New York (1977)
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
In post-World War II New York City, aspiring saxophonist Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro) takes an orchestra gig to be with up-and-coming chanteuse Francine (Liza Minnelli). They wed soon…
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Autopsy (1975)
Cast: Barry Primus, Mimsy Farmer, Ray Lovelock …
Directed by: Armando Crispino
When a series of mysterious suicides sweeps across Rome, young pathologist Simona Sana (Mimsy Farmer) teams up with troubled priest Father Paul Lenox (Barry Primus) to determine the cause in…
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Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Left on her own after the death of her father during the Depression, young Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey) hooks up with a union organizer (David Carradine) and a con man (Barry Primus).…
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Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
Cast: John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus …
Directed by: Roger Corman
After Baron von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) -- aka the Red Baron -- displays his daring style and courage in the air, he becomes a German national hero. But he refuses a job offer from the…
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors …
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway portrays tortured former model Lou Andreas Sand, who, after suffering a nervous breakdown, leads a reclusive life at the beach. Her former lover Aaron…
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Mistress (1991)
Cast: Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Vasek Simek …
Directed by: Barry Primus
This Tinseltown satire stars Robert Wuhl as a movie director and screenwriter who gets the green light for his latest film when three potential backers (Robert De Niro, Danny Aiello and Eli…